Dickson Greeting at SFlix. William K.L. Dickson brings his hat from his one hand to the other and moves his head slightly, as a small nod toward the audience. This was the first film produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company to be shown to public audiences and the press.
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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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A BFI collection of 7 short films from the USA, England and Italy scored for Piano, Guitar and String Quartet.
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The opening of the Kiel Canal in Germany by Kaiser Wilhelm II on 20 June 1895.
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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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Early Balkan footage.
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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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The lives of Stan Laurel (1890-1965) and Oliver Hardy (1892-1957), on the screen and behind the curtain. The joy and the sadness, the success and the...
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Wallace Carlson walks viewers through the production of an animated short at Bray Studios.
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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 footage of the author and his two daughters at home.
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A group of Macedonian women are shown hard at work.