The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. On trial for claiming...

The film depicts the marriage between the mad Charles VI of France and his wife Queen Isabeau.

Fascinating compilation by Bohumil Veselý of behind-the-scenes footage from Czech Silent films shot between 1918-1929 (including several by...

An early silent film, made before intertites became common (which is why very early silent films are narrated, at best). This was filmed in 1907 but...

The subject is a group of women bathing in a public swimming pool. The camera was placed on the edge of the pool and the full extent of the film...

Registration of the city of Stockholm and its surroundings. Shots from a tram of various cityscapes: a park, brass band, shopping street, market,...

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...

Scientist Galileo Galilei was engaged in his studies, but a servant of his attempts to seduce his daughter, and denounces Galilei to the Holy Office.

To popularize the idea of automobile travel, Ford Motor Company produced Ford Educational Weekly, a film magazine distributed free to theaters. One...

An adventure film with Benshi performers. Sometimes considered the 'first Japanese feature film', it survives today as a compilation of scenes from...

A king grows suspicious of his favored woman's affection for an Italian troubadour. After confirming their secret romance, he takes a cruel revenge...