Within Our Gates (1920)
The oldest known surviving film made by an African-American director, portraying the contemporary racial situation in the United States during the early twentieth c…more
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The Infernal Cauldron (1903)
Short film by Georges Méliès, released through his Star Film Company, featuring demons, flames, spectres, and a brilliant array of the film-maker’s usual arsenal …more
Opium Destruction, San Francisco (1914)
In the shadow of an unfinished City Hall, still clad in scaffolding, government authorities destroy confiscated opium in downtown San Fransisco, 1914….more
The Over-Incubated Baby (1901)
A mother brings her baby to Professor Bakem’s newly invented baby incubator, which claims to give one year’s of growth in just one hour, but an accident leads to a …more
To New Horizons (1940)
A vision of the future from General Motors created to champion their “Highways and Horizons” exhibit at the 1939-40 New York World’s Fair….more
The Magic Roses (1906)
A film by the pioneering Spanish film director, cinematographer and screenwriter Segundo Chomón….more
Raja Harishchandra (1913)
Based on the eponymous legend recounted in the Sanskrit epics, this is the very first full-length Indian feature — the beginning of Bollywood….more
Six and a Half Magic Hours (1958)
A Pan Am promotional film marketing transatlantic air travel at the dawn of the jet age, including their pioneering Flight 1000, with gourmet meals and spacious pow…more
Le Voyage Dans la Lune (1902)
Perhaps Georges Méliès’ most famous film, and the first science fiction film in cinematic history….more
D.O.A. (1950)
A film noir — starring Edmond O’Brien and Pamela Britton — about a man who has been poisoned and, with only a few days left to live, sets out to find his killer…more
The Cheese Mites or, Lilliputians in a London Restaurant (1901)
Wonderful example of early special effects, a man is dining in a restaurant when three small human-like creatures, two men and a woman, appear from his food and dri…more
Plastic Reconstruction of the Face (1918)
Silent film exploring the Studio for Portrait Masks, the Paris workshop of American artist Anna Coleman Ladd (1878-1939), which provided galvanised copper masks for…more
