Watch the funeral of vera kholodnaya soap2day. This film records the vast public response to the early death of Vera Kholodnaya, the first star of Russian cinema.
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A BFI collection of 7 short films from the USA, England and Italy scored for Piano, Guitar and String Quartet.
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An overview of the works of French film pioneers Louis and Auguste Lumière from 1895 to 1897.
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A silent succession of black-and-white photographs of the city of Montreal.
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Early Balkan footage.
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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...
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This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northern Quebec region. Although the production...
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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....
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Documentary footage of the author and his two daughters at home.
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Jean Painlevé is interested here, with the help of Eli Lotar, in crabs and shrimps. He is particularly interested in detailing their anatomy...
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Documentary-drama recounting the Martian War of 1913–1917. Europe was on tenterhooks in the 2nd decade of the 20th century, everyone was...
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"[Hutton’s] latest urban film, New York Portrait, Chapter III, takes on a unique tone in relation to Hutton’s ongoing exploration of...
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A cameraman wanders around with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling inventiveness.