Silent Movies

Chicago streets.

What happens to art when it loses its artist?

Cleaning supplies and flames.

Abstract short.

Desperate filmmaker trying to make his dream come true.

Digging in the woods.

A boy explains the various steps to making a bowl of cereal in a hilarious Charlie Chaplin-inspired scatter.

This footage is almost entirely black, save for a few shots possibly showing electric poles outside.

A film by Richard 'Dick' Leonard produced by the American Alpine Club about mountaineering in Sierra Nevada (California). Richard Manning Leonard was...

An insoluble quest.

JoAnn Elam plants collards.

Register of the events which occurred between 9 and 15 April 1948 in Bogota as a result of the assassination of political leader Jorge Eliécer...

An outdoor gathering.

“Tai Chi II,” similarly to Elam’s “Tai Chi Bowling” and “Tai Chi,” focuses on movement. Through a sequence...

Filmed during the 52nd National Convention of the American National Association of Letter Carriers in August 1980.

Adeline, a small mutt makes her enthusiasm for food and classic French cinema clear, specifically her love for Jean-Luc Godard films.

At home, outdoors. Street shots.

Sprocket holes moving across the screen.

USPS workers go bowling.