1909

Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

0/0

Documentary footage of the author and his two daughters at home.

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Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

1888

Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge

5.9/121

A film by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince, shot in late October 1888, showing pedestrians and carriages crossing Leeds Bridge.

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Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge

1894

Carmencita

5.3/68

The first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera and possibly the first woman to appear in a motion picture within the United Sta...

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Carmencita

1905

The Celebration of Saint George

4.7/10

Early Balkan footage.

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The Celebration of Saint George

1908

The Defilee of Army Orchestra, Carriages and Horsemen

4.8/11

Early Balkan footage.

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The Defilee of Army Orchestra, Carriages and Horsemen

2013

Lumiere's First Picture Shows

6.5/4

An overview of the works of French film pioneers Louis and Auguste Lumière from 1895 to 1897.

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Lumiere's First Picture Shows

1969

One Second in Montreal

5.5/7

A silent succession of black-and-white photographs of the city of Montreal.

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One Second in Montreal

1927

Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

7.5/117

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

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Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

1912

Hansa

0/0

Footage of the German airship Hansa over Copenhagen.

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Hansa

1909

Hunting the Panther

4.4/5

A hunter and his native helpers set up a trap, then taunt and shoot a panther. Next we see the locals skin the animal.

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Hunting the Panther

1909

Dr. Cook at Copenhagen

6/1

On 4 September Frederick Albert Cook (1865-1940) arrived in Copenhagen on the ship 'Hans Egede'. He received a hero's welcome as the first man to set...

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Dr. Cook at Copenhagen

1907

Sprængning af Træer i Dyrehaven

6/1

A group of military men uses explosives to de-root trees.

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Sprængning af Træer i Dyrehaven

1907

Københavnerbilleder

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Various street scenes from Copenhagen in 1907.

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Københavnerbilleder

1935

Kliou the Tiger

6/1

Bhat, a member of the Moi tribe in Indo-China, loves Dhi, but her father Khan does not believe Bhat is worthy of his daughter, as he lacks hunting and...

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Kliou the Tiger

2016

Around China with a Movie Camera

4.2/2

A new film compiled from the BFI National Archive's unparalleled holdings of early films of China, features films from 1900-48 filmed across China. Th...

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Around China with a Movie Camera

1986

Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown

8/1

Two part biography of Greta Garbo - 1. The Temptress 2. The Clown. Reminiscences of her early life in Stockholm, with excerpts from her films. Narrate...

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Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown

1919

How Animated Cartoons Are Made

6/3

Wallace Carlson walks viewers through the production of an animated short at Bray Studios.

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How Animated Cartoons Are Made

2011

Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic

7.8/15

The lives of Stan Laurel (1890-1965) and Oliver Hardy (1892-1957), on the screen and behind the curtain. The joy and the sadness, the success and the...

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Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic

1905

Weaving Women

4.813/16

A group of Macedonian women are shown hard at work.

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Weaving Women

1930

Crabs and Shrimp

7.3/3

Jean Painlevé is interested here, with the help of Eli Lotar, in crabs and shrimps. He is particularly interested in detailing their anatomy and obser...

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Crabs and Shrimp