The Ljutomer Fair

A method soldier boys have for amusing themselves in their leisure moments. New comrades are frequently initiated by the old-fashioned sport of tossing in a blanket. The newly arrived recruit, who is the victim of their sport, enjoys himself, perhaps, less than the other participants.

Short documentary on a central african tribe called 'The Chillouks'.

Fascinating compilation by Bohumil Veselý of behind-the-scenes footage from Czech Silent films shot between 1918-1929 (including several by Kolár) and assembled in the 1950s.

The Dangers of the Fly is an educational film made by Ernesto Gunche and Eduardo Martínez de la Pera, also responsible for Gaucho Nobility (1915), the biggest blockbuster of Argentinean silent cinema. De la Pera was a talented photographer, always willing to try new gadgets and techniques. This film experiments with microphotography in the style of Jean Comandon's films for Pathé and it is part of a series which included a film about mosquitoes and paludism and another one about cancer, which are considered lost. Flies were a popular subject of silent films and there are more than a dozen titles featuring them in the teens and early twenties.

The Iowa State Fair draws millions of people to the city of Des Moines every year. However, this film is not about the Iowa State Fair or the people who attend. It's about where they park their cars. Inspired by the classic documentary, "Heavy Metal Parking Lot".

Footage shot during Japanese Army Lieutenant Nobu Shirase’s second Antarctica expedition.

The subject is a group of women bathing in a public swimming pool. The camera was placed on the edge of the pool and the full extent of the film shows the women in the pool. Only the heads and shoulders of most of the women are visible but it is possible to see they are wearing rented bathing attire.

Registration of the city of Stockholm and its surroundings. Shots from a tram of various cityscapes: a park, brass band, shopping street, market, canals and boats.

A documentary about some of the comedians of the silent era featuring clips from their films and biographical information.

Madrid, Spain, 1949. The Circo Americano arrives in the city. While the big top is pitched in a vacant lot, the troupe parades through the grand avenues: the band, a witty impersonator, the Balodys, acrobats, jugglers, acrobatic skaters, clowns and… Buffallo Bill.

A tour of Istanbul in all its glory. All the sights, such as the Hagia Sophia, but also the small details are shown.

Roald Amundsen's South Pole Journey is a Norwegian documentary film that features Roald Amundsen's original footage from his South Pole expedition from 1910 to 1912.

An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century through the 1920s.

A short, early documentary work showing insects exhibiting extreme strength and agility.

From Elsinore shipyard launched the steamer AP Bemstorff sliding slowly out into the harbor.

Farmers' wives from Amager selling flowers.

Street Trading. Fishermen's wives from Skovshoved sell their fish from the stalls at Gammel Strand. Anker Kirkeby is in the picture.

The horse-drawn tram "Hønen" comes running along Nørregade and into the Old Square. "Hønen"'s last trip was on June 14, 1915.

Horse carriages seen at the Copenhagen Town Square.

From inside a tower, a man admires an artistic rendition of another tower.