Naqoyqatsi
Naqoyqatsi
6.1/102002HD
A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.
Thomas A. Edison
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Frankenstein
Frankenstein6.038/101910HDFrankenstein, a young medical student, trying to create the perfect human being, instead creates a misshapen monster. Made ill by what he has done,...
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The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley7.1/102019HDWith a magical new invention that promised to revolutionize blood testing, Elizabeth Holmes became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire,...
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The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots6.1/101895HDA short film depicting the execution of Mary, Queen of the Scots. Mary is brought to the execution block and made to kneel down with her neck over...
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Electrocuting an Elephant
Electrocuting an Elephant2.602/101903HDThis is a film taken of the execution of Topsy, an elephant employed to help build Luna Park on Coney Island.
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Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound6.8/102019HDThe history of cinematic sound, told by legendary sound designers and visionary filmmakers.
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The Extraordinary Voyage
The Extraordinary Voyage7.8/102011HDAn account of the extraordinary life of film pioneer Georges Méliès (1861-1938) and the amazing story of the copy in color of his...
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Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory
Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory5.1/101897HD“This film is remarkable in several respects. In the first place, it is full life-size. Secondly, it is the only accurate recent portrait of...
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President McKinley Taking the Oath
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Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter5.7/101982HDA documentary overview of the career of silent cinema pioneer Edwin S. Porter.
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Edison
Edison6.8/102015HDBy the time he died in 1931, Thomas Alva Edison was one of the most famous men in the world. The holder of more patents than any other inventor in...
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The Patchwork Girl of Oz
The Patchwork Girl of Oz5/101914HDOjo and Unc Nunkie are out of food, so they decide to journey to the Emerald City where they will never starve. Along the way, they meet Mewel, a...
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Okay for Sound
Okay for Sound5/101946HDThis short was released in connection with the 20th anniversary of Warner Brothers' first exhibition of the Vitaphone sound-on-film process on 6...
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Bicycle Trick Riding, No. 2
Bicycle Trick Riding, No. 24.9/101899HD"'Neidert,' of national fame, does stunts on his wheel that are simply wonderful. Makes his bicycle rear up
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Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists0/101998HDThe careers of D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Charlie Chaplin are chronicled culminating in the formation of United Artists and...
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The Golden Twenties
The Golden Twenties0/101950HDFeature-length compilation of 1920s newsreel footage, with commentary about news, sports, lifestyles, and historical figures.
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Murnau, Borzage and Fox
Murnau, Borzage and Fox7/102008HDDocumentary focusing on the film careers F.W. Murnau, Frank Borzage and William Fox and their impact on the history of cinema.
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The Crash of 1929
The Crash of 19290/101990HDBased on eight years of continued prosperity, presidents and economists alike confidently predicted that America would soon enter a time when there...
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The Trick Cyclist
The Trick Cyclist4.429/101901HDShows a tramp enter and try to ride a wheel, from which he makes some very ludicrous falls and gives up in despair, after which an artist enters and...
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Chicago-Michigan Football Game
Chicago-Michigan Football Game4/101903HDExcerpts of a 1903 football game between the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan. Includes views of the uniformed players, the...
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The Shadow of Hate: A History of Intolerance in America
The Shadow of Hate: A History of Intolerance in America6.3/101995HDThe film expresses the history of oppression, discrimination, violence and hate in America. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best...
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The Film That Was Lost
The Film That Was Lost8/101942HDIn this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short, a look is taken at the problems of film preservation efforts in the 1930s and early 1940s.
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Copyright Comedies and More. From the Library of Congress
Copyright Comedies and More. From the Library of Congress0/102022HDA montage of 13 remarkable short films recently digitized by the Library of Congress, whose themes echo the program of the Domitor 2022 conference,...
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Jack's Joke
Jack's Joke5/101913HDA comic sketch that features two players who think each one is deaf, causing them to shout. Part of the Edison Kinetophone Collection. The...
