These two views were taken during the celebrations given in 1896 on the occasion of the millennium of the foundation of the kingdom of Hungary. Horsemen and men on foot parade, all dressed in historic uniforms.
Footage of the expedition leaving Antarctica from New Zealand shot by government cameraman James McD...
Surfing at Waikiki Beach, Hawaii, on the island of Oahu. Most surfers are human, one is a dog. The e...

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

A day in the city of Berlin, which experienced an industrial boom in the 1920s, and still provides a...
Street Trading. Fishermen's wives from Skovshoved sell their fish from the stalls at Gammel Strand. ...
From inside a tower, a man admires an artistic rendition of another tower.
The remains of the Baltic Violence have been eroded away by the large steam excavator. There is a ma...

In 1902, Emery and Ellsworth Kolb opened a studio in the Grand Canyon and began making photographs o...
Finland’s first nature documentary. The filmmakers’ expedition leads them all the way to the Åland I...
Lucien Bull was a pioneer in chronophotography. Chronophotography is defined as "a set of photograph...
It is a dramatic film, with its colossal explosion and smouldering remains. Within seconds of the ch...

A documentary on the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam. Made by Istituto Luce, there is an understanda...
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...
This film records the vast public response to the early death of Vera Kholodnaya, the first star of ...
A short, early documentary work showing insects exhibiting extreme strength and agility.

Finnish filmmaker and artist Sami van Ingen is a great-grandson of documentary pioneer Robert Flaher...
Farmers' wives from Amager selling flowers.