1928 Movies

A 1928 silent documentary short about Toronto.

This is a home movie recorded by Mr. Okita, who ran the "Manchurian Ranch" in Dalian, Manchuria. The title reads "HSOKITA STUDIO". He was an amateur,...

In the East End of London, crowds gather to watch Jewish millionaire Bernhard Baron unveil an important new building.

This amateur film captures the Maharajah of Bhutan watching the marking of the Assam/Bhutan boundary, as well as fantastic scenes of elephants bathing...

Film depicts TR's commitment to the reclamation of desert land and his belief that natural resources exist for the public benefit.

Sometimes titles are a play on words such as "Hollywood Sand Witches."

A community comedy set in Feilding using local people in the leading roles. The Manawatū town’s name is however misspelt in the title. The new school...

Silivia the Zulu is an experiment in ethnographic cinema that combines fiction and documentary techniques to tell a love story of a member of the Zulu...

Medical film from the Vincenzo Neri collection.

The British Folk Dance and Song Society doing their Dance of the Deermen.

All of the three [Sandy] films that we know – Lumière et ombre (1928),Prétexte (1928),and Essais cinematographiques (1928) – last barely more than t...

Featuring Sammy and Sausage - this episode sees them going for a swim.

Part of BFI documentary collection "Here’s a Health to the Barley Mow."

The historical silent film, which was commissioned by the City of Frankfurt, shows the individual construction phases of the Frankfurt "Großmarkthall...

An Aesop’s Film Fables cartoon.

An Aesop’s Film Fables cartoon.

Pathé Baby short by Guglielmo Baldassini.