An international team of climbers ascends Mt. Everest in the spring of 1996. The film depicts their lengthy preparations for the climb, their trek to the summit, and their successful return to Base Camp. It also shows many of the challenges the group faced, including avalanches, lack of oxygen, treacherous ice walls, and a deadly blizzard.

A hunter and his native helpers set up a trap, then taunt and shoot a panther. Next we see the local...
Almost 200 women file by a device on the wall from which they take their time checks. A man runs hal...

Filmed in 1896 by Alexandre Promio for the Lumière company, this short actuality presents one of the...
This picture was taken at one of the curves on the Lehigh Valley Railroad, along the beautiful Susqu...
A joyful Pas de Deux, performed by Clara Rasmussen and Margrethe Andersen. Clara Rasmussen/Wieth/Po...

A burning wagon is dragged from the barn by the firemen, and four horses are rescued from the flames...

“This shows the Fire Department leaving headquarters for an early morning fire. The scene is remarka...

“This subject taken just after the recent first fall of snow, shows two enthusiastic horsemen indulg...

Along the seashore near San Francisco, a boat belonging to the Pacific Coast Life Saving Service can...
A 1936 documentary film about the London to Portsmouth railway. A lesser known contemporary of Night...

Go head-to-head with an icebreaker. Plunge down a twisting mountain gorge. Soar through the clouds i...

The official record of Mallory and Irvine's 1924 expedition. When George Mallory and Sandy Irvine at...
A camera moving forward on an overhead crane gives a traveling view of men working on machinery. Car...

Travellers, nomads and salesmen make their way along a dam next to the Nile.

In this color-tinted short, we first see a close-up of a red rose, perfectly formed. Then, we see th...

Luis Martinetti, a contortionist suspended from acrobatic flying rings, contorts himself for about t...
Vaudeville dancer Amy Muller performs a portion of her stage routine, which features dancing on her ...
Two men have a contest to see which one can be the first to eat a large slice of watermelon.