San Francisco, The Golden Gate City

San Francisco, The Golden Gate City 1925

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A beautifully stencil-colored tour titled SAN FRANCISCO, THE GOLDEN GATE CITY. It was one of the three small features that were included in the colorful weekly film magazine PATHÉ REVIEW NO. 29 that was released in the United States on 12 July 1925.

1925

The Monkey Story

The Monkey Story 1925

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Hal Roach comedy featuring actual monkeys. Part of The Dippy Do Dads series.

1925

Khod Modali

Khod Modali 1925

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Two ladies dress to go out and then check over a crop of rice.

1925

Alaska’s Eighth Wonder (Reel 2)

Alaska’s Eighth Wonder (Reel 2) 1925

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The second reel of an orphaned 1925 nature documentary, the footage follows the movement and calving of glaciers. Viewed from the present, the film is transformed into a document of loss and vulnerability, a challenge to the “timeless” view of nature put forth by early naturalists.

1925