Silent Film Movies

A professor eating his lunch at his work table becomes suspicious of the taste of his cheese. He puts a slice under the nearby microscope. But the cra...

A jungle travelogue looking for monkeys.

An early silent film, made before intertites became common (which is why very early silent films are narrated, at best). This was filmed in 1907 but r...

Parody boxing from Denmark. The fat clown keeps getting beat up, but he's got a trick up his sleeve.…

The subject is two grotesque-looking human beings who are sitting on the deck of a ship. The two weird individuals sit cross-legged and do the bidding...

A little girl's caretaker is distracted by her suitor and in her absentmindedness fails to look after the child, who happily went after a butterfly…

With a beautifully painted Arabian backdrop and some vivid colours, this is one of the more visually impressive pieces.

The first X-ray cinematograph film ever taken, shown by Dr. MacIntyre at the London Royal Society (1896 and 1909). X-ray pictures of a frog knee joint...

Rosalie and Léontine go to the theater and are swept away by big emotions.

French animation from O'Galop is a pretty interesting little film. The movie shows a father going into the bar for a drink and then we see what this c...

One of the most fascinating exhibits on the Midway at the Pan-American Exposition is the Japanese Village. This space occupies about one and one-half...

Man is trying to find himself by doing circles around with his skateboard.

On a market day in Kernascleden, two Breton women exchange their hair for a few coins. The hair becomes hairpieces. Last scene, an elegant Parisian re...

Fox terriers kill rats in an aviary while excited spectators watch on.

Short dramatised documentary showing the ups and downs of daily life on a circus farm. “The only light comes from the flames of the funeral pyre that...

A lyrical telling of a girl whose curiosity causes her to follow the signals she hears in radio static.

An old millionaire is murdered.

Max relates to Mona, staying for the winter sports in Switzerland, that he killed a magnificent bear on the previous day, but that the dogs ate it, sk...