1910s Movies

October reflects a general attempt in Russia to sustain the frenzy and dynamism of revolutionary fervour. This attempt increased in scale and...

Travelogue released on the 5th of March, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A compilation of British newsreels and films taken from the BFI National Archive; dating from 1913 to 1917, the footage charts the development of the...

Released on April 1st, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on July 30th, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on March 25, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A mountaineering tour on a glacier in the Alps. The film follows a group of mountaineers as they leave the hostel. Then they climb up fixed ladders...

A solitary railway station in northern Sweden on a bitter cold winter day 1914. Based on a short story from 1944.

A stasis work invoking the memory of the lynching of Mary Turner, a young, pregnant African American woman in South Georgia. Publicly demanding...

Quite possibly the first student film, a whimsical romance shot in 1916 by law students from Washington University in St. Louis.

Views of a party making the actual ascent of this famous mountain have a much greater interest than the usual scenic film. Commencing with the...

Hats are modelled, then lingerie.

Korea, 1910s: documentary footage filmed in Seoul, at the now-destroyed site of Donuimun (the Great West Gate of the city), and the port of Chemulpo,...

The famous ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky struggles with rehearsing his newest choreography - the revolutionary Rite of Spring.

We look first at Westminster Abbey and the Towers of Parliament. And the sight-seeing only starts there as it continues to all the famous buildings...

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on June 1st, 1919.

Released on May 4th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on April 27th, 1919.

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on May 18th, 1919.