Clouds 1969 by the British filmmaker Peter Gidal is a film comprised of ten minutes of looped footage of the sky, shot with a handheld camera using a...

Three men hammer on an anvil and pass a bottle of beer around. Notable for being the first film in which a scene is being acted out.

The earliest surviving celluloid film, and believed to be the second moving picture ever created, was shot by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince...

A film by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince, shot in late October 1888, showing pedestrians and carriages crossing Leeds Bridge.

This bicycle-safety film shows children what can happen when bicycles are driven carelessly and recklessly.

A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and...

A day in the city of Berlin, which experienced an industrial boom in the 1920s, and still provides an insight into the living and working conditions...

Kieslowski’s later film Dworzec (Station, 1980) portrays the atmosphere at Central Station in Warsaw after the rush hour.

Silent documentary short showcasing a fashion show in the late twenties set at the Côte d'Azur.

Early Balkan footage.

They get ready to kiss, begin to kiss, and kiss in a way that brings down the house every time.

Angelic and demonic serpentine dance from dawn of cinema. Hand-colored frame by frame. Lumière no. 765 or 765.1 (colorized, different...

William K.L. Dickson plays the violin while two men dance. This is the oldest surviving sound film where sound is recorded on the phonograph.

A charming representation of the Mikado dance by three beautiful Japanese ladies in full costume. Very effective when colored.

"A glove contest between trained cats. A very comical and amusing subject, and is sure to create a great laugh." (by Edison Films)

A promotional making-of documentary for the film Matrix, The (1999) that devotes its time to explaining the digital and practical effects contained...

A boy is fishing in a stream when some others see an opportunity for mischief.

"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from...

“Re-Existence” is a documentary about migration stories of individuals from the Brazilian queer community.

A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.