Departure of Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition from Lyttelton, NZ, 1st Jan, 1908

A day in the city of Berlin, which experienced an industrial boom in the 1920s, and still provides an insight into the living and working conditions...

Film historians, and survivors from the nearly 30-year struggle to bring sound to motion pictures take the audience from the early failed attempts by...

This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northern Quebec region. Although the production...

In 1926, Buster Keaton was at the peak of his glory and wealth. By 1933, he had reached rock bottom. How, in the space of a few years, did this...

A film by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince, shot in late October 1888, showing pedestrians and carriages crossing Leeds Bridge.

Surfing at Waikiki Beach, Hawaii, on the island of Oahu. Most surfers are human, one is a dog. The educational documentary is part of the Bruce...

Elephants disrupt the lives of a family deep in the jungles of Northern Siam, and an entire village.

Documentary on the Shackleton Antartic expedition. A retelling of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated expedition to Antarctica in and the crew of his...

A cameraman wanders around with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling inventiveness.

The first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera and possibly the first woman to appear in a motion picture within the United...

An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century through the 1920s.

What starts off as a conventional travelogue turns into a satirical portrait of the town of Nice on the French Côte d'Azur, especially its...