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I.1 Manhatta (Charles Sheeler and Paul Strand, 1921); Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Grosstadt (Walter Ruttmann, 1927); Man with a Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov, 1929); Regen (Joris Ivens and Mannus Franken, 1929); À propos de Nice (Jean Vigo, 1930); and Jeux des reflets et de la vitesse (Henri Chomette, 1925)

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I.2 Cover Illustration, Movie Makers (September 1929)

I.3 Lobby Card, Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Grosstadt (Walter Ruttmann, 1927)

I.4 Rien que les heures (Alberto Cavalcanti, 1926)

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I.5 De Brug (Joris Ivens, 1928)

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1.1 László Moholy-Nagy, Dynamik der Gross-Stadt: Skizze zu einem Filmmanuskript—Spread from László Moholy-Nagy, Malerei—Fotografie—Film (Bauhausbuch, 1925)

1.2 Impressionen vom alten Marseiller Hafen (Vieux Port) (László Moholy-Nagy, 1929)

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1.3 Berliner Stilleben (László Moholy-Nagy, 1932) (left) and Grossstadt-Zigeuner (László Moholy-Nagy, 1932) (right)

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2.1 Kleiner Film einer großen Stadt … Der Stadt Düsseldorf am Rhein (Walter Ruttmann, 1935)

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2.2 Kleiner Film einer großen Stadt … Der Stadt Düsseldorf am Rhein (Walter Ruttmann, 1935)

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3.1 Jeux des reflets et de la vitesse (Henri Chomette, 1925) (left) and Nogent: El Dorado du dimanche (Marcel Carné, 1929) (right)

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3.2 Études sur Paris (André Sauvage, 1928) (left) and La Zone: Au pays des chiffonniers (Georges Lacombe, 1928) (right)

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4.1 Mikhail Kaufman on the cover of Sovetskoe Kino 1 (1927)

4.2 Moscow (Mikhail Kaufman and Ilya Kopalin, 1926)

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5.1 Skyscraper Symphony (Robert Florey, 1929)

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5.2 The Life and Death of 9413: A Hollywood Extra (Robert Florey and Slavko Vorkapich, 1928) and Skyscrapers: A Ballet (Set Drawing by Robert Edmund Jones, 1926)

6.1 Stramilano (Corrado D’Errico, 1929)

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6.2 Stramilano (Corrado D’Errico, 1929)

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6.3 Stramilano (Corrado D’Errico, 1929)

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7.1 Midi (Lucien Backman, 1929)

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7.2 Images d’Ostende (Henri Storck, 1929–30)

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7.3 Visions de Lourdes (Charles Dekeukeleire, 1932)

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8.1 De Steeg (Jan Koelinga, 1932)

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8.2 Cover and Illustration from Herman van Dijkhuizen’s De Rotterdamsche roofholen en hun bevolking (1926)

9.1 Stills from De Maasbruggen (Paul Schuitema, 1937)

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9.2 Poster Centrale Bond Transportarbeiders (1930) and Cover of Film Liga (1931), both designed by Paul Schuitema

10.1 De stad die nooit rust (Friedrich von Maydell and Andor von Barsy, 1928)

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10.2 De stad die nooit rust (Friedrich von Maydell and Andor von Barsy, 1928)

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10.3 De stad die nooit rust (Friedrich von Maydell and Andor von Barsy, 1928)

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11.1 Weltstadt in Flegeljahren: Ein Bericht über Chicago (Heinrich Hauser, 1931)

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11.2 Weltstadt in Flegeljahren: Ein Bericht über Chicago (Heinrich Hauser, 1931)

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11.3 Weltstadt in Flegeljahren: Ein Bericht über Chicago (Heinrich Hauser, 1931)

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12.1 Street Signs in Halsted Street (Conrad Friberg, 1934)

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12.2 Halsted Street (Conrad Friberg, 1934)

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12.3 Halsted Street (Conrad Friberg, 1934)

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13.1 A Bronx Morning (Jay Leyda, 1931)

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13.2 A Bronx Morning (Jay Leyda, 1931)

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14.1 São Paulo, A Symphonia da Metrópole (Adalberto Kemeny and Rudolpho Rex Lustig, 1929), Promotion Ad and Poster

14.2 São Paulo, A Symphonia da Metrópole (Adalberto Kemeny and Rudolpho Rex Lustig, 1929)

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15.1 Rhapsody in Two Languages (Gordon Sparling, 1934)

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15.2 Rhapsody in Two Languages (Gordon Sparling, 1934),

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15.3 City of Towers (Gordon Sparling, 1935)

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16.1 The City (Ralph Steiner and Willard Van Dyke, 1939)

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16.2 The City (Ralph Steiner and Willard Van Dyke, 1939)

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16.3 The City (Ralph Steiner and Willard Van Dyke, 1939)

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