Glas-Industrie in Leerdam - 1918

Country: Netherlands

Documentary about the glassblowing industrie in Leerdam, The Netherlands. Various stages of the production process are shown.

Documentary about the glass industry with primarily recordings of glassblowers. In the illustrated works are among other bulbs, street lamps, bowls and cups made. Several facets of the production come into focus: melting, blowing, heating or cooling. decorating, landscaping, grinding, glazing. Only when staff leaves the factory it shows how many people work there.

Koninklijke Stearine Kaarsenfabriek Gouda - 1918

Country: Netherlands

Company film of the Stearine candle factory in Gouda, The Netherlands. It features images of the factory buildings and the candle production process.

Film Company of stearin candles factory in Gouda, with images of the building complex and the production process. The film was made ​​in 1918 by Willy Mullens and is illustrative of the many corporate films Mullens for his companies' s-Graven Haagsche Filmfabriek and Haghefilm produced.

After the First World War, the film by the SA Commercial and Industrial Films shown to promote the Dutch industry. The fragment ends with a scene showing the use candles in their daily lives in the household are employed.

The Simp - 1920

Country: United States

Language: English

Writers: Owen Davis, Arthur Somers Roche

Stars: Lloyd Hamilton, Marvel Rea and Otto Fries

Release Date: 24 October 1920 (USA)

Production company: Astra Film (as Mermaid Comedies)

Sound Mix: Silent

Color: Black and White

Genres: Short | Comedy

With over 200 credits, Lloyd Hamilton was a prolific comic actor. This one comes after his "Ham and Bud" shorts of the teens, and before his series of shorts at Educational beginning in the mid-20s. The premise is simple: everything goes wrong for Ham, everything he touches breaks, yet he manages to keep that wonderful smile and skip in his walk. The film begins with him driving home in the middle of the night, smashing through a barn, and blowing up his car...and it ends with him crossing the street to embrace his lady love, and falling into a manhole!

The All-England Angling Championship - 1912

Country: United Kingdom

An angling competition at Ely.

Run time: 1:54

Genre: Newsreel; Sport

A shot over the River Great Ouse showing Ely Cathedral. A train passes in the background. There are views of the competitors along the river bank. These overhead shots are probably filmed from the railway bridge. One angler, Mr Bullwell, lands a fish and we see the weighing in which is carried out by Mr Meadows. Ends with a brief shot of the winner, George Beales of Boston.

Featured People: George Beales of Boston, winner of the All-England Angling Championships, 1912; Mr Bullwell, angler; Mr Meadows, official

Featured Events: The All-England Angling Championships, Ely, 1912

Featured Buildings: Ely Cathedral

The Colleen Bawn - 1911

Country: United States

Language: English

Director: Sidney Olcott

Writers: Dion Boucicault (play), Gene Gauntier

Stars: Gene Gauntier, J.P. McGowan and Sidney Olcott

Release Date: 16 October 1911 (USA)

Filming Locations: Beaufort, County Kerry, Ireland

Production Co: Kalem Company

Sound Mix: Silent

Color: Black and White

Plot Keywords: Based On Play | Character Name In Title

Genres: Drama | Thriller | Short

A young Irish boy has fallen in love with a poor girl and wants to marry her, but his mother will stop at nothing, including murder, to see that he marries his rich cousin.

Connections

Featured in Irish Cinema: Ourselves Alone? (1995) - A segment from this film is featured. Nora (2000) 

Soviet Koreans in the Russian Far East - 1932

Country: Soviet Union
Soviet Koreans in the Russian Far East, 1932. Nikolsk-Ussuriisk.
Original clip is a silent movie. Background noise is from the time when this clip was recorded off the TV screen. It is recommended watching this video on mute to eliminate background noise.
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Studio: Unknown
Director: Unknown

Korean rice growers in the Soviet Union - 1931

Country: Soviet Union

Fragment from the Soviet documentary film "Vozdushnaia seialka" [Воздушная сеялка/Airplanter], 1931.

North Caucasus, Russia. Ivanovski rice sovkhoz. Kuban' River. Water canals. Korean rice growing brigades.

Original clip is a silent movie. Background noise is from the time when I recorded this clip off the TV screen. I recommend watching this video on mute to eliminate background noise.

PS= This review was extracted from You Tube.

Vladivostok & Khabarovsk - 1926

Country: Soviet Union

Part of the Soviet documentary film "K beregam Tihogo okeana" [Towards the Pacific Shores].

Vladivostok port, Asian dock workers. Khabarovsk city views.

Original clip is a silent movie. Background noise is from the time when I recorded this clip off the TV screen. I recommend watching this video on mute to eliminate background noise.

PS= This review was extracted from You Tube.

Korean kindergarten in Vladivostok - 1932

Country: Soviet Union

Studio: Unknown

Director: A. Samoilova

Cameraman: V.V. Mikosha

English subtitles: www.KoryoSaram.info, 2011

Length: 1:47min.

A silent film about a kindergarten for Korean children in Vladivostok.

Scenes: Kindergarten building. Children in the cafeteria. Children playing. Mothers working

Key Words: Koreans in the RFE. Children. Social Services.

Liu Fu, a Chinese worker in Vladivostok - 1934

Country: Soviet Union

This is a silent film about Liu Fu, a Chinese rickshaw driver who immigrated to Soviet Union. He lives in Khabarovsk and is able to enjoy the amazing industrial, agricultural and military achievements that the Soviet Union provides for its workers.

Scenes: Khabarovsk: bank's building, newly renovated streets and buildings. Auto repair plant, oil refinery. The Headquarters for the Special Red Far-Eastern Army. Red Army soldiers' parade on May 1st on the streets of Khabarovsk. Lyu Foo, a member of the Communist Party and a kolkhoz worker in a kolkhoz named after the Kanton Commune, works in the field and then marches in May 1st Demonstration.