02 Apr 2001
The Heart of 'The Natural'
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“Shows how a full carload of coal is loaded onto a vessel every thirty seconds at the great Erie Railroad Docks, Cleveland, Ohio. Great clouds of coal dust rise as each car is unloaded.”
02 Apr 2001
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15 Nov 1989
A film about the career and methods of the master silent comedy filmmaker.
10 May 1896
Students in Lyon.
14 Aug 1908
Woman Draped in Patterned Handkerchiefs is a 1908 British short silent documentary film, directed by George Albert Smith as a showcase his new Kinemacolor system, which features a woman displaying assorted tartan cloths, both draped on her body and waved semaphore-style. The patterned handkerchiefs are, according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, “presumably the same cloths featured in Tartans of Scottish Clans (1906), this time shown from various angles.”
18 Apr 2024
This short documentary film captures the natural movement of the moon mixed with an experimental musical track that accompanies the rhythm of the "walk" on the stage that the protagonist occupies, the sky.
04 Sep 1936
A 1936 documentary film about the London to Portsmouth railway. A lesser known contemporary of Night Mail, also featuring the music of Benjamin Britten and poetry of W.H. Auden.
01 Dec 1924
The official record of Mallory and Irvine's 1924 expedition. When George Mallory and Sandy Irvine attempted to reach the summit of Everest in 1924 they came closer than any previous attempt. Inspired by the work of Herbert Ponting (The Great White Silence) Captain Noel filmed in the harshest of conditions, with specially adapted equipment, to capture the drama of the fateful expedition.
30 Jan 1898
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15 Feb 2024
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, along with other international organizations, is leading efforts to increase aquaculture by encouraging countries around the world to invest in its development. However, local communities strongly oppose the expansion of fish farms due to resource depletion and water pollution concerns. From Italy to Greece, Spain to Senegal, and all the way to Patagonia in Chile, their journey to uncover the truth extends to the ends of the earth.
17 Apr 2024
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21 Feb 1900
Elaborate floats and costumes parading the streets of Nice.
15 Aug 1896
Teasing tigers with meat.
15 Sep 1896
The parade occupies only a small portion of the screen, the crowds are a seething mass that do really move and the Independence Bell is nowhere to be seen.
25 Apr 1896
Lumière Brothers film automobiles driving at the Champs-Elysées.
16 May 1897
A view of the entrance to the Stockholmsutställlningen, the World Exhibition in Stockholm.
29 Oct 1897
One minute film of Buffalo Bill's famous show.
13 Mar 1898
Panorama film shot floating down the Seine.
20 Sep 1896
A view of the Ferris wheel from the Chicago Exposition of 1893, turning slowly.
28 Sep 1896
A battalion, preceded by three riders and a military marching band, parades in front of the crowd. A man is manoeuvring a handcart bearing the inscription "Sunlight Soap" in the foreground.
25 May 1897
The arrival of King Rama V, the king of Siam, in Switzerland.