Most Viewed Year 1917 - 71

An early Mutt & Jeff cartoon.

This film shows Haarlem, Netherlands, at its best: the St. Bavo Cathedral, street scenes, historic buildings, and beautiful parks and villas. Many of...

The film documents the second voyage of the auxiliary cruiser in the Atlantic.

A man's jealousy gets the best of him when he mistakes a man's interest in his dog, with interest in his wife.

Running four reels, How Uncle Sam Prepares illustrated the measures taken by the United States in the months prior to its inevitable entry into WWI.

An experimental short mixing live performance with film.

A spring idyll released via Edison's short-lived Conquest Pictures sometime in 1917.

The Luck That Jealousy Brought is a 1917 Western

Filmed by American cinematographer Merl la Voy with the French forces in 1916 on the battlefields of the Somme and Verdun. Footage originally...

Soldiers in France demonstrate the workings of a tank to Queen Mary. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".

German silent film starring Pola Negri.

A lot has changed in the years since this promotional short film was made—but a lot hasn’t. Gym clothes have certainly improved, and...

Footage of the devastating fire in Thessaloniki that took place in 1917. A Serbian Colonel called Mihailo Mihailović aka Mika Afrika captured the...

A wealthy landlord and tong leader falls in love with the beautiful daughter of one of his tenants, a tea-shop merchant.