1927 Movies

Brothel movie from the 20s

Directed by Frank E. Kleinschmidt, Primitive Love follows the daily struggles of an Eskimo family during the harsh winter.

The funeral ceremony for Emperor Taishō. The scenes feature the white-oxen-drawn funerary bullock cart. Military processions, royalty, and treasures...

The song “Barcelona” was written in 1925 by Tolchard Evans (music) and Gus Kahn (lyrics). This was the first in H.B. Parkinson’s series of 12 “Syncopa...

1927 Bolivian documentary short

An Aesop’s Film Fables cartoon.

A travelogue of Los Angeles area vernacular architecture and Hollywood's self-promotion as the land of make-believe.

This sumptuously stenciled short was filmed on the stage of a Paris music hall and includes such Orientalist numbers as “In the Temple of the Fakirs”...

This film was made during the inspection of the Brazilian border with French Guiana. At the time, the system of mountains in the north of Brazil, from...

Lache is unemployed. He falls asleep on the border of Lake Floreasca while peeping at a group of girls who are bathing in the lake. This image makes h...

An Aesop’s Film Fables cartoon.

Pathé Baby short by Guglielmo Baldassini.

Blocks of clay become vignettes from Washington's life.

This educational video gives a popular account of the causes and undoubted benefits of the Dneprostroi Dam construction, keeping in mind Lenin’s words...

12-minute portrait of a hundred kids living in the town of General Pico, La Pampa, Argentina.

Instructional film on how to use a dial telephone.

Great item - feminine outfit and manly suit are exchanged by women to suit their hairstyles. (British Pathé)

Images of the Biscayan town of Plencia: the views of the city taken from the estuary, its streets, the Astillero square, the music band followed by th...