Collection no. #66466 minMan with a Movie Camera
Dziga Vertov
66 min · Subtitles: English
A cameraman follows a city's changing rhythms from the quiet of early morning to work, travel and recreation. Factories, streets and leisure spaces…
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59 films in this collection
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Collection no. #68567 minChang
Merian C. Cooper
67 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
Kru and his family work to keep a small farm alive at the edge of the forest in northern Thailand. Crops, livestock and their home are vulnerable to…
Collection no. #68974 minA Sixth Part of the World
Dziga Vertov
74 min · Subtitles: English
People, landscapes and industries from across the Soviet Union are assembled into a portrait of work and exchange. Farming, trade and the movement of…
Collection no. #70678 minKino-Eye
Dziga Vertov
78 min · Subtitles: English
Young Pioneers compare prices, organize camp life and promote cooperative shopping, while the camera explores markets, village celebrations and…
Collection no. #71078 minNanook of the North
Robert J. Flaherty
78 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
An Inuk man and his family travel through the Canadian Arctic, hunting, trading and building shelter. The film concentrates on the practical demands…
Collection no. #94589 minMoana
Robert J. Flaherty
89 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
A young Samoan man and the people around him gather food, fish, prepare materials and take part in the routines of village life. These activities…
Collection no. #1565105 minHäxan
Benjamin Christensen
105 min · Subtitles: English
Illustrations, miniature models and staged episodes lead into a disturbing journey through beliefs about witchcraft. An accusation against an elderly…
Collection no. #86177 minTurksib
Victor A. Turin
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Russian. · No subtitle track in this language
Surveyors, laborers and machines work toward a railway joining the economic regions of Turkestan and Siberia. The film contrasts the difficulty of…
Collection no. #88462 minMechanics of the Brain
Vsevolod Pudovkin
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Experiments with animals and observations of human behavior introduce the viewer to reflexes and learned responses. Pudovkin organizes scientific…
Collection no. #96766 minAmazon: Longest River in the World
Silvino Santos
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A journey through the Amazon presents river transport, forest life, Indigenous communities and the extraction of regional resources. Work with…
Collection no. #995107 minThe Great White Silence
Herbert Ponting
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Herbert Ponting's camera follows the Terra Nova expedition from its departure in New Zealand to life at the Antarctic base. Seals, penguins, ice…
Collection no. #101217 minJews on Land
Abram Room
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Jewish settlers cultivate land, establish communities and carry out everyday work in the Black Sea region and Crimea. The film presents their…
Collection no. #102269 minGrass
Merian C. Cooper
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Bakhtiari families and their herds undertake the seasonal journey to new grazing grounds in Persia. Crossing a river and negotiating the snowy Zagros…
Collection no. #110051 minThe Shanghai Document
Yakov Bliokh
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Images of Shanghai's port, factories and streets are set against the leisure of wealthy foreign residents. The contrast makes labor and privilege the…
Collection no. #12309 minManhatta
Charles Sheeler
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A ferry approaches Manhattan, introducing a city seen through crowds, structures, work and changing light. The sequence moves without a central…
Collection no. #165410 minH2O
Ralph Steiner
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Water becomes the subject of a visual study in reflections, ripples and flowing shapes. Close views gradually loosen the connection to recognizable…