Monday, January 23, 2012

Ford Automobiles 1903 1917 (1917)


Country: United States
Clip is a compilation of wide ranging views of the Ford automobile in the early 1900s (date of the compilation is unknown). Includes footage of the Ford Motor Company assembly line; views of the Detroit Bagley Avenue Shop in which Henry Ford built his first automobile in 1896, the Quadricycle; Ford cars being driven in the desert and through mountains; a horse-drawn sled towing a Ford pickup truck; views of the Ford Motor Company Highland Park Plant including workers leaving the plant; busy city street scenes; a Ford Model T driving in the snow; an aerial view of automobiles driving on a winding road; a parade of tractors; footage of automobiles racing; a motorcycle leading a motorcade of cars and trucks; automobiles on mountain roads; an automobile being turned into a camper; and an automobile next to an icy pond.

Ford Animated Weekly Excerpts (1916-1918)


Country: United States
The Ford Animated Weekly films were short productions distributed free between 1914 and 1921 to theaters, schools, YMCA's, prisons, etc. This is a selection of excerpts prepared by the Ford Motor Company; individual clip dates unknown. Included are views of workers on the assembly line; Ford automobiles being driven in the snow; Henry Ford and Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels leaving the White House after a conference with President Woodrow Wilson; women marching with signs proclaiming "Win the War," World War I Armistice Parade in Detroit, Michigan; troops waving from railroad passenger cars; and a World War I Liberty Bond Parade in Detroit, Michigan

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Les victimes de l'alcoolisme - 1904


Country: France
Language: French
Director: Ferdinand Zecca
Writers: Ferdinand Zecca, Émile Zola (novel)
Release Date: October 1904 (USA)
Also known as: Alcohol and Its Victims (USA)
Production Co: Pathé Frères
Sound Mix: Silent
Color: Black and White
Sound Mix: Silent
Color: Black and White
Plot Keywords: Based On Novel
Genres: Short    

Fun in a Bakery Shop - 1902


Country: USA
Director: Edwin S. Porter
Release Date: April 1902 (USA)
Also known as: Tréfa a pékségben (Hungary)
Production Co: Edison Manufacturing Company
Runtime: around 1 min
Sound Mix: Silent
Color: Black and White
Plot Keywords: Baker | Face
Genres: Short | Comedy
A baker's assistant throws a handful of dough at a rat. The dough sticks to the side of a barrel and the assistant proceeds to sculpt the dough into various faces and shapes. There is some experimental use of stop motion.

Ladies Underwear Show - 1929


Country: United Kingdom
Brevities - Ladies Underwear Modelled in 1929 [HD].
The model makes and displays various 1920s underwear garments, with elements of dance and touches of a striptease, although the video is very much in good taste.
(Was an item in Eve's Film Review. Issue Number 444).

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Toto et sa soeur en bombe à Bruxelles - 1910


Country: France
Language: French
Release Date: 1910 (France)
Also known as: Two Kids On a Spree in Brussels
Production Co: Pathé Frères
Sound Mix: Silent
Color: Black and White
Two children attach their trolley to a car and get a free ride around Brussels. They visit the sights of the city and ride the trams. They visit the outskirts of the city and hitch a ride on a milk cart pulled by a muzzled dog.

Brussels Belle Epoque - 1905


Country: Belgium
Brussel tramritje Jubelpark - Anspach - Justitiepaleis 1905