“This film is remarkable in several respects. In the first place, it is full life-size. Secondly, it is the only accurate recent portrait of the great inventor. The scene is an actual one, showing Mr. Edison in working dress engaged in an interesting chemical experiment in his great Laboratory. There is sufficient movement to lead the spectator through the several processes of mixing, pouring, testing, etc. as if he were side by side with the principal. The lights and shadows are vivid, and the apparatus and other accessories complete a startling picture that will appeal to every beholder.” (Edison Catalog)
A group of military men uses explosives to de-root trees.
A hunter and his native helpers set up a trap, then taunt and shoot a panther. Next we see the local...
On 4 September Frederick Albert Cook (1865-1940) arrived in Copenhagen on the ship 'Hans Egede'. He ...
This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northe...
Almost 200 women file by a device on the wall from which they take their time checks. A man runs hal...
A camera on an overhead crane travels down a large, long aisle where men are shown working on large ...
On the left of the screen, a small group of men lift the top off of what appears to be a turbine wit...
The subject is two grotesque-looking human beings who are sitting on the deck of a ship. The two wei...
Between 1950 and 1955, Henri Langlois tried to produce, on behalf of the Cinémathèque française, sev...
This scene is a part of the very first film shot produced by the Manaki Brothers. Despina, the Janak...
Raising angora rabbits for wool; new marine navigation and safety technology; kitchen gadgets; devel...
A commissioned film for Schweizerischer Werkbund (SWB), Die neue Wohnung was produced for the Basel ...
The Ship that Changed the World is a historical drama about the birth of the world's first ocean-goi...
Alaska... Here, in this vast and spectacularly beautiful land teeming with abundant wildlife, discov...
Explore the mysterious Amazon through the amazing IMAX experience. Amazon celebrates the beauty, vit...
The Academy Award® nominee Cosmic Voyage combines live action with state-of-the-art computer-generat...
A new film compiled from the BFI National Archive's unparalleled holdings of early films of China, f...
A film about the expansion of the Central Line beyond Stratford.
Documentary about the making of Buster Keaton's silent comedy classic, Sherlock Jr. (1924).