14 November 1911 Factual 7 mins
An early British Kinemacolor short, in which delicate tones and shades of color are beautifully reproduced in examples of highly cultivated sweet pea flowers.
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United Kingdom 14 November 1911
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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 with a hands-on interest in continuing the directing legacy.
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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 cameraman wanders around with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling inventiveness.
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A short film by Walerian Borowczyk in two parts. The first 'panel' follows the morning routine of Leon Boyer who, despite being almost 100 years old, still farms the land, drives a vintage car, and plays with his two dogs.
11 June 1922
This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northern Quebec region.
28 November 1927
Finland’s first nature documentary. The filmmakers’ expedition leads them all the way to the Åland Islands and the Karelian Isthmus.
01 January 1922
A troupe of gypsies takes a traveler along with them on their day trip.
01 January 1906
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03 December 1896
The Tsar visits the Russian embassy
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1911:
12 July 1911
Two caravans meet on the desert, one headed by Howell and Clancy, two New York men, who are gathering animals for circus purposes, the other is led by an old animal tamer named Desmond and his beautiful daughter, whom the natives have nicknamed Capt.
25 December 1911
She was the first attempt in film to depict the story of H. Rider Haggard's 1886 novel She: A History of Adventure.
23 February 1911
Bob Ford, a young college graduate and a man-about-town, self-willed and wild, who tries his father's patience and generosity by going the limit, is called to a sudden halt by the old gentleman and sent out west with his valet to work on Jones' ranch in Texas and prove to his father that he is not a hopeless renegade.
22 September 1911
A celebrated man who was married five times said on one occasion, "The most trying thing about getting married is the fool tricks one's fool friends play.
10 July 1911
A lost film. Flora Powell and Arthur Lennox are lovers, but the girl's stern father has other plans for his daughter, preferring the Rev.
25 April 1911
Two brothers, of good old New England stock. Love the same maid, but she loves one a great deal more than the other, so when war breaks out Jim decides to go, and is one of the first volunteers.
24 June 1911
Solomon keeps a clothing store, he has in stock two overcoats of exactly the same make and pattern. Michael Gallagher, who is passing by and in need of an outer garment, notices Solomon's display and buys one of the coats.
09 February 1911
A love story filled with amusing complications, but the contest is won by Dick because he believes that all is fair in love and manages to circumvent the fates which often decree otherwise.
24 September 1911
REEL ONE: Diane Eleanor De Vaudrey secretly marries a man beneath her. A child is born, Louise, the blind girl.
28 December 1911
While painting the demure little model, Vera, who sat for him day after day, Reginald Spencer was unconscious of the fact that she was falling very deeply in love with him.
17 April 1911
A lost film. Jose Almedo is a cattle thief. Marie, his wife, endeavors to assist him. Jose and his band plan to run off some cattle belonging to a rancher.
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