1929 Movies

Seara carefully documents the agricultural work of the Guineans – a heading indicates the names of the peoples. Harvesting of peanuts, coconuts, rice,...

Colonial films showing the work of Africans are rare. Here the exploitation system is precisely exposed. Deportees (from Angola) disembark from a boat...

Silent Dutch short animation film.

Footage from a religious cleansing ceremony in Japan, dated back to 1929.

'Russian ensemble.' (British Film Catalogue)

Scenes of Indian life and architecture

An animated advertisement for automobile tyres made by U.S. Royal Cord Balloon.

Commissioned by the National Confectioners’ Association (NCA),the industrial film tells the fictional story of a track coach who, wanting the best pe...

The first Tajik film in history. Camera operators Kuzin, Shevich and Gezulin recorded the arrival of the first train to Stalinabad (present-day Dushan...

One of the Fitzpatrick traveltalks, this film begins in Valencia. We travel down the Spanish coast, visiting the people who live in caves. We end up i...

Part of BFI collection "On Yer Bike."

If bending the stalks turn the hectic life in the city against the harmony of man and nature in the countryside. The film presents a lyrical impressio...

Intended as an exhibition to filmmakers of the 1920's designed to illustrate the diverse uses for Brewster Color (such as for cartoons, advertising sp...

1929 Western

Eddy Polo investigates a mysterious crime and murder in a castle after the estate's administrator is found dead and family jewels go missing.

Footage of the city of Berlin, accompanied by intertitles crafted for the purposes of NSDAP propaganda.

Water in the Landscape. An idyllic forest lake; a light mist or fog rises from the water.