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poster Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
(3.7/5)
101mn - Documentary
A deep-dive documentary that explores the greatest cult movies of all time, starting with the birth of the 'midnight movie' and featuring interviews with industry legends like Jeff Bridges and Jeff Goldbl…
poster The Coronation of King Peter I of Serbia
The Coronation of King Peter I of Serbia
(2.8/5)
42mn - Documentary
Belgradian parades and everyday street scenes.
poster Electrocuting an Elephant
Electrocuting an Elephant
1mn - Documentary
This is a film taken of the execution of Topsy, an elephant employed to help build Luna Park on Coney Island.
poster Souvenir Strip of the Edison Kinetoscope
Souvenir Strip of the Edison Kinetoscope
(2.7/5)
1mn - Documentary
Eugen Sandow, who claims to be the strongest man in the world, appears in the Edison Company's film studio.
poster Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine"
Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine"
(3.0/5)
1mn - Documentary
Divers go to work on a wrecked ship (the battleship Maine that was blown up in Havana harbour during the Spanish-American War), surrounded by curiously disproportionate fish.
poster Une bataille dans le vieux Stockholm
Une bataille dans le vieux Stockholm
1mn - Documentary
A fight breaks out between two men in medieval Stockholm, Sweden.
poster Snowball Fight
Snowball Fight
(3.4/5)
1mn - Documentary, Comedy
Wintertime in Lyon. About a dozen people, men and women, are having a snowball fight in the middle of a tree-lined street. The cyclist coming along the road becomes the target of opportunity. He falls off…
poster Demolition of a Wall
Demolition of a Wall
1mn - Documentary
Auguste Lumière directs four workers in the demolition of an old wall at the Lumière factory. One worker is pressing the wall inwards with a jackscrew, while another is pushing it with a pick. When the wa…
poster Fencing
Fencing
1mn - Documentary
Early Edison short showing two men fencing.
poster The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight
The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight
(2.6/5)
19mn - Documentary
This legendary fight was filmed on March 17, 1897, using 63mm film that produced an aspect ratio of about 1.75:1. Using three adjacent cameras, Enoch Rector recorded the entire fight, simultaneously creat…
poster President McKinley Taking the Oath
President McKinley Taking the Oath
1mn - Documentary
Filmed at the second inauguration of William McKinley on March 4, 1901, this short captures the president taking the oath of office at the U.S. Capitol. Although Thomas Edison has sometimes been mistakenl…
poster Pope Leo XIII Being Seated Bestowing Blessing
Pope Leo XIII Being Seated Bestowing Blessing
1mn - Documentary
Probably the first video of a Pope: Leo XIII sits in his chair with guards and attendants, then blesses the viewers.
poster Boat Leaving the Port
Boat Leaving the Port
(3.0/5)
1mn - Drama, Documentary
In very bad weather and a stormy sea, a small boat manned by two men is trying to leave the harbor of La Ciotat, while several people are watching them from the nearby pier.
poster As Curas do Professor Mozart
As Curas do Professor Mozart
24mn - Documentary
poster Barcelona and Its Park
Barcelona and Its Park
3mn - Documentary
Short movie on Barcelona's "Citadel Park" produced by Segundo de Chomón for Pathé Frères. Directed and filmed by Segundo de Chomón.
poster Baby's Meal
Baby's Meal
1mn - Documentary, Family
A father, a mother and a baby are sitting at a table, on a patio outside. Dad is feeding Baby her lunch, while Mum is serving tea.
poster Driving with Greenland Dogs
Driving with Greenland Dogs
1mn - Documentary
Johan Carl Joensen, a Danish colonial manager in Greenland, drives his dog sled in Copenhagen’s Fælledparken. (stumfilm.dk)
poster We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918
We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918
(3.3/5)
56mn - Documentary
We meet individuals from marginalized communities who describe what it was like to live through the 1918 flu pandemic. Their experiences raise questions about the pandemic: why did it kill so many people?…
poster The Untold Truth: Dodi and Diana
The Untold Truth: Dodi and Diana
43mn - Documentary
The following Summer after her divorce from Prince Charles, Diana, Princess of Wales, began dating Dodi Al-Fayed. The relationship between the two is shrouded in mystery. Was she falling in love or was it…
poster The Pollinators
The Pollinators
(3.7/5)
93mn - Documentary
Our complex food system rests on the wings of the honey bee and the commercial beekeepers that move them from farm to orchard, pollinating the crops that we eat.
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