Dickson Greeting at Fmovies. William K.L. Dickson brings his hat from his one hand to the other and moves his head slightly, as a small nod toward the audience. This was the first film produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company to be shown to public audiences and the press.
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A documentary about some of the comedians of the silent era featuring clips from their films and biographical information.
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A day in the city of Berlin, which experienced an industrial boom in the 1920s, and still provides an insight into the living and working conditions...
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This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northern Quebec region. Although the production...
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An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century through the 1920s.
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A documentary about the cultural effect of film censorship, focusing on the tumultuous times of the teens and early 1920s in America.
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This film records the vast public response to the early death of Vera Kholodnaya, the first star of Russian cinema.
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Finnish filmmaker and artist Sami van Ingen is a great-grandson of documentary pioneer Robert Flaherty, and seemingly the sole member of the family...
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The first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera and possibly the first woman to appear in a motion picture within the United...
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On a market day in Kernascleden, two Breton women exchange their hair for a few coins. The hair becomes hairpieces. Last scene, an elegant Parisian...
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This documentary shows how the Berliner workers lived in 1930. The director Slatan Dudow shows through images: a) the workers leaving the factory; b)...
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A cameraman wanders around with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling inventiveness.