How the Telephone Talks

Take a technological thrill ride The Magic of Flight takes you on a technological thrill ride faster, higher and wider than modern science or even your imagination! Relive the first flight of the Wright Brothers, then soar with the Blue Angels as they defy the laws of gravity. Narrated by Tom Selleck.

Le grand roman de l'homme

Le Secret de la marche

Two part biography of Greta Garbo - 1. The Temptress 2. The Clown. Reminiscences of her early life in Stockholm, with excerpts from her films. Narrated by Bibi Andersson.

Sid the Sloth takes a school of children out on a camping trip from home, only to find that in typical Sid style, he is not a very good guide and the children he takes with him don't have a very good time.

A boy competes in various events during the Olympic games. Short film from 1936.

An alien falls down from the sky in front of a wolf cub. His big ear allows him to listen to everything that happens in the universe. Yet somehow he fails to hear forest creatures calling for help.

About the funny adventures of a snake, a muskrat, a fox and a badger.

A 1936 documentary film about the London to Portsmouth railway. A lesser known contemporary of Night Mail, also featuring the music of Benjamin Britten and poetry of W.H. Auden.

Cartoon rabbit Oswald puts on a live-action puppet show.

Silent film showcasing hypnosis and its effects.

Promotional film introducing self-service long-distance dialing using a prototype service in Englewood, New Jersey, These scenes demonstrate how direct dial and the new area code system enable callers to make contact instantly without operator assistance.

Disabled in a thunderstorm, Betty Boop and Grampy's plane lands on a tropic island where Grampy soon re-invents the comforts of home... until hostile, racially-stereotyped natives intrude.

When her grandson is kidnapped during the Tour de France, Madame Souza and her beloved pooch Bruno team up with the Belleville Sisters—an aged song-and-dance team from the days of Fred Astaire—to rescue him.

A personal instruction video that makes home decorating easy, inexpensive and fun.

A hunter and his native helpers set up a trap, then taunt and shoot a panther. Next we see the locals skin the animal.

A child dreams of the Bible tale, reenacted by toys.

On 4 September Frederick Albert Cook (1865-1940) arrived in Copenhagen on the ship 'Hans Egede'. He received a hero's welcome as the first man to set foot on the North Pole. He was greeted by the king, and given an honorary doctorate at the University of Copenhagen. Only a few days later, however, his endeavour was questioned, and in December the University rejected Cook's documentation. Carl Th. Dreyer is seen as one of the journalists taking notes. (DFI)

Footage of the German airship Hansa over Copenhagen.

A group of military men uses explosives to de-root trees.