(1931),
Yiddish-language music short, with Leibele Waldman, poking fun at a synagogue's search for the perfect cantor for the High Holiday services
(National Center for Jewish Film).
Carriage Trade
(1972),
early version of Warren Sonbert's avant-garde diary filmed at sites around the world
(Anthology Film Archives).
Catalog
(1965),
extended version of John Whitney's psychedelic classic reputed to have inspired the "stargate corridor" sequence in 2001: A Space Odyssey
(iotaCenter).
(1969),
autobiographical film by Robert Frank in which the filmmaker interviews his children about growing up among artists
(Museum of Fine Arts, Houston).
Cooperstown, 1939
(1939),
ribbon-cutting festivities at the Baseball Hall of Fame, showing Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Connie Mack, and Cy Young, on 8mm Kodachrome
(National Baseball Hall of Fame Library).
The Desert People
(1974),
David Lamelas's confessional road movie in which five characters talk about their experiences on the Pagago Reservation
(Whitney Museum of American Art).
Eugene O'Neill and John Held in Bermuda
(1925),
fashion photographer Nickolas Muray's home movie of the playwright and cartoonist on holiday
(George Eastman Museum).
Everglades National Park Dedication
(1947),
home movie by Miami Mayor William Wolfarth of the opening day ceremony with President Truman and Florida dignitaries
(Florida Moving Image Archives).
Father's Day
(1974),
Lenny Lipton's Super8 sound short, showing James Broughton opening a Father's Day gift amid friends from the Canyon Cinema
(Pacific Film Archive).
Fighting Blood
(1911),
D.W. Griffith’s one-reeler about a military family beseiged by Indians
(George Eastman Museum).
Hayes Family Movies
(1950s),
home movies taken by a South Florida African American family during the waning years of segregation
(Florida Moving Image Archives).
Highway
(1958),
Hilary Harris' celebration of the open road, shot from a moving car
(Anthology Film Archives).
The Horse
(1973),
Charles Burnett's short film about a young boy who waits for his father to put a dying horse out of its misery
(UCLA Film & Television Archive).
Ice Harvesting on the St. Croix River
(1953-54),
footage of ice harvesting operations filmed by photographer John Runk
(Minnesota Historical Society).
The Inauguration of Governor Fisher
(1927),
short made by the Scranton-based Comerford Amusement Company to bring local news to theater patrons
(Pennsylvania State Archives).
Jews in Poland
(1956),
Yiddish-language documentary about the brief renewal of Jewish life in Warsaw under Communism
(National Center for Jewish Film).
(1909),
Vitagraph film originally released in five parts but later shown in a single screening, thus making it the first surviving American feature
(Museum of Modern Art).
Light
(1973),
a film by Jordan Belson exploring metaphysical concepts through abstract imagery
(iotaCenter).
Light Reflections
(1948–52),
shorter and distilled version of Jim Davis' second film, edited by the filmmaker
(Anthology Film Archives).
Little Journeys Through Interesting Plants and Processes, Gluek Brewing Company
(1970–80),
kaleidoscopic four-screen avant-garde epic by Harry Smith set to the Brecht/Weil opera The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
(Harry Smith Archives).
Mahlon Walsh Home Movies
(1930s),
amateur film of Freeport, Maine showing a town meeting, parade, and businesses
(Northeast Historic Film).
Merle L. Fogg Airport
(1929),
dedication of the facility that grew into the Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport
(Florida Moving Image Archives).
(1969),
short by Charles Burnett about an African American family and their unemployed friends in South Central Los Angeles
(UCLA Film & Television Archive).
Shutter Interface
(1975),
Paul Sharits' double-screen film evoking the meditative abstraction of color field painting
(Whitney Museum of American Art).
Silence
(1968),
abstract animation by Jules Engel
(iotaCenter).
(1956),
short documentary about the Montgomery Bus Boycott produced by the Fellowship of Reconciliation to promote world peace and nonviolent resolution of conflict
(Swarthmore College).
Wet Paint
(1977),
abstract animation by Jules Engel
(iotaCenter).