Cinematic Brno

Subtitle
Documentation of movie exhibition history and cinema-goers’ preferences in Brno, 1918–1945
Resource type
dataset
DOI
10.58063/6271-hm77
Description
Abstract

The database offers researchers and others interested in the history of cinema a reconstruction of the program of Brno cinemas in the years 1918-1945. They will also find information about where the cinemas were located, their capacity, and the owners of licenses to operate them. The second part of the database offers transcripts of interviews with eyewitnesses who themselves often visited these cinemas before 1945. The database contains 50+ cinemas , 9 000+ films, 27 000+ programmes, 51 interviews.

Methods

bibliographic and archival research, analytical survey, oral history

Technical Information

Technical documentation on GitHub.

Creators and Contributors
Role
Sponsor
Role
Distributor
Role
Publisher
Role
Producer
Role
Hosting Institution
Time Reference
Publication year
2011
Date Coverage
1918 to 1945
Date Created
2008 to 2011
Subject
Funding
Award title
Local history of Cinema. Brno and Cultural History of Cinema to 1945
Local identifier
GA408/08/0959
Funder
Name of organisation
Czech Science Foundation
ROR
01pv73b02
Dataset language
Czech
English
German
Distribution