Aasta 1925 - 74

The beginnings of radio broadcasting in Sweden.

Scenes from 1920s Izmir, Turkey, presumably taken before 1925.

Cartoon featuring Bonzo the dog; possibly a lost film.

Bonzo steals aniseed from a man outside a sweetshop, is caught and punished. He is then pursued by a fox, whom he in turn saves from a pack of hounds.

Bonzo sees a cat burglar on his roof and helps a policeman capture him.

Bonzo falls for Cheekee, another dog who gets him into trouble repeatedly. She also sees another dog and he and Bonzo fight, ending as friends when she is seen out with a third.

Animation featuring Bonzo the dog.

Not held by the BFI; possibly lost.

Bonzo goes to work in an old curiosity shop. He ends up flying out of the shop thanks to the spring of a clock turning into a propellor. He becomes trapped on a chimney, plays a joke on a sleeping man with two alarm clocks, then lands on a policeman.

Two small commercials advertising the department store Magasin du Nord. The first is proclaimed to be ‘An amusing little film recorded by Nordisk Films Kompagni’ with the title ‘The Golden Dream’. Having seen a fashion show in Magasin du Nord, the lady of the house dreams of owning a dress from the store’s model salon. She entreats her husband, who sticks to his ‘no’. After a long and scary dream in which he is being chased by mannequins from the Model Salon because he does not want to give his wife a dress, he changes his mind. This is followed by an excerpt from the Storm P. film ‘Peter and Ping in the Department Store’. (Stumfilm.dk)

An Aesop’s Film Fables short.

Ants working

An Aesop’s Film Fables cartoon.

An Aesop’s Film Fables short.

Indian horror movie from 1925.

The main character of the satirical cartoon, the worker Demian, spent all his salary on alcohol. The film describes the city through the eyes of a drunkard: he sees swaying street lamps with serpent heads, flies in his eyes, a "dancing" horizon, and entire surrealistic pictures. He is saved from fever by his neighbor, and the next time Demian goes to school instead of the pub.

Silent puppet animation film in which a thief takes the place of a sick kitchen maid. Meanwhile, two fathers play pool over the marriage between their daughter and son. No one notices the deception and the thief breaks into the safe. However, it explodes, sending the thief into the trash can. However, the booty, the dowry (?), remains in the possession of the rightful owner.

A home movie featuring footage taken in Oklahoma during the middle and late 1920s by Solomon Sir Jones. It is the third in a collection of nine films and consists of a single reel of silent 16mm black-and-white acetate film.

An Aesop's Fables short.