Movies

  • 1930
    Mechanical Principles

    Mechanical Principles

    Mechanical Principles

    6.61930HD

    Close up we see pistons move up and down or side to side. Pendulums sway, the small parts of machinery move. Gears drive larger wheels. Gears within...

    Mechanical Principles
  • 1935
    Pie in the Sky

    Pie in the Sky

    Pie in the Sky

    6.3751935HD

    At a skid row mission, a cleric opines as men wait to eat. After his sermon, he brings out a pie and cuts it into small slices. The two men at the...

    Pie in the Sky
  • 1936
    The Plow That Broke the Plains

    The Plow That Broke the Plains

    The Plow That Broke the Plains

    5.51936HD

    A documentary about what happened to the Great Plains of the United States and Canada when uncontrolled farming destroyed the soil and led to the...

    The Plow That Broke the Plains
  • 1939
    The City

    The City

    The City

    5.61939HD

    A prescient documentary about city planning, which presents idyllic suburbs and nuclear families as a solution to the chaos, poverty and social decay...

    The City
  • 1931
    Panther Woman of the Needle Trades, or The Lovely Life of Little Lisa

    Panther Woman of the Needle Trades, or The Lovely Life of Little Lisa

    Panther Woman of the Needle Trades, or The Lovely Life of Little Lisa

    01931HD

    The photographer Ralph Steiner, who had been making abstract avant-garde films in the late 1920s, contributed his own parody of American economic...

    Panther Woman of the Needle Trades, or The Lovely Life of Little Lisa
  • 1929
    H₂O

    H₂O

    H₂O

    6.71929HD

    A cinematic tone poem, showcasing the dynamic nature of water through its various forms.

    H₂O
  • 1934
    Hands

    Hands

    Hands

    61934HD

    A commercial for the Works Progress Administration. We see hands close up: working, playing, praying, whittling, and strumming. Hands use saws and...

    Hands
  • 1937
    People of the Cumberland

    People of the Cumberland

    People of the Cumberland

    5.81937HD

    The film takes place in rural Tennessee, where communities have experienced economic and environmental devastation created by the coal mining...

    People of the Cumberland
  • 1931
    Surf and Seaweed

    Surf and Seaweed

    Surf and Seaweed

    6.71931HD

    Shoreline images: first small breakers and the swirls they leave, then water running up the shore on a sandy beech, then water hitting pebbles and...

    Surf and Seaweed
  • 1941
    Youth Gets a Break

    Youth Gets a Break

    Youth Gets a Break

    01941HD

    Short subject commissioned by the National Youth Association to show their efforts at providing job training for unemployed poor youth.

    Youth Gets a Break
  • 1937
    The World Today: The Black Legion - Shadow of Fascism Over America

    The World Today: The Black Legion - Shadow of Fascism Over America

    The World Today: The Black Legion - Shadow of Fascism Over America

    01937HD

    “Unhappy with the limited structure of league newsreels, Nykino, a splinter filmmaking collective, produced a MARCH OF TIME-type series under...

    The World Today: The Black Legion - Shadow of Fascism Over America
  • 1975
    Slowdown

    Slowdown

    Slowdown

    01975HD

    A pixillated, time-lapse avant-garde film about the speed with which we conduct our lives, as opposed to the more leisurely pace of natural life, the...

    Slowdown
  • 1974
    Look Park

    Look Park

    Look Park

    61974HD

    Look Park presents close up shots of a country stream viewed in bright sunlight. The film opens with wide shots of the park to establish the location...

    Look Park
  • 1975
    Hurrah for Light

    Hurrah for Light

    Hurrah for Light

    01975HD

    “People will fly to Europe to look at the adoration which Rembrandt, Caravaggio, La Tour paid to light—they will stand in awe in the...

    Hurrah for Light