In the cabin the conductor activates the gear lever; his motion breaks the inertia. Behind is the station, then images of the machinery, the resignation of travelers, and the landscape. The events are increasingly bizarre; there is no destination, only the journey as metaphor.

The last remaining film of Le Prince's LPCCP Type-1 MkII single-lens camera is a sequence of frames ...

As the AIDS epidemic was spreading in 1987, the Swedish government commissioned Roy Andersson to mak...

U.S. citizen William Morgan rises to power in Cuba during the Cuban Revolution.

This short documentary offers a step-by-step account of a fast freight train on a run from Toronto t...
General Henry H. 'Hap' Arnold summarizes U.S. Army and Army Air Force activities in the Pacific Thea...

The saga of the Normandie is recounted from her life as a luxury liner, the horrific fire that nearl...

On a winter's day, a woman stretches near a window then sits in a bathtub of water. She's happy. Her...

Documentary short film depicting the harrowing battle between the U.S. Marines and the Japanese for ...

A documentary about the making of L'argent, the epic silent film directed by Marcel L'Herbier. The f...

See Yellowstone National Park: Grizzlies, geysers, rivers, canyons and, of course, moose. The histor...

This film explores an elephant clan's search for food and water as seen through the eyes of one old ...

A documentary from Universal about the movie "The Invisible Man" (1933) directed by James Whale.

A documentary about the martial art, in which you learn about much more ...

Plan for Destruction is a 1943 American short propaganda film directed by Edward Cahn. It looks at t...
Military training film on the characteristics, capabilities, weaknesses, and recognition of the Worl...

Karen Zaitchik jumps on and off moving boxcars, throws switches, pulls brakes and uncouples freights...

From Edison films catalog: One of the most peculiar customs of the Sioux Tribe is here shown, the da...
Documentary about the US internment of its citizens during World War II and its affect on members of...

At a morgue, forensic pathologists conduct autopsies of the corpses assigned. "S. Brakhage, entering...