On a market day in Kernascleden, two Breton women exchange their hair for a few coins. The hair beco...
A troupe of gypsies takes a traveler along with them on their day trip.
Also known as The Operation of Dr. Alejandro Posadas. Filmed with early orthochromatic film in the H...
Staged boxing match between Sergeant-Instructor Barrett and Sergeant Pope, with a round, interval, a...
Documentary about the making of Buster Keaton's silent comedy classic, Sherlock Jr. (1924).

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

This 10-minute short documentary exploring the shifting state of the American poultry industry was p...

In 1926, Buster Keaton was at the peak of his glory and wealth. By 1933, he had reached rock bottom....

A film by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince, shot in late October 1888, showing pedestrians and carriage...
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.

The first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera and possibly the first woman t...

A documentary from Erkki Karu, one of the earliest pioneers of Finnish cinema: This government-produ...

Topical Budget 545-2. Newsreel of the 1920s aerial stuntwoman and barnstormer, Sara “Babe” Kalishek...

This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northe...

A day in the city of Berlin, which experienced an industrial boom in the 1920s, and still provides a...

What starts off as a conventional travelogue turns into a satirical portrait of the town of Nice on ...

This documentary shows how the Berliner workers lived in 1930. The director Slatan Dudow shows throu...

These two views were taken during the celebrations given in 1896 on the occasion of the millennium o...