The mechanized production of Duro-Test light bulbs is filmed as a dance to the tune of the Brandenburg, as choreographed filaments, glass, and metal combine in a dynamic finale. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.
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Short documentary on the ordinary life of the Russians.
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The flight and feeding customs of the most important sea bird species of the Galapagos Islands are described. Some characteristic body and wing measur...
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Explore the events of the Mexican Revolution as they are recreated through the use of archival material and interviews with participants and scholars....
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Portrait of the Sunshine Hotel, a flop house on the Bowery in New York's skid row. We meet Vic, the desk clerk, who paints watercolours and pastels; J...
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Documentary portrait of the legendary jazz bandleader. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2000.
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A man paves his own way to his own soul through an intellectual quest, tragedies of nations and personal drama. The road moving through the cosmic dis...
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Poetic essay about the beginning of life from labor pains and birth and about its symbolic meaning.
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Peleshian transforms footage from a train ride into a metaphor for the shape of a life. Early images of faces on the train give way to landscape, a jo...
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A regiment of soldiers demonstrate their skills.
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The 1900 Paris World's Fair as seen from Trocadéro.
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The Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem.
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A religious procession during the Holy Week in Seville, Spain.
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The President of France and entourage on a pier's promenade.
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People board a leisure ship while porters ship their luggage in the town of Évian-les-Bains.
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A moustachioed Frenchman presents his performing cats.