Documentary filmmed on the occasion of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of the city in March 1925, with the record of the festivities and celebrations of the commemorative carnival. However, on July 3, 1925, the city suffered a terrible fire, which destroyed much of its historic center. The producers filmed the ruins of the city and added this footage to the original version, offering a rather bleak contrasting picture.
A Christmas message from Topical Budget featuring two camels.
A commercial promoting products from the Koh-i-noor company, whose factory based in the Czech town of České Budějovice produces Hardtmuth pencils. A pencil draws a man and a lion, subsequently adding iron bars around the animal. The man is fighting with the lion. The cat first devours the man and then spits him out. An elephant appears - the image known from the Koh-i-noor erasing rubber - and performs some acrobatics. The rubber with the elephant erases the picture of the lion and the pencil scribbles over the man's figure.
A defining cultural phenomenon of the Roaring Twenties, the Charleston gained widespread popularity after its appearance in October 1923 in the African American Broadway revue Runnin’ Wild. Newsreels captured the dance’s irresistible rise over the course of the decade. Fox News, Vol. 6, Release 74, issued on 13 June 1925, featured Charleston footage filmed at the Fox studio in New York and at Starlight Park, a prominent amusement park in the Bronx. In the studio footage the Charleston was demonstrated by a group of dancers sent by none other than Texas Guinan, the famed queen of New York speakeasies – among them was a very young Ruby Keeler, who, just a few years later, would marry Al Jolson and go on to become a successful actress. The surviving set of outtakes showcases a performance by an unidentified dancer embodying the Charleston’s spirit of freedom, fun, and youthful rebellion that so captivated audiences of the era.
The Funeral of Mr. C.R. Das, the first Indian mayor of the city of Calcutta. Prod.: Gaumont (Journal Actualité Gaumont) DCP. D.: 1’. Bn
India. Muslim religious ceremonies celebrated in Calcutta Year: 1925 Country: Francia Running time: 1'
Lost Dora Film production
The resultant faces this time are: Lady Astor, David Belasco, Clara Kimball Young, Billie Burke and Larry Semon.
A short documentary that explores the culture and traditions of Egypt. Made by famous Egyptologists Harry Burton and Albert Morton Lythgoe, the film presents the many similarities and differences between ancient Egypt and the one from 1925.
A Krazy Kat short.
An Out of the Inkwell short.
Bonzo the dog visits a golf course.
Bonzo's theft of a duck brings him into conflict with the law.
An Aesop’s Film Fables cartoon.
Two small films advertising the Copenhagen-based department store Magasin du Nord. The first presents a fashion show comprising what are presumably dresses from the store’s Model Salon. The second is a short film featuring Peter and Ping, two well-known characters created by cartoonist Storm P., visiting various departments in the store. (Stumfilm.dk)
An Aesop’s Film Fables short.
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(Winter) sports news with items including gymnastics and ice hockey in Berlin, ice skating and skiing.
