1917 Movies

The synopsis of the film is unknown, as it was never published in any newspaper at the time, but it can be assumed, from the title, that it told about...

South African Film

A Paul Terry Feature Burlesques cartoon.

J. W. White's store is poorly-run and losing money. Things improve after he modernizes the store.

The film documents the second voyage of the auxiliary cruiser in the Atlantic.

An early animated short based on the Japanese folktale. There is some confusion as to which version is which, as there are other animated takes on th...

Documentary about military animals.

A state welcome for a Handley Page aircraft arriving in Kolkata.

A spring idyll released via Edison's short-lived Conquest Pictures sometime in 1917.

Japanese horror movie from 1917.

A Paul Terry Feature Burlesques cartoon.

Documentary featuring the death of bullfighter Florentino Ballesteros.

Llife in the towns behind the front during the autumn of 1916. The intertitles make clear that at least some of it was shot in Cambrai and Roubaix, Fr...

King George V and Queen Mary visit convalescent soldiers at Bath.

A Krazy Kat short.

Footage of a water festival on Amsterdams's Amstel River. Both recreational as well as competition rowers take part in the popular festival, which att...

A Italian documentary short from 1917.

A mini-documentary about microscopic animals created from reused footage.