2016

Around China with a Movie Camera

4.2/2

A new film compiled from the BFI National Archive's unparalleled holdings of early films of China, features films from 1900-48 filmed across China. Th...

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Around China with a Movie Camera

1986

Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown

8/1

Two part biography of Greta Garbo - 1. The Temptress 2. The Clown. Reminiscences of her early life in Stockholm, with excerpts from her films. Narrate...

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Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown

1922

Nanook of the North

7.09/295

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

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Nanook of the North

1927

Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

7.5/117

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 a...

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Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

2024

Moonwalk

0/0

This short documentary film captures the natural movement of the moon mixed with an experimental musical track that accompanies the rhythm of the "wal...

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Moonwalk

1929

Man with a Movie Camera

7.8/720

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

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Man with a Movie Camera

1968

The Pictures That Moved: Australian Cinema 1896-1920

0/0

Part 1 of the History of Australian Cinema series. Australian cinema from the very beginning, from the newsreels, ethnographic and actuality films, to...

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The Pictures That Moved: Australian Cinema 1896-1920

1922

Finlandia

2/1

A documentary from Erkki Karu, one of the earliest pioneers of Finnish cinema: This government-produced propaganda film introduces the nature, sports,...

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Finlandia

2007

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

7/5

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...

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The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

1968

Film-Tract n° 1968

6.7/3

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 Géra...

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Film-Tract n° 1968

1894

Carmencita

5.207/70

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 Sta...

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Carmencita

1888

Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge

5.9/122

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

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Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge

1929

Mode Reville

0/0

Silent documentary short showcasing a fashion show in the late twenties set at the Côte d'Azur.

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Mode Reville

1905

The Celebration of Saint George

4.7/10

Early Balkan footage.

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The Celebration of Saint George

1908

The Defilee of Army Orchestra, Carriages and Horsemen

4.8/11

Early Balkan footage.

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The Defilee of Army Orchestra, Carriages and Horsemen

2013

Lumiere's First Picture Shows

6.5/4

An overview of the works of French film pioneers Louis and Auguste Lumière from 1895 to 1897.

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Lumiere's First Picture Shows

1932

Visions of Lourdes

6.8/4

Charles Dekeukeleire, then a questioning Catholic, was spurred into making this documentary on a pilgrimage with the Catholic Young Workers’ Movement....

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Visions of Lourdes

1919

How Animated Cartoons Are Made

6/3

Wallace Carlson walks viewers through the production of an animated short at Bray Studios.

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How Animated Cartoons Are Made

2017

David Lynch: The Art Life

6.9/184

An intimate journey through the formative years of David Lynch's life. From his idyllic upbringing in small town America to the dark streets of Philad...

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David Lynch: The Art Life

2011

Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic

7.9/16

The lives of Stan Laurel (1890-1965) and Oliver Hardy (1892-1957), on the screen and behind the curtain. The joy and the sadness, the success and the...

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Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic