The Museum of Modern Art's video: MoMA s first film acquisitions Ep 1 FILM VAULT SUMMER CAMP

Welcome to week one of Film Vault Summer Camp! Every Thursday in August, Ashley Swinnerton, collection specialist in the Department of Film, will introduce a new selection of historic films from MoMA's collection. This week, the topic is First Programs. The Flying Train and Great Actresses of the Past are more than 100 years old, yet they are still studied and restudied, continuously taking on new meanings and opening new avenues of analysis for subsequent generations of cinema lovers. What were once novel shots of landscapes or skylines may now be evidence of climate change or of neighborhoods destroyed and rebuilt. What would have been a condemnation of loose morals in 1916 can now be interpreted as a woman’s sacrifice to give her child the best possible life. Watch this week's films: The Flying Train (1902) https://youtu.be/2Ud1aZFE0fU Great Actresses of the Past (compiled in 1938) https://youtu.be/CfTsXpwnDBA Learn more about Virtual Views: Film Vault Summer Camp on MoMA Magazine https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/5239 Subscribe for our latest videos, and invitations to live events: http://mo.ma/subscribe Explore our collection online: http://mo.ma/art Film at MoMA is made possible by CHANEL. Commit to art and ideas. Support MoMA by becoming a member today: https://moma.org/join The comments and opinions expressed in this video are those of the speaker alone, and do not represent the views of The Museum of Modern Art, its personnel, or any artist.