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The film depicts life on Charles Island in the Galapagos, where members of the expedition encountered an assortment of German colonists while conducting their research. The film was often shown by expedition head, Allan Hancock, with his lectures.
A commercial for cigarettes in fictional form.
A short documentary produced by the French section of the Workers' International.
A experimental animated film featuring moving shapes and lines.
Documentary on Budapest's spas and cures.
Animated film about glas dishes.
Directed by Niazi Mustafa.
A compilation film showing a capsule history of America's involvement in WWI.
This short, the seventh in the 'See America First' series, opens with a slightly corrupted version of the following quote from Sir Walter Scott: "Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land!" As the narrator tells the story of the American Civil War, the audience visits various cities, battlefields, buildings, and monuments associated with the war's personalities and battles. The film ends with newsreel footage of a parade of Civil War veterans.
Short film where the hero Hatanosuke battles with an evil gang of thieves.
When Universal's then biggest cartoon star Oswald the Lucky Rabbit was declining in popularity, Lantz decided to come up with new characters to keep the shorts running. One of these characters was a great dane which they named Elmer, and was cast as Oswald's pet dog. The inspiration for character came from the fact that Lantz was a fanatic in great danes.
The film depicts, with a certain patriotic tone, a traditional-style wedding party of Dravnieku Velta and Varkaļu Jānis.
Academy Award nominated short film. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division in 2012.
A rare glimpse of 1930s London in colour: the Thames has never looked lovelier.
In the first of Paramount's "Headliner" series, narrator Ted Husing travels up and down and around Broadway and other main stem New York City locations, and views the likes of Earl Carroll picking show-girls for hie Varieties; Al Jolson and Jack Benny rehearsing their radio programs; and other celebs, such as Gary Cooper visiting The Big Apple, and Bea Lillie and Sophie Tucker and others caught by the Headliner camera.
The animation is fluid and cartoonish as Scrappy and Oopie train for and fight against a well-drawn Max Baer, a leading and feared boxer of the day who killed at least one man in the ring.
A rabbit seeks revenge on an evil tanuki (raccoon dog). Based on a popular folktale story. Sequel reel.
A rabbit seeks revenge on an evil tanuki (raccoon dog). Based on a popular folktale story.
When a monkey samurai kills a crab samurai, the crab’s child takes revenge with the help of friends. Based on an Edo period folktale.
Activities at Yoker school, Glasgow; pupils enjoying music and movement lessons, infants singing and dancing in the playground and senior pupils doing Scottish country dancing.
An underwater look at sea snails and a female octopus.
Animation that appropriatesvthe character of Betty Boop to confront her with monsters in a haunted mansion.
A dramatic and shocking safety film set in the dangerous landscape 1930's America's roads created for the U.S. Red Cross.
Documentary that focuses on the famous giant flashing "Chevrolet" electric sign atop a skyscraper in downtown Chicago. Shown are how the sign works, and the crew--from workers who replace burned-out bulbs to electrical engineers--that makes certain the sign and its thousands of parts are in working order.
Short advertising for the 1935 Pontiac automobile from General Motors.
Fatima is a poor wife married to Hamido the sailor. Due to financial constraints, she pawns her jewelry to cover household expenses. She meets Umm Mahmoud, who is often away from home for work. Umm Mahmoud offers to arrange an evening with Ali Bey for Fatima. She goes to visit him, and her husband arrives, becoming suspicious. A dispute arises between them.
A father advises his son of hidden treasure in a haunted castle. However, it is said that those who seek the treasure never return…
A girl purchases some flowers and a fairy offers to enchant them. The girl follows the fairy’s instructions, and plants the flowers. The next day, the flowers grow into small characters and start dancing, to the amusement of the girl and the animals nearby.
Tonkichi flies through the sky on a plane but finds himself stranded on an island with different wildlife.
A dog named Norakuro accidentally strands his friend on a hot air balloon and tries different ways to save him. Based on the manga character by Suihō Tagawa.
The film is a comedic retelling of the real-life events of the 47 Ronin. The film combines Edo period setting with modern devices such as cameras, motorcycles, and cars.
A group of tanuki celebrate the moonrise while a rabbit on the face of the moon makes mochi in this nod to the folktale, “The Rabbit on the Moon.”
A boat is headed to the town of Ostend when it gets caught in a storm.
Short film shown as part of THE COLOURS OF SMALL GAUGE CINEMA Strand at Cinema Ritrovato 2024.
A beggar steals money from a farmer, but is stopped by a Saint Bernard dog. Although produced in 1908, it was not released until 1935 because the film crew considered it a failure.
The film follows the development of the XXXII International Eucharistic Congress that was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina between October 9 and 14, 1934 with the presence of Eugenio Pacelli, future Pope Pius XII.
A group of people goes through an airplane crash which changes the course of their lives. It is hard to adapt to regular life again, afterwards.
Animated advertising short.
A stop motion animated film from 1935 featuring Mugzee. Mugzee rescues Miss Tille from bandits in this action packed old time melodrama.
Short Dutch animation film.
Short Dutch animation film.
The story is adapted from See Yoe's series.
Sherrif Hector the Pup hunts a bounty in the wild west.
This film supplements footage from "the first colour newsreel" with other colour scenes from the day to create "the first specially edited colour feature in screen journalism". Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".
Promotional film showing how Monarch Foods, owned by Reid, Murdoch & Co., brings fruits and vegetables to the American consumer. The film centers on harvesting and cannery operations in Oregon, Minnesota, and Michigan and documents the preparation of peaches, strawberries, raspberries, pears, green beans, and peas to be sold under the Monarch label. The process ends with grocery displays of the canned product.
A train crammed with Rugby League supporters pulls into Leeds station. Hull are playing Huddersfield in the Rugby League Cup Semi-Final of 1935. The teams, looking lighter and nimbler than their present day counterparts, run onto the pitch. Headingley is so packed that the game is stopped while some of the crowd spills over the terraces. Vast swathes of men in flat caps watch the action as one penalty kick from Hull goes straight between the posts, while another just misses.
A 1935 film supervised by Marceau Pivert and Germaine Dulac and produced by the French section of the Workers' International.
This 21-minute silent short comes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and shows President Roosevelt's Civilian Conservation Corps in full effect from the time the boys went to work until the time they left. The CCC was basically put in place to give young men a job, boost their moral and protect the forests of California. Throughout the short we see the various jobs that were being performed and one really does get a great idea of what this mission was all about and why it was so important to Roosevelt.
This avantgarde movie, unique in the history of cinema, was left behind by the architect and amateur filmmaker Dudás László. It is known that it was presented with sound during its showing(s), but there is no information about the nature of the accompaniment.
Newsreel started in 1935.
Documentary about Ethiopia.
This film was preserved by the West Virginia State Archives, and is one of the 50 films in the 4-disc DVD box set called "Treasures from American Film Archives", compiled by the National Film Preservation Foundation.