1927 Movies

Made during the inspection of the Brazilian border with Venezuela and British Guiana, this film depicts the Amazon River and the boat traffic from sev...

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...

Harry B. Parkinson (1884-1970) was a prolific producer and director of “interest films”, mostly remembered for his suppressed The Life Story of Charli...

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...

This newsreel with sound – featuring one of the earliest recordings of Benito Mussolini and snippets of the Vatican Choir – was shown at the beginning...

Reportage about the state funeral of the Gouverneur General in the Dutch East Indies, J.B. van Heutsz.

A reportage about the rice culture in the Dutch East Indies, with a focus on processing the sawahs (wet rice fields).

A reportage about the tea company of the NILS (the Netherlands Indies Agricultural Syndicate) called Permanangan, on the east coast of Sumatra.

A corporate film with compilation shots in which Stork’s machinery is advertised. Hengelo, eastern Netherlands.

Documentary about the Staatsmijnen (state mines) in Limburg, Netherlands.

Film commissioned by the Dutch tobacco agency about the tobacco harvest in Deli on Sumatra, in the Dutch East Indies. In addition to the production of...

Report about the transfer of the administration of the Dutch East Indies from Governor-General D. Fock to A.C.D. de Graeff on 7 September, 1926.

A reportage about the Javanese cities of Yogyakarta and Surakarta in the Dutch East Indies; this film was commissioned by the Ministry of Colonies.

An animated propaganda film depicting the curiosities of Ukrainization in the 1920s in a satirical form. It was prepared in the animation workshop of...

The script is based on a folk tale. It was the first animation in Ukrainian cinema. The film is lost.

The action takes place in the Volga Germans republic in the 1920s. The communist, a native of this village, who returns from the Red Army, Martin Vagn...

Silent documentary film with views of Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Bolivia and Peru