La remise des décorations

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

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...

This film records the vast public response to the early death of Vera Kholodnaya, the first star of Russian cinema.

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...

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

A fascinating pictorial document: On an old, cluttered work ship, a man is helped on with a bulky, old fashioned diving suit. It's a complicated...

Madrid, Spain, 1949. The Circo Americano arrives in the city. While the big top is pitched in a vacant lot, the troupe parades through the grand...

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

A brief portrait of famous and brave bullfighter Manuel Benítez el Corbobés; an account on still photos of his triumphs and failures.

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...

In the 1968 movement in Paris, Jean-Luc Godard made a 16mm, 3-minute long film, Film-tract No.1968, Le Rouge, in collaboration with French artist...