Find a DVD/VHS Using the Library Catalog
Films are kept in the Curriculum Material Center (CMC). Hunter Library outlines borrowing policies for audio, video, and multimedia.
If you have the name of the director
From the library home page, type the name of the director and then select author from the drop down menu. Example: Coppola, Francis Ford
If you have the title of the film
From the library home page, type the title of the movie and then select title from the drop down menu. Example: American graffiti
You can also limit you search by material type:
- To search for VHS/DVDs in the Library Catalog search box type “film and [your topic]”. Example: film and fantasy.
- A list of items will come up. From the scroll down menu (where you limit your search by institution), select “DVD/Video” and then click search again. This search will limit your search by medium, but will not limit the search to WCU.
- Please note that ASU and UNCA have different lending policies for audio/video material.
A selected list of new visual material is available here. This list changes monthly.
Find Film History Information
Encyclopedia of Early Cinema
Period covered: 1890s to the 1910s. Introductory information about places, technology, genres and people. International in scope. REF PN1993.45 .E53 2005
Films on Film History
Annotated bibliography of features and shorts movies and documentaries. GEN PN1995.9.M65 S6
American Memory Collection: Motion Picture and Television Reading Room
The collection features several hundred early motion pictures. All are viewable online. Collections that are profiled:
- America at Work, America at Leisure: Motion Pictures from 1894-1915
- American Variety Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment, 1870-1920
- Buckaroos in Paradise: Ranching Culture in Northern Nevada, 1945-1982
- The Life of a City: Early Films of New York, 1898-1906
- Before and After the Great Earthquake and Fire: Early Films of San Francisco, 1897-1916
- Inside an American Factory: Films of the Westinghouse Works, 1904
- The Last Days of a President: Films of McKinley and the Pan-American Exposition, 1901
- Origins of American Animation
- Prosperity and Thrift: the Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy, 1921-1929
- The Spanish-American War in Motion Pictures
- Theodore Roosevelt: His Life and Times on Film
Find Statistical and Analysis Information
Entertainment Industry Economics: A Guide for Financial Analysis
Covers the economics of movies, TV, and music. Chapter 2, includes a summary of developments affecting the motion picture industry such as technology, capital, production, and distribution. GEN PN1590.F55 V6 2007
Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys Online
Click on the Industry tab and select Movies and Home Entertainment from the drop-down menu. The report covers industry trends, forecasts, major players and market share data, key ratios, and statistics and is updated every six months.
Find Information on Technologies for Production
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