Most Viewed Year 1916 - 86

The plot revolves around Nena de la Cruz, a champion athlete, who borrows money from the town usurer when her father gets sick. In case of failure to...

After the death of her father and the loss of her family farm, Dorothy moves to the city to find work and a new life. The first feature film shot on...

Early claymation from a series called Miracles in Mud with caricatures of well-known people.

Brief documentation of the preparations for the launch of a reconnaissance balloon, and then the take-off itself. This takes place on a lake in a...

Parisian fashions in lingerie.

Short silent film produced and directed by Dhundiraj Govind Phalke

'Woman catches husband flirting at swimming bath.' (British Film Catalogue)

'A tramp steals the clothes from a scarecrow, but when he realises two couples are using its pockets to pass messages, he sees an opportunity.'...

Unidentified film, 1916

Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria tour London by carriage. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".

At the homefront, a man must find butter in order to convince a girl to marry him.

Fashion newsreel

This film of an expedition to Borneo claims to be the first motion picture taken in Borneo. Footage includes diamond fields in Dutch Borneo, scenes...

A document of daily life in a Bororo tribe in western Brazil, including the different phases of their funeral rites.

A young woman prays with faith in the image of a virgin and such is her devotion that the image offers her crown of jewels so she can turn it into...

Seven rolls of raw and strong recordings of different military forces during the first world war.