Documentary focusing on the film careers F.W. Murnau, Frank Borzage and William Fox and their impact on the history of cinema.

A documentary from Erkki Karu, one of the earliest pioneers of Finnish cinema: This government-produ...
Staged boxing match between Sergeant-Instructor Barrett and Sergeant Pope, with a round, interval, a...
"All sounds travel in waves much the same as ripples in water." Educational film produced by Bray St...

The meeting point between two comunication media: A letter written in 1929 -hidden inside the adobe ...
Documentary about the making of Buster Keaton's silent comedy classic, Sherlock Jr. (1924).
Short documentary on a central african tribe called 'The Chillouks'.

A cameraman wanders around with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzli...
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...

An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century thr...

Life on the breadline in the 1930s was hard enough, but times were desperate when you fell beneath i...

Madrid, Spain, 1949. The Circo Americano arrives in the city. While the big top is pitched in a vaca...
A documentary about some of the comedians of the silent era featuring clips from their films and bio...

A film by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince, shot in late October 1888, showing pedestrians and carriage...
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 documentary about the cultural effect of film censorship, focusing on the tumultuous times of the ...

Andy Warhol directs a single 35-minute shot of a man's face to capture his facial expressions as he ...
“Convalescing, when you don't have to participate in the world. Time to read, to dream, to look - th...