Unser Hindenburg(1917)

Amy Muller(xx)

Vaudeville dancer Amy Muller performs a portion of her stage routine, which features dancing on her toes. She dances on one toe for part of the performance. Later, she also twirls and does cartwheels.

Watermelon Contest(xx)

Two men have a contest to see which one can be the first to eat a large slice of watermelon.

Promenade du dragon à Cholon, I(fr)

A Chinese dragon parade.

Vue prise d'une baleinière en marche(en)

Sailors row a whaling boat in a medium-tight shot.

Repas d'indiens(fr)

Native Mexican people grouped in front of the camera.

Jongleur javanais(fr)

Comic Costume Race(en)

Three athletes make their way to wicker baskets that contain a mishmash of wacky costumes. They need to dress up as quickly as they can, and make their way back on the running track.

A Sea Cave Near Lisbon(en)

The water beats relentlessly against the Hell's Mouth (Boca do Inferno), one of the main natural attractions of Lisbon's west coast, filmed from above almost in a vertical plunge onto the deep, rocky ground.

Around China with a Movie Camera(en)

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. The cinematic journey of Around China with a Movie Camera contains many films which may never have been seen in China, or at the very least not for over 70 years. These travelogues, newsreels and home movies were made by a diverse group of British and French filmmakers, some professionals, but mainly enthusiastic amateurs, including intrepid tourists, colonial-era expatriates and Christian missionaries.

Opening of the Kiel Canal(en)

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

Souvenir Strip of the Edison Kinetoscope(xx)

Eugen Sandow, who claims to be the strongest man in the world, appears in the Edison Company's film studio.

Caicedo (with Pole)(en)

King of the slack wire. His daring feats of balancing as he performs his thrilling feats in midair show that he is perfectly at home.

Japanese Actors: Wig Exercise(fr)

A Japanese theatre performance based on a legend.

The Oil Gush in Balakhany(az)

A film directed by the pioneer of cinema in Azerbaijan, Alexandre Michon, it was filmed on August 4, 1898 in Balakhany, Baku and presented at the International Paris Exhibition. The film was shot using a 35mm film on a Lumière cinematograph. Silent movie. (Wikipedia)

Return of Lifeboat(en)

Along the seashore near San Francisco, a boat belonging to the Pacific Coast Life Saving Service can just be seen as it returns to shore. Several men are at the oars. As the boat approaches land, it must make its way through rough waves and surging water.

The Bridge(nl)

The Hefbrug may not be a remarkably beautiful bridge, but through a mix of close-ups, long shots, bird’s eye views and low angles, Joris Ivens conveys a sense of the bridge’s structure, its intricate mechanisms and ways of operating, the way it fits into the overall transport infrastructure and therefore the immense importance of this bridge for the whole city of Rotterdam.

Twenty-Four Dollar Island(en)

A visual celebration of Manhattan and its waterways on the 300th anniversary of purchase from the local Native Americans.

Die Serpentintänzerin(de)

A young woman dancer with large, flowing robes, swirls round herself quickly, making her light robe flow around her like a butterfly's wings.

Ringkämpfer(de)

Two men in white leotards and tights, and black slips over it, wrestle on a theatre stage.

Le maréchal-ferrant(fr)

While his aide continuously turns the handle of the bellows, keeping hot a small furnace in front of him, a farrier prepares a horse's hoof to receive a new shoe.