Ralph Steiner & Willard Van Dyke – Hands (1934)

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“HANDS is an ingenious piece of propaganda that communicates not only through the thrust of its content, but through the very unconventionality of its “experimental” structure. The film suggests that the government that produced it is imaginative and inventive, open to new possibilities, and supportive of forms of free expression.” – Scott MacDonald

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“Educated at Dartmouth, Ralph Steiner became a successful commercial and much honored fine art photographer. He made perhaps the first American abstract film, H2O (1929), following it with other experiments, some political in nature, some in Hollywood. Steiner also photographed with Paul Strand THE PLOW THAT BROKE THE PLAINS (1936) and co-directed and photographed THE CITY (1939) with Willard Van Dyke and Henwar Rodakiewicz.” – Robert A. Haller

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“Willard Van Dyke, a photographer by age 12, formed in 1932 with Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, and Imogen Cunningham the pivotal West Coast photography group f/64. Moving East, he became a noted documentary film-maker working closely with Pare Lorentz and Ralph Steiner among others. HANDS may be his first completed film.” – Robert A. Haller

Ralph Steiner & Willard Van Dyke - 1934 - Hands.mkv

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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	3 min 53 s
Size: 	69.9 MiB
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Resolution: 	686x480 ~> 686x514
Aspect ratio:  	4:3
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BPP: 	0.290
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