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Clip #: SF-2B
Length: 2:43
Year: 1904
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1900s
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Directed by and starring Georges Méliès. Through a rapid succession of drawings, ingenious disguises and soft dissolves, the director portrays a quick-sketch artist who transforms to various characters according to the static outlines on his chalkboard. The background of this picture...
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Clip #: SF-2A
Length: 7:15
Year: 1904
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1900s
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A family moves out to the 'peaceful' suburbs where everything goes wrong, including the mother-in-law moving in. The Suburbanite is a 1904 American short comedy silent film directed by Wallace McCutcheion and starring John Troiano. The film was produced and distributed by the American Mutoscope...
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Clip #: MF-29S
Length: 2:03
Year: 1955
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
Manufacturing of electrical transformers at the Wagner Electric Co in St Louis, Missouri
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Clip #: MF-24A
Length: 16:06
Year: 1927
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1920s
Description:
Silent drama about the writing of the song "The Star Spangled Banner."
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Clip #: SF-8B
Length: 22:44
Year: 1916
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1910s
Description:
A lovable scoundrel is busted for gambling and thrown into jail, where he dreams of playing poker - but even in his dreams, he loses.
Director: Bert Williams
Writer: Bert Williams
Stars: Bert Williams, Wes Jenkins
Our story centers upon the activities of a Negro fraternal organization, the...
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Clip #: SF-17
Length: 17:36
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1920s
Description:
A retrospective of the career of actor, screenwriter, producer and director William S. Hart, with clips from his films “Tumbleweeds” and “Hell’s Hinges.”
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Clip #: TFA-335A
Length: 10:15
Year: 1932
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1930s
Description:
Commander George Dyott and his expedition narrowly escape from an eruption of the Imbabura volcano.
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Clip #: TFA-43G
Length: 3:13
Year: 1928
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1920s
Description:
A fake film about a big game hunter fighting a lion
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Clip #: SF-11A
Length: 12:31
Year: 1909
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1900s
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The Lonely Villa is a 1909 American short silent crime drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. The film stars David Miles, Marion Leonard and Mary Pickford in one of her first film roles. It is based on the 1901 French play Au Telephone (At the Telephone) by André de Lorde. A group of criminals...
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Clip #: MF-14B-11
Length: :34
Year: 1933
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1930s
Description:
Newsreel from 1933 about King Faisal I of Iraq’s first visit to England, where he is greeted by King George V who presents his sons the Prince of Wales and Duke of Gloucester before they all travel to Buckingham Palace in a coach escorted by the Life Guards.
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