1486 Matches Found
Some fine footage of amateur boxers, without helmets, swapping blows during an amateur championship at Alexandra Palace. The heavyweights go at it with particularly ferocity. Highlights include the shots of the cornermen fanning their charges between rounds with huge towels, and of the Marquis of Clydesdale having his gloves laced by a trainer before defeating his opponent.
Lost Dora Film production
A satire of a conservative armed uprising against the Ecuadorian liberal president Gonzalo Córdova.
Juvenile races at a country sports gathering are followed by scenes at the Olympic Games of 1924.
Cartoon short.
At his friend Harcourt’s bachelor party, misogynist Dodd Austin recounts how a loaned ring led to his wrongful arrest, only to be immediately robbed by two masked women - reinforcing his vow, “Never trust a woman!” Weeks later, when bandits abduct him in the countryside, he’s rescued by the humble Helen Rye, who turns out to be a celebrated actress; her sudden reappearance (and a magician’s sleight of hand) restores his lost ring and his faith in love as they marry, proving he’s broken his own curse.
Crowd crowded in front of the commander's mansion; the coffin being loaded; the procession with the funeral carriage and carriages and cars with wreaths on Avenida Dom Pedro I, on Rua Silva Bueno next to the family factory and on Rua Florêncio da Abreu. At the cemetery people speak in honor; the tomb, flowers and the descent of the coffin. The gathering of people at the entrance of the Orthodox Church at the seventh day mass. Panoramic of the city.
Six-episode film Directed by Maurice Champreux and Louis Feuillade.
The Inkwell Clown runs away from Max and winds up falling through a crack in the floorboards and into a fiery Hell.
An ambitious second expedition to the Norwegian Svalbard archipelago led by George Binney, student, artic explorer and seaplane pioneer, 7 July – 5 September 1924.
In this episode of Wonderful London, comparisons are made between West End and East, old and new.
Billy meets a charity worker named Ethelyn, who raises contributions by flirting with men. Just as she's about to deposit her money in a bank a thief grabs it and runs, and Billy comes to the rescue, although a cop assumes he's the culprit.
During a match with an opponent called The Weazel, a boxer named The Lightning Kid comes to believe that he has crippled his opponent. Distraught, he leaves the ring, vowing never to box again, and changes his name to Bob Trent. Sometime later he fights out that not everything was as he thought it was.
Theatre and Cinema Company.
The scene is laid in a western town and opens with its leading citizen and bank president giving a dance to his debutante daughter, recently returned from finishing school in the big metropolis. A newcomer to the village is treasurer of the bank, and is making a play for the girl.
In the 1920s, the newsreel was an essential part of the film program: it opened the evening and gave way to short films and feature films. Juan Chabalgoity, a photographer from "el interior", founded the San José Film Company, with which he produced five newsreels that were screened in that city and which are, to this day, the only ones of this genre in the country. Chabalgoity created a valuable repository of social, cultural, political, and historical practices, as well as of the techniques used (colouring, stop motion, animation).
The documentary shows, in the form of journalistic reports, the revolution against the Federal Government in 1924, which was suppressed.
In this short film, Storm P.’s popular comic strip characters Peter and Ping advertise CLOC Liqueur. The friends are out fishing when Peter reels in a large bottle of CLOC from the sea. Peter and Ping originally appeared as a comic strip in the daily newspaper ‘B.T.’ for 27 years. The first strip was published on 8 August 1922 under the title ‘The Adventures of Peter Vimmelskaft’. Later that year, the series introduced the penguin Ping and was renamed Peter and Ping. (Stumfilm. DK)
A Ko-Ko Song Car-Tunes short.
A Pathe Film Exchange short.
An Aesop’s Film Fables cartoon.
An Aesop’s Film Fables short.
When nefarious highgrading activity threatens to ruin his gold mine, wealthy Warren Headley sends William Bane, the fiancé of his daughter Aline, to find out who is behind the theft. Headley's son Bob, an artist who has shown no interest in his father's business, agrees to accompany William. Bob falls in love with a canteen girl, Ruth Wine, though his family is upset that her past is a mystery. A deformed individual known as "Smiling Hate" helps Bob in his investigations.
Japanese horror movie from 1924.
The series consists of a total of 48 episodes. It is characterized by a blend of genres, with an ironic approach to both western and detective stories, while simultaneously revealing the fervent admiration of previous years for American cinema.
A home movie featuring footage taken in Oklahoma during the middle and late 1920s by Solomon Sir Jones. It is the eighth in a collection of nine films and consists of a single reel of silent 16mm black-and-white acetate film.
A home movie featuring footage taken in Oklahoma during the middle and late 1920s by Solomon Sir Jones. It is the seventh in a collection of nine films and consists of a single reel of silent 16mm black-and-white acetate film.
A home movie featuring footage taken in Oklahoma during the middle and late 1920s by Solomon Sir Jones. It is the second in a collection of nine films and consists of a single reel of silent 16mm black-and-white acetate film.
An Aesop’s Film Fables cartoon.
An Aesop’s Film Fables cartoon.
A film by Friedrich Kopsch.
Bonzo is frustrated in his attempt to eat the maid's sausages so he contents himself with drinking the cat's milk.
Cartoon short.
Cartoon short.
Scenes from the life of monks at Meteora.
The film tells about the sad love story of a courtesan and a wealthy heir.
This short film from the Ford Motor Company visits the islands of Hawaii in 1924. The trip covers subjects like Japanese businesses and the extensive plantations that came to dominate Hawaii. You can also see customs like the preparation of poi, canoeing, and surfing, as well as the continuous destructive and regenerative powers of volcanoes.
A basque melodrama
A tramp persuades another tramp to let him have a coat off a scarecrow by persuading him it's haunted.
Hair accessories are modelled - elaborate lace trimmed tiara, floral head dress etc. (British Pathé)
Mario Bianchi comes to the United States and moves in with his uncle, who runs a restaurant in New York City. Mario falls in love with his uncle's adopted daughter, Rosina, and teaches her several Italian dances to entertain the customers. However, Mario gets into trouble with gangster Tony Mora, knocking Tony down for forcing his attentions on Rosina.
Travelogue
Night guard Alberto, whose greatest ambition was to be a reporter, tries to clear a friend accused of a crime. With the help of his friend Ernesto, he investigates the events linked to the crime and is pursued by the real criminal. Jaime, the bandit, before dying confesses to the crime, after a plane chase in which he fell to the ground, with Ernesto in pursuit. Ernesto had moved from one plane to another, using a rope ladder and managed to stay attached to the plane's wings, saving himself.