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.

For seven years, award-winning Chinese-American filmmaker Nanfu Wang follows Rosa María Payá, daught...

A captivating documentary following a young polar bear venturing on his first solo journey across th...
The airship Hindenburg, arriving from Europe, was being led to its mooring at Lakehurst, New Jersey ...

“This film is remarkable in several respects. In the first place, it is full life-size. Secondly, it...

Long before Hollywood started painting white men red and dressing them as 'Injuns' Edison's company ...
In this short, a camera pointed towards a window films the landscape as a train moves along the trac...

El Medico has to decide between doing his duty to the State, as a doctor fulfilling his mothers drea...

Stunning macro 3D filmmaking takes viewers on an unforgettable journey from lake bottom battles for ...

A stationary camera placed amidships looks toward the round end of a 10- or 12-foot boiler that's be...

A stationary camera looks across Burgundy's river Sâone toward a small military encampment. Four hor...

An ostrich pulls a cart carrying young women wearing ostrich-feather hats.

Two babies are shown seated next to each other, in high chairs, apparently enjoying themselves. Sudd...

A male lion, right next to bars that are about 6 or 8 inches apart, keenly watches a uniformed zoo a...

The Glenroy Brothers perform a portion of their vaudeville act, "The Comic View of Boxing: The Tramp...

A woman and a young girl each carry containers of bird feed, and they toss occasional handfuls to th...
Short film that emphasizes the importance of keeping a tidy home when facing an atomic bomb.

Filmed in 1896 by Alexandre Promio for the Lumière company, this short actuality presents one of the...

The floods of the Saône river during the first week of November, 1896.