Ways to Strength and Beauty

A display of flower bouquets, rotating to show the Kinemacolour process.

One of the first movies ever made.

Can Aji's talent and triumphs elevate him from his poor, Tamil background to succeed on the national stage at Mr India? Or will his dreams be shattere...

A contemplative, seemingly timeless record of the years Hutton spent in Southeast Asia while working as a merchant seaman. Jon Jost writes, "The film...

Short silent film about some models of silk stockings.

Short subject on how fashion is created-- not by the great couturiers, but on the street.

Wallace Carlson walks viewers through the production of an animated short at Bray Studios.

An overview of the works of French film pioneers Louis and Auguste Lumière from 1895 to 1897.

A silent succession of black-and-white photographs of the city of Montreal.

Rare documentary footage from around 1900 depicts the mood of life in Berlin at the turn of the century.

Florence is a contemplative study of light and shadows, textures and planes, that makes beautiful use of the tonal qualities of black and white film....

A BFI collection of 7 short films from the USA, England and Italy scored for Piano, Guitar and String Quartet.

The opening of the Kiel Canal in Germany by Kaiser Wilhelm II on 20 June 1895.

Documentary footage of the author and his two daughters at home.