1928 Movies

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...

This short was the fourth of four that Earl Burtnett would make at Vitaphone in 1928. As with the previous ones, this here features three songs by Bur...

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

Scenes from Tutuila in Samoa.

This silent film presents original materials from 1917–1921 and later reconstructions. Polonia Restituta shows the German occupation of Warsaw, the fi...

Pathé Baby short by Guglielmo Baldassini.

A journey from Paris to Liège completed in four hours without stopping by a train operated by the Compagnies du Nord.

Burton Meredith, A young, U.S. government chemist discovers a formula for a deadly gas. But Wo Fang, the evil leader of the Chinatown underground sets...

A comedy short featuring Jack Cooper, Ella and Ida Mae McKenzie, Marvin Lobach, and Spencer Williams done for Bray Studios.

Description of a rafting trip along the Torne River between Jukkasjärvi and Vittangi. The production company for this short documentary film is unknow...

Combines paper cut-out animation mixed with live travelogue footage of Sweden, Bavaria, Morocco, Holland, Mexico, India, and Japan. [The results are a...

An insight into the fishing business in the North Sea.

An Aesop’s Film Fables cartoon.

Short Dutch animation film.

Businessman and adventurer Homer Augustus Brinkley produced this film in 1928 after living for several months among the Seminole Indians in the Evergl...

An early documentary about life above Earth, focusing on the planet's atmosphere and how what we do affects it. Also shown is a young boy learning how...

Documentary about a Pole expedition.

Mechanical toys have become a favourite sinister device in horror cinema, and to modern eyes the wind-up wonders captured in this Topical Budget newsr...

Pathé Baby short by Guglielmo Baldassini.

Immerse yourself in the industry of the North West Frontier, from the Khyber Pass to the city of Peshawar. Roving among bazaar traders including cobbl...