Most Viewed Year 1929 - 84

Footage from a religious cleansing ceremony in Japan, dated back to 1929.

This film tells the story of a nyai (mistress) who becomes famous after the publication of a book in 1896, and then popularized through theatre and...

Documentary made by Federico Valle for C.H.A.D.E. (Compañia Hispano-Americana de Electricidad).

An educational film on hygiene, made in the "shadow play" technique.

Cosme Renella entering the plane.

Chip the Wooden Man and the magic wand

Scenes of Indian life and architecture

An animated advertisement for automobile tyres made by U.S. Royal Cord Balloon.

This is one of the earliest representations of the Philippines in moving images. Stored in the British Film Institute archives, this administrative...

Indigenous women at Lake San Pablo

Hall dance 1929

Indigenous Feasts of the Black Mama Pujilí

Civil military and religious authorities

Paseo de las banderillas announcing the bulls

A glorious glimpse of mirth and merriment. (Topical Budget 944-2)

Craft demonstration - how to make butterfly hair accessories from beads. (British Pathé)

Collection of everyday scenes in Kyoto, Japan in the year 1929. These films were taken with the early Movietone sound cameras.

Years before "Reefer Madness" brought hysterical misunderstandings of marijuana to mainstream America, audiences were treated to "High on the Range,"...