Of Pups and Puzzles

Americans are preoccupied with the news, but need an escape from many of the events reported in the news. These escapes in the past have included...

A Jew who mocked Jesus on the cross is visited by a devil and an angel.

A humorously semi-factual account of the history of cinema.

This short film presents the story of Dr. Ephraim McDowell, who came under scrutiny for his pioneering of surgical practices.

Lovely telegraph operator Masha Stepanova is a sanitary nurse. During a training alarm, she meets a taxi driver Alexei (Alyosha) Solovyov. He reads...

Made just before America would be forced into the Second World War, this short subject is a brief dramatized history of American democracy. It...

“A file of Spanish soldiers line up the Cubans against a blank wall and fire a volley. The flash of rifles and drifting smoke make a very...

Nero, seated on a throne, has slaves summoned. Each drinks poison and dies, the second even though he can see the corpse of his predecessor.

A young girl living in Salem attracts the attentions of The Puritan. After he's brushed off by the girl, he becomes furious and desiring revenge,...

Cuirassiers charge the camera on horseback.

An officer calls his sailors to the deck. They assemble around the canon while the officer scans the horizon. They all turn in the direction of the...

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short explores the origins of various customs such as shaking hands, kissing, and why ships are christened.