Exotic Europe. vol 1

Exotic Europe. vol 1 15 unknown short nonfiction films from 19051926 preserved in a project by the Technical College for Technology and Economics in Berlin (Fachhochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft) in cooperation with the German BundesarchivFilmarchiv in Berlin, Koblenz, the Cinema Museum in London, and the Nederlands Filmmuseum in Amsterdam. The DVD offers different ways of access: a journey through time and travel destinations on a map of Europe provide a chronological and geographical orientation for the user. In addition three thematic essays Travel, Labour and Posing for the camera show the diversity of early nonfiction and suggest three of the many ways of looking at these films. A short videofilm How moving images survived gives an introduction to film preservation and restoration.