1928 Movies

Time-lapse shots of plants reacting to various external stimuli.

Pathé Baby short by Guglielmo Baldassini.

Setangan Berlomoer Darah Is a 1927 Chinese Malay novel by Tjoe Hong Bok published in Semarang, Dutch East Indies. It tells of a young man who goes to...

Short follow-up to The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra

An insight into the fishing business in the North Sea.

Dealing with a prince (probably oriental?) in his choice between two beautiful women, when he chooses one, the other commits suicide by drowning herse...

Documentary by the Argentine meteorologist José Manuel Moneta, recorded in the base "Orcadas" (Islas Orcadas del Sur) in 1927. It is the first film re...

Early excursion into the film genre by the Millowitsches, a famous Cologne theater family.

The film, shot by the Turinese photographer and amateur film maker Luis Bogino, displays daily life in Turin, giving a glimpse of the busy downtown ar...

A comedy short with Jack Cooper done by J.R. Bray Studios.

Fashion newsreel

First film filmed on Gran Canaria. Second one in the Canary Islands.

An early documentary about life above Earth, focusing on the planet's atmosphere and how what we do affects it. Also shown is a young boy learning how...

Shigeru Mori, an ace locomotive driver, saves the passengers of an express train, averting a terrible accident by stopping an unmanned runaway train e...

An Aesop’s Film Fables cartoon.

If this is an expedition through the Amazonian rain forest, there isn't much to it. We get to see the explorers start in the Andes, hire some local In...

A training film stressing accuracy for Western Union's keyboard operators, who were mostly women.

Daffy Doings in Doodlebugville Kinex

Short Dutch animation film.