1928 Movies

Shot in experimental "Keller-Dorian", Mateo Falcone was the first attempt at a french feature film in color. Shown once in incomplete form and then, t...

Minute-long shots of the Dutch factory's grounds and the surroundings. We see the production process of 'de bekende murwe lijnkoeken W. L. en Ster hal...

Nymphs showing all their beauty in the desert.

The Jenkins Orphanage Band - comprised of young African-Americans in Charleston, South Carolin performs for the newsreel.

This film on kitchen design was part of a series of promotional shorts made by the photographer Paul Wolff in 1927-28 ahead of the International Congr...

Short silent documentary on Carnaval at Malmédy, Belgium.

This silent film of just under 11 minutes was made by the Raja of Aundh (Raja Bhavanrao Shrinivasrao Pant Pratinidhi),probably in 1928, in Aundh, a p...

A cycle of songs performed by the singer Florence Brady.

This anonymous film shows a series of standard procedures involving treating various illnesses, for the future nurses.

In 1928, the Jean d'Esme expedition crossed Cameroon, Gabon and Congo. Along the way, the natives of various ethnic groups willingly let themselves be...

Capacity crowds gather in Blackpool, at what appears to be the South Shore Open-air Baths, to watch the women's swimming and diving trials for the 192...

This amateur film captures the Maharajah of Bhutan watching the marking of the Assam/Bhutan boundary, as well as fantastic scenes of elephants bathing...

The Ponce Sisters perform two songs: "Too Busy" and "I'd Rather Cry Over You."

This astonishingly ambitious amateur documentary examines the working lives of Barnsley's pitmen, whose muscle and machinery cut deep into the South Y...

Daffy Doings in Doodlebugville Kinex

Joe Noble animation featuring Sammy and Sausage - a cartoon dog. A mixture of live action and animation. Sammy and Sausage are fooling around - kickin...

Pathé Baby short by Guglielmo Baldassini.

A newsreel film depicting the coronation of Emperor Hirohito.

A community comedy set in Feilding using local people in the leading roles. The Manawatū town’s name is however misspelt in the title. The new school...