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Clip #: SF-1A
Length: 12:56
Year: 1909
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1910s
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A Corner in Wheat is a 1909 American short silent film which tells of a greedy tycoon who tries to corner the world market on wheat, destroying the lives of the people who can no longer afford to buy bread. It was directed by D. W. Griffith and adapted by Griffith and Frank E. Woods from a novel ...
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Clip #: TFA-38A
Length: 8:12
Year: 1928
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1920s
Description:
Antics and sports at an all girl's school in the U.S. in the Fall of 1928
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Clip #: AD-30-2
Length: 11:22
Year: 1930
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1930s
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04:03:55:00
Addis Ababa
VS lioned-maned chieftains wearing traditional clothing
& holding rifles / shields.
HA procession going down street past crowds of onlookers.
Drummers playing drums as they ride donkeys.
Armed soldiers marching in procession.
HA royal car driving dignitaries...
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Clip #: SF-2C
Length: 16:23
Year: 1912
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1910s
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When a Red Cross worker asks a prominent small-town banker for a donation to help fight tuberculosis the banker scoffs, saying that TB is a disease of poor people in the cities, not the kind of people you find in small towns. It's not long before he finds out just how wrong he is.
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Clip #: TFA-320J
Length: 8:19
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1930s
Description:
Burton Holmes socializes with various movie stars and friends in Los Angeles, including Dolores del Rio, Pola Negri and a playful Wire Fox Terrier that chews on pipes and chases balloons around.
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Clip #: TFA-206A
Length: 9:25
Year: 1952
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
An exploitation film about drug smuggling in Egypt
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Clip #: TFA-29H
Length: 12:41
Year: 1921
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1920s
Description:
A tour of Granada Spain by Burton Holmes
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Clip #: SF-8A
Length: 31:46
Year: 1913
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1910s
Description:
Granddad is a 1913 American film directed by Thomas H. Ince.
Mildred lives with her grandfather, Civil War veteran Jabez Burr,who she loves deeply. One day she receives a letter from her father saying that he has remarried. Mildred's stepmother finds out that Jabez is a heavy drinker and...
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Clip #: TFA-320K
Length: 2:46
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1920s
Description:
Burton Holmes pets and enjoys an ice cream cone with Jackie, the MGM lion, who demonstrates his prowess by wrestling with his trainer.
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Clip #: SF-7D
Length: 22:28
Year: 1928
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1920s
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The Garden of Eden is a 1928 silent film starring Corinne Griffith. It was adapted from Avery Hopwood's short-lived stage production.
Corinne Griffith - Toni LeBrun
Louise Dresser - Rosa
Lowell Sherman - Henri D'Avril
Maude George - Madame Bauer
Charles Ray - Richard Dupont/Spanyi
Edward ...
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