Cinematic Era: 1927 Vintage

A fortunate young man discovers gold and is then threatened by a jealous, leering villain.

Footage of the expedition to New Guinea led by explorer Matthew W. Stirling.

Prometheus, a Titan who defies the gods and gives fire to mankind, acts for which he is subjected to perpetual punishment.

How science and nature combine to purify water in a reservoir. Micro-cinematography shows the bacteria present in the water.

Silent documentary film with views of Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Bolivia and Peru

A look at the Kwakiutl Indians of north Vancouver Island, prolific totem carvers. At Fort Rupert, George Hunt, in headress, carves a totem pole with an adze. He and his wife, in headband and blanket and an authority on traditional medicine and religion, perform a ritualistic dance. They are joined by other Indians in the dance which includes the use of ceremonial masks, drums, and rattles. Concert soprano and student of Indian lore, Juliette Gaultier de la Vérendrye, observes and practices the drums and chants. Mrs. Hunt is also seen making baskets, digging for clams, and gathering wild rice and carrots. Lucy Moor and her husband John Monkey arrive in a dugout canoe. Exceptional footage: commemorative totems at Fort Rupert, and a profile shot of Lucy Moon whose head is unnaturally elongated as a result of childhood binding

A Swedish attempt at two-color technicolor.

Great item - feminine outfit and manly suit are exchanged by women to suit their hairstyles. (British Pathé)

Documentary about the successful business ventures of General Motors around the globe.

A young man is unjustly accused of a robbery, and that prevents him of becoming a boy-scout as he so much wanted, as well as ruins her older sister's marriage, due to social prejudice.

Lady Witcomb, disappointed with her marriage, falls in love with an elegant count. She gives him a note-book in which she has written about her feelings for him. But Roy, the manager of the Witcomb factory, steals the book.

The Happiness Boys: Ernie Hare and Billy Jones a comedic duo start by singing 'How Do You Do,' they then segue into 'Pardon Me While I Laugh'" They also entertain with some jokes and melodic harmonies for Vitaphone.

Directing a want to be actor, P. T. Robinson to visually portray emotions, after he told the lady he just met. He tries to emote a variety of human actions for the actress after she asks him to portray some emotions. What an actor.

Parallel bars moving up and down in rhythmic patterns.

Vom Reiche der sechs Punkte is an unusual silent film, produced far away from the film studios in Berlin and Munich. The story deals with a steel worker who looses the sight of his eyes and has to accept his fate. The film shows in unique documentary pictures the work and life in the homes for the blind in Cologne, Neuwied and Düren. The Filmmuseum Muenchen has restored the only surviving tinted and toned print of the film which was found in the collection of the Finnish Film Archive.

Our heroes Mutt 'n Jeff go on a round-the-world trek.

Sitting at the piano, Gus Arnheim leads his Ambassador Hotel Orchestra - totaling twelve band members - in two musical numbers. The music is up-tempo typical of the roaring twenties. The music is generally instrumental, however the second of the two numbers includes a singing trio, those members who take a break from the instrument playing. They finish their two number set in a standing position.

Felix the Cat discovers that war is only heck; it's marriage that's hell.

Felix winds up walking into a picture and dealing with various armored knights.

Compilation of various events in Glasgow, including a bowls competition at Willowbank Bowling Club, Kelvinside sports day, Hillhead High sports day and Dedication of colours by the 157th Company Girl Guides.

The film revolves around a lower-class family: Doña Camila, the aging mother, and Elena and Carlos, her children. Carlos is, unbeknownst to her, a reformed thief. One day he meets Nora, a prostitute, in the park, and decides to bring her home after falling in love with her. Elena, who is being courted by a shady Don Juan, is given a ring as a gift, but Nora takes it away from her complaining that she knows men like Don Juan and the ring is probably stolen. This is evidenced when the police arrive in search for the ring, and Nora takes the fall for Elena.

Viking chieftains, flaming torches and outlandish costumes liven up a dark January day in Lerwick, Shetland, as the townsfolk celebrate 'Up Helly Aa'.

A Ko-Ko Song Car-Tunes short.

A boy falls asleep and dreams about Bronze Age life.

An Aesop’s Film Fables cartoon.

This newsreel with sound – featuring one of the earliest recordings of Benito Mussolini and snippets of the Vatican Choir – was shown at the beginning of the premiere of F. W. Murnau's silent classic SUNRISE (1927) in New York City on September 23 and received nearly as much press coverage as the feature film.

A Krazy Kat Cartoon

In this silent short film, the first in a series of travelesques entitled "Abroad with Will Rogers" featuring European locales, Rogers takes the viewer on a tour of Dublin, Ireland.

The Duke and Duchess of York are welcomed back from their Empire tour by crowds and family. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".

Brothel movie from the 20s

Set in Brussels, where Suzanne Beulemans, the daughter of a rich brewer is promised to marry Séraphin Meulemeester, the son of a rival brewer. The young man and his father both seem particularly motivated by the dowry of the young fiancée. But Séraphin has a rival in Albert Delpierre, a young Frenchman who is learning brewery from Ferdinand Beulemans and who is discreetly enamoured with the young woman. Albert learns Séraphin's secret that he is having an affair with a worker and that they have had a child. He promises Séraphin that he will never reveal any of it to Suzanne, but she is told by Isabelle, her maid.

A local occasion filmed at Rapahoe Beach on the West Coast of the South Island.

Soviet travelogue

Travelogue style documentary about a journey through Africa.

Harry Willis is a slob and a bacchant. He is therefore abandoned by his wife Maggi.

A young man finds a loose stray colt near Hamilton which is not advertised for. So after a year he enters the colt in a show at which the owner, a young lady who comes to the show with her father, claims it. They come to an arrangement about the horse, which is a descendant of the famous horse Carbine. Then the horse is stolen by a pair of villains when being trained. Lost Film

“This survey of national symbols was Britain’s first animated feature.” - BFI. Eventually released as six separate short films, only one of which is held by the BFI.

Felix flies to Germany.

Series of animated vignettes linked by a disembodied hand which appears to be drawing the illustrations.

These two-color Technicolor fashion shots were copied from nitrate film many years ago, without the benefit of later techniques that minimize blemishes.

Stores, schools, churches and other locations in Wellston, OK; Okmulgee, OK; Sapulpa, OK; Drumright, OK; El Reno, OK; and Oklahoma City, OK.

From the Fleischer Brothers, creators of Betty Boop, comes this "Screen Song." Screen Songs were early sound shorts designed for patrons to sing along with in the cinema.

A silent cartoon short produced by Mason Wadsworth and animated by John R. McCory.

Koko the clown and his dog attempt a round-the-world flight.

The romance between a Tin Pan Alley songwriter and a high society girl.

Anne-Marie and Yannick's romance is thwarted by Father Le Goff, who dreams of a glamorous marriage for his daughter. What he doesn't realize is that Kéridou is nothing more than a schemer, a large-scale smuggler whom Yannick will unmask.