Animated Hair Cartoon, No. 3

Animated Hair Cartoon, No. 3 1925

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The resultant faces this time are: Lady Astor, David Belasco, Clara Kimball Young, Billie Burke and Larry Semon.

1925

The Official Film of the Railway Centenary

The Official Film of the Railway Centenary 1925

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A grand parade of locomotives to celebrate 100 years of railways and the world’s first passenger trains. In 1825 George Stephenson made and drove the first passenger locomotive. In 1925 the London and North Eastern Railway presented a historical parade and tableaux to illustrate the subsequent development of the railways. Debenhams of York were commissioned to record the proceedings, making this film record a candidate for one of the earliest films sponsored by a railway company. This version is complete with its original tints, meaning that for the first time in decades the film can be seen as Debenhams had originally intended.

1925

S.O.S.

S.O.S. 1925

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An Aesop’s Film Fables cartoon.

1925

Livorno

Livorno 1925

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An exclusive look at the thousand beauties of the Tuscan city of Livorno.

1925

Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movie: Smithsonian Collection Reel 3

Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movie: Smithsonian Collection Reel 3 1925

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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.

1925

Italian Landscapes and Cities

Italian Landscapes and Cities 1925

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Compilation of tourist images of Italy (such as Isola Bella, Lake Como, Messina) and presumably Switzerland and Austria.

1925

Office Help

Office Help 1925

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An Aesop’s Film Fables cartoon.

1925

The Tale of the Amp Lion

The Tale of the Amp Lion 1925

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William Heath Robinson’s comic drawings of elaborate improvised machines captured the nation’s imagination enough for his name to enter the English language. In this silent cartoon ad he makes the creative step of morphing the ‘Amplion’ loud speaker, marketed for early gramophones and wireless sets, into a rampaging lion.

1925