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2005
Edison: The Invention of the Movies
Edison: The Invention of the Movies7 2005 HD
A history of the Edison Company, the pioneering film production company begun by Thomas A. Edison. Included are more than 140 complete films produced...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Thomas A. Edison
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1942
The Film That Was Lost
The Film That Was Lost8 1942 HD
In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short, a look is taken at the problems of film preservation efforts in the 1930s and early 1940s.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: John Nesbitt
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1897
Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory
Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory5.1 1897 HD
“This film is remarkable in several respects. In the first place, it is full life-size. Secondly, it is the only accurate recent portrait of...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Thomas A. Edison
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1922
A Day with Thomas A. Edison
A Day with Thomas A. Edison0 1922 HD
A six-part documentary recording the 74-year-old Edison's collaborations with his staff, conversations with industrial leaders, and supervision of...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Thomas A. Edison
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1909
Meeting of the Motion Pictures Patents Company
Meeting of the Motion Pictures Patents Company0 1909 HD
A short film in which the members of the Motion Pictures Patents Company (which had been founded only a year earlier) congratulate Thomas Edison...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Thomas A. Edison
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1950
The Golden Twenties
The Golden Twenties0 1950 HD
Feature-length compilation of 1920s newsreel footage, with commentary about news, sports, lifestyles, and historical figures.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Robert Q. Lewis
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2019
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound6.8 2019 HD
The history of cinematic sound, told by legendary sound designers and visionary filmmakers.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Walter Murch
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2019
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley7.1 2019 HD
With a magical new invention that promised to revolutionize blood testing, Elizabeth Holmes became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire,...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Elizabeth Holmes
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2008
Murnau, Borzage and Fox
Murnau, Borzage and Fox7 2008 HD
Documentary focusing on the film careers F.W. Murnau, Frank Borzage and William Fox and their impact on the history of cinema.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Jeanine Basinger
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2015
Edison
Edison6.8 2015 HD
By the time he died in 1931, Thomas Alva Edison was one of the most famous men in the world. The holder of more patents than any other inventor in...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Michael Murphy
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1998
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists0 1998 HD
The careers of D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Charlie Chaplin are chronicled culminating in the formation of United Artists and...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Roddy McDowall
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1982
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter5.7 1982 HD
A documentary overview of the career of silent cinema pioneer Edwin S. Porter.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Blanche Sweet
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1946
Okay for Sound
Okay for Sound5 1946 HD
This short was released in connection with the 20th anniversary of Warner Brothers' first exhibition of the Vitaphone sound-on-film process on 6...
Genre: History
Cast: John Barrymore
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2011
The Extraordinary Voyage
The Extraordinary Voyage7.8 2011 HD
An account of the extraordinary life of film pioneer Georges Méliès (1861-1938) and the amazing story of the copy in color of his...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Costa-Gavras
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1995
The Shadow of Hate: A History of Intolerance in America
The Shadow of Hate: A History of Intolerance in America6.3 1995 HD
The film expresses the history of oppression, discrimination, violence and hate in America. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Julian Bond
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1990
The Crash of 1929
The Crash of 19290 1990 HD
Based on eight years of continued prosperity, presidents and economists alike confidently predicted that America would soon enter a time when there...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Philip Bosco
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2002
Naqoyqatsi
Naqoyqatsi6.1 2002 HD
A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Marlon Brando
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1899
Bicycle Trick Riding, No. 2
Bicycle Trick Riding, No. 24.9 1899 HD
"'Neidert,' of national fame, does stunts on his wheel that are simply wonderful. Makes his bicycle rear up
Genre: Comedy
Cast:
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1901
The Trick Cyclist
The Trick Cyclist4.429 1901 HD
Shows a tramp enter and try to ride a wheel, from which he makes some very ludicrous falls and gives up in despair, after which an artist enters and...
Genre: Comedy
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2022
Copyright Comedies and More. From the Library of Congress
Copyright Comedies and More. From the Library of Congress0 2022 HD
A montage of 13 remarkable short films recently digitized by the Library of Congress, whose themes echo the program of the Domitor 2022 conference,...
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Marie Dressler
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1909
Meeting of the Motion Pictures Patents Company
Meeting of the Motion Pictures Patents Company0 1909 HD
A short film in which the members of the Motion Pictures Patents Company (which had been founded only a year earlier) congratulate Thomas Edison...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Thomas A. Edison
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1903
Electrocuting an Elephant
Electrocuting an Elephant2.7 1903 HD
This is a film taken of the execution of Topsy, an elephant employed to help build Luna Park on Coney Island.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Carl Goliath
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1904
Parsifal
Parsifal0 1904 HD
Klingsor seeks admission to the Holy Grail. Evil summons Kundry. Herzeloid appears with the child Parsifal. Crowning of Amfortas. Wounding of...
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Cast: Adelaide Fitz-Allen
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1914
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
The Patchwork Girl of Oz5 1914 HD
Ojo and Unc Nunkie are out of food, so they decide to journey to the Emerald City where they will never starve. Along the way, they meet Mewel, a...
Genre: Adventure
Cast: Violet MacMillan
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1909
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)0 1909 HD
Documentary footage of the author and his two daughters at home.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Mark Twain
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1913
The Musical Blacksmiths
The Musical Blacksmiths0 1913 HD
The Edison Quartet perform songs as blacksmiths. This was one of 200 projects produced using the Edison Kinetophone system. The Kinetophone was a...
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Cast: Shirley Mason
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1913
The Edison Kinetophone
The Edison Kinetophone0 1913 HD
On February 17, 1913, after many years of R+D, Thomas Alva Edison introduced the Edison Kinetophone to an enthusiastic New York audience. The...
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Cast: W.E. Ramsey
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1913
Jack's Joke
Jack's Joke5 1913 HD
A comic sketch that features two players who think each one is deaf, causing them to shout. Part of the Edison Kinetophone Collection. The...
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Arthur Housman
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1904
Herding Horses Across a River
Herding Horses Across a River6 1904 HD
A large number of horses are swimming a deep river. The cowboys urge them on and do some fancy riding while their ponies swim across. One of the men...
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1910
Frankenstein
Frankenstein6.046 1910 HD
Frankenstein, a young medical student, trying to create the perfect human being, instead creates a misshapen monster. Made ill by what he has done,...
Genre: Horror
Cast: Augustus Phillips
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1903
A Jewish Dance at Jerusalem
A Jewish Dance at Jerusalem0 1903 HD
A group of Jewish men in Jerusalem perform a dance.
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1897
Admiral Cigarette
Admiral Cigarette7.5 1897 HD
Late 1800s cigarette advertisement produced by Thomas Edison Manufacturing.
Genre: Documentary
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1901
President McKinley Taking the Oath
President McKinley Taking the Oath4.679 1901 HD
President McKinley taking the Oath.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: William McKinley
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1903
Chicago-Michigan Football Game
Chicago-Michigan Football Game4 1903 HD
Excerpts of a 1903 football game between the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan. Includes views of the uniformed players, the...
Genre: Documentary
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1898
Officers and Crew of the U.S. Cruiser 'Brooklyn'
Officers and Crew of the U.S. Cruiser 'Brooklyn'0 1898 HD
Brooklyn Jubilee Peace Parade
Genre: Documentary
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1904
Canoeing on the Charles River, Boston, Mass.
Canoeing on the Charles River, Boston, Mass.6 1904 HD
With a tree-lined river bank dominating the top and back of the frame, the Charles River flows toward a stationary camera. A flotilla of canoes...
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1895
The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots6.2 1895 HD
A short film depicting the execution of Mary, Queen of the Scots. Mary is brought to the execution block and made to kneel down with her neck over...
Genre: History
Cast: Mrs. Robert L. Thomas
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1899
General Lee's Procession, Havana
General Lee's Procession, Havana2.7 1899 HD
Filmed on January 1, 1899, this Edison short shows a victory march by General Lee and the Seventh Army Corps. When watching these early films it's...
Genre: Documentary
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1899
New York Police Parade, June 1st, 1899
New York Police Parade, June 1st, 18993 1899 HD
An excellent view of 'The Finest,' on their annual parade and inspection, June 1, 1899. The head of the column is just turning into 14th street from...
Genre: Documentary
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1902
Cutting and Canaling Ice
Cutting and Canaling Ice6 1902 HD
Shows ice plows in operation, drawn by horses and guided by men on skates. The plows are first operated in one direction and then crosswise, cutting...
Genre: Documentary
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