Varieties of Sweet Peas

Nanook of the North

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

1922

Sprængning af Træer i Dyrehaven

A group of military men uses explosives to de-root trees.

1907

Københavnerbilleder

Various street scenes from Copenhagen in 1907.

1907

Hansa

Footage of the German airship Hansa over Copenhagen.

1912

Around China with a Movie Camera

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

2016

Crabs and Shrimp

Jean Painlevé is interested here, with the help of Eli Lotar, in crabs and shrimps. He is particularly interested in detailing their anatomy and obser

1930

Weaving Women

A group of Macedonian women are shown hard at work.

1905

Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

Documentary footage of the author and his two daughters at home.

1909

Podium

2007

Opening of the Kiel Canal

The opening of the Kiel Canal in Germany by Kaiser Wilhelm II on 20 June 1895.

1895

Fight for the Dardanelles

The film uses stop-frame animation to create maps on the screen, and showed the then-current military situation in the Dardanelles, using various maps

1915

The Celebration of Saint George

Early Balkan footage.

1905

The Defilee of Army Orchestra, Carriages and Horsemen

Early Balkan footage.

1908

Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

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

1927

Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown

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

1986

Hunting the Panther

A hunter and his native helpers set up a trap, then taunt and shoot a panther. Next we see the locals skin the animal.

1909

Dr. Cook at Copenhagen

On 4 September Frederick Albert Cook (1865-1940) arrived in Copenhagen on the ship 'Hans Egede'. He received a hero's welcome as the first man to set

1909

The Pictures That Moved: Australian Cinema 1896-1920

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

1968

New York Portrait, Chapter III

"[Hutton’s] latest urban film, New York Portrait, Chapter III, takes on a unique tone in relation to Hutton’s ongoing exploration of rural landscape.

1990

Film-Tract n° 1968

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

1968