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poster The American West of John Ford
The American West of John Ford
(3.6/5)
52mn - Western, Documentary
John Wayne, James Stewart, and Henry Fonda revisit the landscapes, characters, and enduring myths that director John Ford forged into the defining vision of the American West.
poster The Great White Silence
The Great White Silence
(4.0/5)
108mn - Documentary
Herbert Ponting travelled to Antarctica with Captain Scott’s ill-fated South Pole expedition and filmed the stunning images that make up this extraordinary documentary. (Originally released in 1912 as Wit…
poster A Nymph of the Waves
A Nymph of the Waves
1mn - Documentary
A woman in ballet slippers wearing a large white hat and a long white dress - with ruffles, puffy sleeves and petticoats - dances across water with roiling waves behind her. She holds the edges of the ski…
poster Indochina: Children Gathering Coins Scattered by Western Women
Indochina: Children Gathering Coins Scattered by Western Women
(2.8/5)
1mn - Documentary
Vietnamese children collect coins that are thrown them by two aristocratic ladies.
poster Mata Hari: The Naked Spy
Mata Hari: The Naked Spy
(3.5/5)
78mn - Documentary
A century after her execution as a German spy, newly discovered documents challenge everything we thought we knew about Mata Hari, revealing the complex truth behind the legendary exotic dancer. Through i…
poster Touch the Sound
Touch the Sound
(3.6/5)
99mn - Documentary, Music
This extraordinary documentary follows world-renowned percussionist Evelyn Glennie, who despite being nearly deaf, has revolutionized the way we understand and experience music. Through her performances i…
poster Discontinued
Discontinued
24mn - Comedy, Documentary, Sci-Fi
Host Bruce Campbell explores the rise and fall of major pop culture relics that were eventually discontinued, including McDonald's Arch Deluxe and Disneyland's Videopolis.
poster Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
90mn - Documentary
Pro-intelligent design scholars and scientists are often chastised, fired or denied tenured positions by those who believe in Darwin's theory of evolution.
poster Transgender Kids: Who Knows Best?
Transgender Kids: Who Knows Best?
(3.1/5)
52mn - Documentary
Around the world there has been a huge increase in the number of children being referred to gender clinics. Increasingly, parents are encouraged to adopt a 'gender affirmative' approach - fully supporting…
poster Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War
Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War
0mn - Documentary
Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War is a documentary short reviewing the role of then-Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) in leading the United States into the most devastating foreign policy b…
poster Départ en voiture
Départ en voiture
(2.7/5)
1mn - Documentary
Three women get in a horse-drawn carriage, as servants load luggage on the roof, before it pulls away.
poster Dr. Macintyre's X-Ray Film
Dr. Macintyre's X-Ray Film
1mn - Documentary
The first X-ray cinematograph film ever taken, shown by Dr. MacIntyre at the London Royal Society (1896 and 1909). X-ray pictures of a frog knee joint, a beating human heart and movements of the stomach.
poster Forbidden Mysteries - Ancient Knowledge and Lost Worlds
Forbidden Mysteries - Ancient Knowledge and Lost Worlds
Nonemn - Documentary
Explore the mysteries of ancient underground civilizations and the scientific cover-ups surrounding mankind's true origins in this episode of Ancient Lost Worlds.
poster Hands on a Hardbody: The Documentary
Hands on a Hardbody: The Documentary
(3.8/5)
98mn - Documentary
Filmmaker S.R. Bindler profiles Texas contestants trying to win a truck by keeping one hand on it longer than everyone else.
poster How to Make Movies
How to Make Movies
(3.1/5)
16mn - Documentary, Comedy
This film was never released for the general public. It was hidden in Chaplin's private vaults for forty years until he included some parts of it in his compilation 'The Chaplin Revue' in 1959.
poster In the Wake of the Bounty
In the Wake of the Bounty
66mn - Action, Drama, Documentary
A former crew member recounts the legendary mutiny aboard HMS Bounty, as this groundbreaking documentary explores Tahiti and Pitcairn Island to uncover the fate of the mutineers and their descendants, fea…
poster Demolishing and Building Up the Star Theatre
Demolishing and Building Up the Star Theatre
(3.4/5)
3mn - Documentary
Time-lapse photography showing the one month-long demolition of the Star Theatre in New York.
poster Tommy Tucker's Tooth
Tommy Tucker's Tooth
10mn - Comedy, Documentary, Animation
Tommy Tucker's Tooth is a live-action short film by Walt Disney at his short-lived Laugh-O-Grams studio in Kansas City from 1922. The film was one of two commissioned by Kansas City Dentist Thomas B. McCr…
poster Don't Be a Sucker!
Don't Be a Sucker!
(3.8/5)
18mn - Documentary, History, War
Propaganda short film depicting the rise of Nazism in Germany and how political propaganda is similarly used in the United States. The film was made to make the case for the desegregation of the United St…
poster Loïe Fuller
Loïe Fuller
(2.7/5)
2mn - Fantasy, Documentary
This is another short, simple dance number. It’s quite stunning and unusual though with a bat turning into a woman who proceeds to give us a skirt dance before disappearing into thin air. The dance is mes…
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