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    Bedded Bugs and Stung Beetles: *The Cameraman’s Revenge* (1912)
    Film / 
    Animals & Beasts, Love & Lust, Technology

    Bedded Bugs and Stung Beetles: The Cameraman’s Revenge (1912)

    Reality Iced: Robert J. Flaherty��’s *Nanook of the North* (1922)
    Film / 
    Customs & Culture, Travel & Exploration, Colonialism & the 'Other'

    Reality Iced: Robert J. Flaherty’s Nanook of the North (1922)

    Lonely Together: Paul Fejos’ *Lonesome* (1928)
    Film / 
    Love & Lust

    Lonely Together: Paul Fejos’ Lonesome (1928)

    Chromatic Aberrations: *The Toll of the Sea* (1922)
    Film / 
    Love & Lust, Colonialism & the 'Other'

    Chromatic Aberrations: The Toll of the Sea (1922)

    I Also Am Formed Out of the Clay: *Animated Putty* (1911)
    Film

    I Also Am Formed Out of the Clay: Animated Putty (1911)

    As Loud as a Mouse: Mickey’s Sonic Debut in *Steamboat Willie* (1928)
    Film / 
    Animals & Beasts, Humour & Satire

    As Loud as a Mouse: Mickey’s Sonic Debut in Steamboat Willie (1928)

    Coney Island at Night (1905)
    Film / 
    Architecture, Technology

    Coney Island at Night (1905)

    Denishawn Dance Film (ca. 1916)
    Film / 
    Emotion & Expression, Music & Arts

    Denishawn Dance Film (ca. 1916)

    *Shy Guy* (1947)
    Film / 
    Customs & Culture, Wisdom

    Shy Guy (1947)

    “Mother Will Be Pleased”: *How It Feels to Be Run Over* (1900)
    Film / 
    Death, Technology

    “Mother Will Be Pleased”: How It Feels to Be Run Over (1900)

    *It Started with Muybridge* (1964)
    Film / 
    Technology, War

    It Started with Muybridge (1964)

    The Human Voice (1921)
    Film / 
    Science & Medicine

    The Human Voice (1921)

    Baron Munchausen’s Dream (1911)
    Film / 
    Drugs

    Baron Munchausen’s Dream (1911)

    George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (1968)
    Film / 
    Death, Ghosts & Occult

    George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (1968)

    Coughs, Sneezes, and Jet-Propelled Germs: Two Public Service Films by Richard Massingham (1945)
    Film / 
    Science & Medicine

    Coughs, Sneezes, and Jet-Propelled Germs: Two Public Service Films by Richard Massingham (1945)

    The Jester (1908)
    Film

    The Jester (1908)

    Bob’s Electrical Theatre (1906)
    Film / 
    Music & Arts

    Bob’s Electrical Theatre (1906)

    The Private Life of a Cat (ca. 1945)
    Film

    The Private Life of a Cat (ca. 1945)

    Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906)
    Film / 
    Strange Phenomena, Food

    Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906)

    The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy (1917)
    Film / 
    Animals & Beasts

    The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy (1917)

    The Sky: A Film Lesson in “Nature Study” (1928)
    Film / 
    Astronomy & Space

    The Sky: A Film Lesson in “Nature Study” (1928)

    Häxan: Witchcraft Through The Ages (1922)
    Film / 
    Ghosts & Occult

    Häxan: Witchcraft Through The Ages (1922)

    The Dances of the Ages (1913)
    Film / 
    Music & Arts

    The Dances of the Ages (1913)

    Park Conscious (1938)
    Film / 
    Landscapes

    Park Conscious (1938)