The film explains the French Revolution of 1848. Bernard Blier's narration is supported by pictures once drawn by contemporary artists including Honoré Daumier. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.

One of Les Blank's industrial films, which follows a Holly Farms "broiler" chicken from factory incu...

Starting in 1881 this film shows the personal battle between Lenin's Ulyanov family and the royal Ro...

A film's art director is in charge of the set, from conception to construction to furnishing. This s...

A description and enactment of the discovery of gold by James Marshall, and the role played by John ...

Primary is a documentary film about the primary elections between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphre...
Documentary film with play scenes about the rise and fall of the short-lived Bavarian Soviet Republi...

Les Blank's poetic documentation of 1967's Los Angeles Easter Sunday Love-In. Preserved by the Acad...

A lyrical recreation of Lightnin’ Hopkins’ decision at age eight to stop chopping cotton and start s...

A chronicle of the civil uprising against the regime of Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych that t...

Produced by the Army Pictorial Service, Signal Corps, with the cooperation of the Army Air Forces an...

The documentary The Silent Revolution explains the revolution involving nearly 3 million kurds livin...
Bay Area filmmakers and Canyon Cinema co-founders Ben Van Meter and Bruce Conner were invited to L.A...

The Japanese attack on Midway in June 1942, filmed as it happened. Preserved by the Academy Film Ar...

Film directors with hand-held cameras went to the streets of Lisbon from April 25 to May 1, 1974, re...

Documentary examining the steel industry in Youngstown, Ohio during World War II. Focuses on steel p...

This short on movie sound men starts with a short history of sound in the movies. We then see how th...

An epic presentation of the turbulent days leading to the Russian Revolution. Based on the classic w...