Most Viewed Year 1939 - 99

Whale hunting in the Antarctic Ocean

This ethnographic short portrays a ritual using masks among the Dogon people of Mali.

The film shows the diverse life in a pond that is under nature conservation (biotope): rare plants and animals form a community. Algae, plankton,...

Film about Ghost-Cat.

An industrial documentary that shows the whole process of clothes and shoe making, from cutting animal skin to final selling of the finite products...

Short film about the Mae Nak Phra Khanong legend shown at the same time as the film "ลูกกำพร้า ภาค 2".

A class of expectant mothers practise ante-natal exercises designed by Kathleen Vaughan at Paddington (LCC Hospital), London. The purpose of each...

Colour amateur documentary from 1939 on life in South Africa and Southern Rhodesia, produced by Frances Hotham. Part 1 (South Africa) includes...

Boston-based itinerant filmmaker Margaret Cram (Margaret Cram Showalter) traveled to towns in New England making “Movie Queen” films. ...

This is a propaganda film made after the establishment of the wartime total mobilization system. The film includes various war efforts, including...

Dufaycolor footage of a visit by George VI to the naval base at Plymouth. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".

Black-and-white photography of landscapes, a phantom ride through a tunnel, a panorama shot and some view of people playing in the water.

Cigarette advertisement by Hans Fischerkoesen.

The history of America's familiar Stars and Stripes flag is chronicled, alongside the historical events that shaped America from its colonial roots...

The story of Syphilis and the methods used to detect and fight it. No details about the symptoms though. No mention of penicillin.