George Veditz, one-time president of the National Association of the Deaf of the United States, outlines the right of deaf people to sign instead of speak. The film is presented in American Sign Language and has no sub- or intertitles.
Lucien Bull was a pioneer in chronophotography. Chronophotography is defined as "a set of photograph...
It is a dramatic film, with its colossal explosion and smouldering remains. Within seconds of the ch...

A documentary on the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam. Made by Istituto Luce, there is an understanda...

Finnish filmmaker and artist Sami van Ingen is a great-grandson of documentary pioneer Robert Flaher...
A troupe of gypsies takes a traveler along with them on their day trip.
On a market day in Kernascleden, two Breton women exchange their hair for a few coins. The hair beco...
Also known as The Operation of Dr. Alejandro Posadas. Filmed with early orthochromatic film in the H...
A short, early documentary work showing insects exhibiting extreme strength and agility.

A comic, biting and revelatory documentary following a small group of prankster activists as they ga...
Short film about the manufacture of bricks.

An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century thr...
Farmers' wives from Amager selling flowers.
Street Trading. Fishermen's wives from Skovshoved sell their fish from the stalls at Gammel Strand. ...

In 2012, Stephen Vaughan and Kay Ferreter are invited to address the congregation at St. Joseph's Re...
From inside a tower, a man admires an artistic rendition of another tower.
The remains of the Baltic Violence have been eroded away by the large steam excavator. There is a ma...
This film records the vast public response to the early death of Vera Kholodnaya, the first star of ...

The first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera and possibly the first woman t...