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Saved from the Titanic
The 1910sA young woman tells her parents and fiance (in flashback) about the recent sinking of the Titanic and her experiences as a passenger during the disaster. Her intended marriage now faces a new hazard because her fiance is a sailor and her parents have just been reminded of the dangers of the sea. Premiering in the United States just 29 days after the event, it is the earliest dramatization about the tragedy.
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Tartans of Scottish Clans
ScotlandIt's common knowledge that Scotsmen are macho enough to pull off wearing a skirt - perhaps it's all that caber-tossing. This disarmingly simple film concentrates on the tartan cloths of various clans rather than the men who wore them, and is an early filmic reminder of their huge importance to both Scottish national identity and the thriving tourist industry north of the border. The film's unique selling point was that pioneering filmmaker G. A. Smith showed off the vibrant designs in Kinemacolor, among the earliest colour film processes that didn't involve meticulous hand-painting. And no dangly bits in sight.
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Cake Walk, Performed by Nouveau Cirque
The 1900sNouveau Cirque performs the cake-walk.
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Electrocuting an Elephant
New York The 1900sThis is a film taken of the execution of Topsy, an elephant employed to help build Luna Park on Coney Island.
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Inauguration of the Commonwealth
New South Wales The 1900sThis clip shows part of the official parade for the Inauguration of the Commonwealth on 1 January 1901 as it passes through the temporary gate built especially for the occasion in Hyde Park, Sydney.
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Procession à Séville III
🇪🇸 SpainA religious procession during the Holy Week in Seville, Spain.
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The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight
Nevada The 1890sThis legendary fight was filmed on March 17, 1897, using 63mm film that produced an aspect ratio of about 1.75:1. Using three adjacent cameras, Enoch Rector recorded the entire fight, simultaneously creating the world's first known feature film, as the resulting footage lasted over 90 minutes in length. About a quarter of the film survives today. Written by Mark Toscano.
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The Haverstraw Tunnel
New York The 1890sA train travels along the tracks of the West Shore railroad in Rockland county. It goes through the Haverstraw Tunnel and out the other side.
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Demolition of a Wall
The 1890sAuguste Lumière directs four workers in the demolition of an old wall at the Lumière factory. One worker is pressing the wall inwards with a jackscrew, while another is pushing it with a pick. When the wall hits the ground, a cloud of white dust whirls up. Three workers continue the demolition of the wall with picks.
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Partie d'écarté
The 1890sThree men are sitting around a table, two of them playing a game of Écarté. When the game is over, a domestic serves drinks.
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McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio
Ohio The 1890s“This view was taken upon Mr. McKinley's lawn at his home in Canton, Ohio. Mr. McKinley appears walking across the lawn in company with his Secretary, who hands him a telegram, which he reads with apparent satisfaction. The characteristic walk and gestures of Mr. McKinley will be noted with interest by his friends.” (AMB Picture Catalogue)
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Baby's Meal
The 1890sA father, a mother and a baby are sitting at a table, on a patio outside. Dad is feeding baby his lunch, while mum is serving tea.
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Fishing for Goldfish
The 1890sA man, holding a baby up in his hands, is standing next to a fishbowl. The baby is trying, in vain, to catch a goldfish with his bare hands.
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Jumping the Blanket
The 1890sFour men stand holding what appears to be a blanket, while one wearing a hat stands watching. A sixth man then runs towards them and attempts to jump into the blanket.
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Cordeliers' Square in Lyon
🇫🇷 France The 1890sPedestrian and horse-drawn vehicles traffic, across the Place des Cordeliers, in Lyon.
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Boat Leaving the Port
The 1890sIn very bad weather and a stormy sea, a small boat manned by two men is trying to leave the harbor of La Ciotat, while several people are watching them from the nearby pier.
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The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon
🇫🇷 France The 1890sDown the gangway, photographers leave the deck of a riverboat in large numbers.
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London's Trafalgar Square
EnglandMoving picture of London's Trafalgar Square traffic, filmed with a kinesigraph.
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Fire Under the Snow
Tibet The 1930s The 1960s The 1970s The 1980sPalden Gyatso, a Buddhist monk since childhood, was arrested by the Chinese Communist Army in 1959. He spent the next 33 years in prison for the "crimes" of peaceful demonstration and refusal to denounce his apolitical teacher as an Indian spy. He was tortured, starved and sentenced to hard labor. He watched his nation and culture destroyed, his teachers, friends and family displaced, jailed or killed under Chinese occupation. Fire Under the Snow reaches back to Palden's birth in 1933 and follows him through the Orwellian nightmare that began with the Chinese invasion. We cut back and forth between the past and Palden's present as an activist, living in exile. Our P.O.V. becomes a "third eye" hovering over Palden’s current life, haunted by his memories of the past. We explore the escalating cycle of interrogation and physical violation during his years in prison that ended decades later with Palden's escape from Tibet and a cathartic meeting with His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
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The Ballad of Hard Times
Quebec The 1930sUsing archival films, popular songs of the time and testimonials, evocation of the economic crisis of the 1930s as experienced by the people of Quebec
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Under a Jarvis Moon
Pacific Ocean The 1940s The 1930sUnder a Jarvis Moon is a 2010 documentary film about the young men, mostly of Hawaiian origin, sent in the 1930s and 1940s to colonize the Line Island of Jarvis and the Phoenix Islands of Howland and Baker.
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