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Frank Capra's Why We Fight, The Battle of Britain

"The Battle of Britain," Chapter IV of Frank Capra's "Why We Fight"series, begins after Hitler's conquest of Western Europe. Once firmly in control of the parts of France and Norway closest to Great Britain, the Nazis commence their massive air assault on the British isles. Outnumbered six to one, the fighters of the Royal Air Force defend their skies against the Luftwaffe for close to four months. Capra embellishes the British successes, for example the film claims the RAF fought 200
dogfights in the first thirty minutes of the battle alone, and that by the end of the first month they had destroyed 900 German planes. (In truth, the number is closer to 260). However, the success of the
British defenses forced the Germans to change strategies, switching to more frightening night raids that terrorized London. But the British resolve won the day, in grand fashion. The film claims total German losses of more than 2,700. The real number is closer to 1,600. The number of downed British planes equaled approximately half that of Germany.

This movie is part of the collection: Cinemocracy

Producer: Frank Capra
Audio/Visual: sound, color

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Battle of Midway directed by John Ford, narrated by Henry Fonda

"The Battle of Midway," directed by John Ford, provides a relatively brief account of the Japanese attack of American ships at Midway atoll. The film is comprised mostly of authentic footage from the battle, with dramatic narration by Henry Fonda. "Behind every cloud, there may be an enemy," he intones as American fighter pilots search the sky. The rest of the film mocks Emperor Tojo of Japan and portrays him as ruthless, bombing hospitals and churches as he tries to conquer the Pacific.

This movie is part of the collection: Cinemocracy

Producer: John Ford
Audio/Visual: sound, color

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Kansas City Confidential (1952)

Kansas City Confidential (1952)

Four robbers hold up an armored truck getting away with over a million dollars in cash. Joe Rolfe (John Payne), a down-on-his-luck flower delivery truck driver is accused of being involved and is beaten up by the local police. Released due to lack of evidence, Joe, following the clues to a Mexican resort, decides to look for the men who set him up and get revenge.

IMDB page:

An ex-con trying to go straight is framed for a million dollar armored car robbery and must go to Mexico in order to unmask the real culprits.

Writers: George Bruce (screenplay), Harry Essex (screenplay), 4 more credits »

Stars: John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster

This movie is part of the collection: Film Noir at the Internet Archive

Director: Phil Karlson
Producer: Edward Small
Production Company: United Artists
Sponsor: k-otic.com
Audio/Visual: sound, black & white
Keywords: Crime; Drama; Film-Noir; Mystery
Contact Information: www.k-otic.com

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Alice in Wonderland (1903), Silent Film Classic

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The first-ever film version of Lewis Carroll's tale restored by the BFI National Archive from severely damaged materials. Made just 37 years after Lewis Carroll wrote his novel and eight years after the birth of cinema, the adaptation was directed by Cecil Hepworth and Percy Stow, and was based on Sir John Tenniel's original illustrations. In an act that was to echo more than 100 years later, Hepworth cast his wife as the Red Queen, and he himself appears as the Frog Footman. Even the Cheshire cat is played by a family pet. With a running time of just 12 minutes (8 of which survive), Alice in Wonderland was the longest film produced in England at that time. Film archivists have been able to restore the film's original colours for the first time in over 100 years.

Music: 'Jill in the Box', composed and performed by Wendy Hiscocks.

This restoration was supported by The Headley Trust and The Pilgrim Trust.

To find out more about the film, visit screenonline.org
Alice in Wonderland (1903): The first movie version of Lewis Caroll's novel "Alice in Wonderland", directed by Cecil Hepworth. IMDB page.

This movie is part of the collection: Short Format Films at the Internet Archive

Director: Cecil Hepworth
Producer: Cecil Hepworth
Production Company: Hepworth Manufacturing Co.
Audio/Visual: silent, b/w
Keywords: Alice in Wonderland; silents

Listed as Public Domain by Wikipedia.

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Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939)

Nancy Drew, reporter for the school newspaper, clears a girl of murder charges.

Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939) - IMDb

This movie is part of the collection: Feature Films (Internet Archive)

Stars: Bonita Granville, John Litel, Frankie Thomas |
Director: William Clemens
Producer: Bryan Foy
Production Company: First National Pictures
Audio/Visual: sound, black & white
Keywords: Drama; Mystery

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Mark of Zorro (1920), Stars Douglas Fairbanks, Marguerite De La Motte, Robert McKim

A seemingly idiotic fop is really the courageous vigilante Zorro, who seeks to protect the oppressed.

Mark of Zorro was the transition between Douglas Fairbanks' early career as a brash all-American hero and the lavish 1920s costume adventures.

The Mark of Zorro (1920) - IMDb

Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Marguerite De La Motte, Robert McKim

This movie is part of the collection: Feature Films (internet archive)

Director: Fred Niblo
Producer: Douglas Fairbanks
Production Company: United Artists
Audio/Visual: sound, B&W
Keywords: western, silent

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The Ghost Train (1941)

The Ghost Train (1941)

Mismatched travellers are stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway station. They soon learn of local superstition about a phantom train which is said to travel these parts at dead of night, carrying ghosts from a long-ago train wreck in the area. The travelers eventually get to the bottom of the things that go bump in the night. In between the scary bits, comedian Arthur Askey plays the gags with his Vaudeville style humor.

This movie is part of the collection: Sci-Fi / Horror

Director: Walter Forde
Producer: Edward Black
Production Company: Gainsborough Pictures
Audio/Visual: sound, black & white
Keywords: Comedy; Horror; Arthur Askey
Contact Information: www.k-otic.com

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)

Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)

Read about this movie on it's IMDb page
After local-moonshine swilling trapper Lem Sawyer sees a giant creature, people start disappearing...

This movie is part of the collection: Sci-Fi / Horror

Audio/Visual: sound, color
Keywords: films, movies, cult, classic, sci-fi, movies, videos, media, horror

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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The Ghoul (1933), Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke, Ralph Richardson

The Ghoul is a 1933 British Horror film starring Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke, Ernest Thesiger and Ralph Richardson, whose debut film this was. The plot centres around a Professor (Karloff) who is to be buried with an Egyptian jewel in order to attain eternal life. When the jewel is stolen by his servant, the professor rises from the dead to reclaim it.

The film, based on the play and novel by Dr. Frank King and Leonard J. Hines, was once considered to be a lost film since the original nitrate negative had succumbed to decomposition and no prints of the film were known to exist. However, an incomplete and partly decomposed Czech release print was discovered which was the only available print for several decades. Then, finally, an excellent quality print was discovered in the archives of the British Film Institute.

This movie is part of the collection: The Video Cellar Collection

Director: T Hayes Hunter
Producer: T Hayes Hunter
Production Company: Gaumont British
Audio/Visual: sound, b/w
Language: English
Keywords: Horror; Egypt; Mummy; Boris Karloff; Cedric Hardwicke; Ralph Richardson; Lost Film

Creative Commons license: Public Domain - see note here

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Sci-Fi Movie, Things to Come (1936), HG Wells, Raymond Massey, Edward Chapman, Ralph Richardson

Things To Come (1936)
The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel. Sci-Fi Movie

Director: William Cameron Menzies
Writers: H.G. Wells (novel), H.G. Wells (screenplay)
Stars: Raymond Massey, Edward Chapman, Ralph Richardson
License: Public Domain

Information about this movie may be found on it's IMDB page.

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Intolerance, Director DW Griffith, 1916 Masterpiece

Intolerance, Director: DW Griffith, 1916 Masterpiece

Director D.W. Griffith's expensive, most ambitious silent film masterpiece Intolerance (1916) is one of the milestones and landmarks in cinematic history.
Many reviewers and film historians consider it the greatest film of the silent era.
The mammoth film was also subtitled: "A Sun-Play of the Ages" and "Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages." Griffith was inspired to make this film after watching the revolutionary Italian silent film epic Cabiria (1914) by director Giovanni Pastrone.
Intolerance was a colossal undertaking filled with monumental sets, lavish period costumes, and more than 3,000 extras.
The film consisted of four distinct but parallel stories that demonstrated mankind's intolerance during four different ages in world history.

This movie is part of the collection: Silent Films

Director: D.W. Griffith
Producer: D.W. Griffith
Production Company: Triangle Film Corporation
Sponsor: k-otic.com
Audio/Visual: silent, black & white
Keywords: Silent; Drama; History; D.W. Griffith
Contact Information: www.k-otic.com

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952), starring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Susan Hayward

The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)

The story centers on the memories of a writer (Gregory Peck) who is taking a safari in Africa.
He develops a dangerous wound from a thorn prick, and lies awaiting his slow death.
The loss of physical capability causes him to look inside himself - at his memories of the past years, and how little he has actually accomplished in his writing.

This movie is part of the collection: Feature Films (archive.org)

Director: Henry King
Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck
Production Company: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Sponsor: k-otic
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Keywords: Adventure; Drama; Romance; Ernest Hemingway; Ava Gardner; Susan Hayward; Gregory Peck
Contact Information: www.k-otic.com

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Phantom Ship (1935), The Mystery of the Marie Celeste, starring Bela Lugosi

Phantom Ship (1935), The Mystery of the Marie Celeste, starring Bela Lugosi

During a horrific storm at sea, the crew realizes that there is a murderer among them who is killing them off one by one.

Director: Denison Clift

Writers: Denison Clift (story), Charles Larkworthy (scenario)

Stars: Bela Lugosi, Shirley Grey, Arthur Margetson

This movie is part of the collection: Sci-Fi / Horror
Producer: Henry Passmore
Production Company: Guranteed Pictures Co.
Audio/Visual: sound, b/w
Keywords: horror; mystery; drama

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

Also known as "The Mystery of the Marie Celeste". You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page.

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Häxan, a Swedish-Danish Movie Classic (1922)

Häxan - Wikipedia: "Häxan (Danish title: Heksen; English title: The Witches or Witchcraft Through The Ages) is a 1922 Swedish/Danish silent horror film written and directed by Benjamin Christensen. Based partly on Christensen's study of the Malleus Maleficarum, a 15th-century German guide for inquisitors, Häxan is a study of how superstition and the misunderstanding of diseases and mental illness could lead to the hysteria of the witch-hunts. The film was made as a documentary but contains dramatized sequences that are comparable to horror films. With Christensen's meticulous recreation of medieval scenes and the lengthy production period, the film was the most expensive Scandinavian silent film ever made, costing nearly two million Swedish kronor. Although it won acclaim in Denmark and Sweden, the film was banned in the United States and heavily censored in other countries for what were considered at that time graphic depictions of torture, nudity and sexual perversion...." (more information at Wikipedia link above)

Source: Internet Archive
Audio/Visual: sound, black and white/ color tinted
Language: silent film, Danish intertitles subtitled in English
Keywords: Haxan Häxan horror witches witchcraft

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Detour (1945)

Detour (1945)
"Man is involved in two freakish accidents that make him look like a murderer. Poverty row masterwork that is the most precise elucidation of the noir theme of explicit fatalism." - noir expert Spencer Selby |

Cast: Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald. |
A B-movie, it was shot in six days. The film, budgeted for $89,000 and ended up costing $117,000 to make.

This movie is part of the collection: Film Noir

Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Production Company: PRC Pictures Inc.
Sponsor: k-otic.com
Audio/Visual: sound, black & white
Keywords: Crime; Drama; Film-Noir; Mystery; Thriller
Contact Information: www.k-otic.com

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Angel on My Shoulder (1946), stars Paul Muni, Anne Baxter, Claude Rains, Directed by Archie Mayo

Angel on My Shoulder (1946)

The Devil arranges for a deceased gangster to return to Earth as a well-respected judge to make up for his previous life.

Director: Archie Mayo

Writers: Harry Segall (original story), Harry Segall (screenplay), 1 more credit »

Stars: Paul Muni, Anne Baxter, Claude Rains

Production Company: Premiere Productions / United Artists

Audio/Visual: sound, B/W

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Steve McQueen in The Saint Louis Bank Robbery (1959)

The Saint Louis Bank Robbery (1959) a/k/a The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery (1959)

Steve McQueen stars in a gritty, downbeat, and sometimes savage heist movie that features a gang of very psychologically warped men and a story that's based on an actual crime.

Directors: Charles Guggenheim, John Stix

Writer: Richard T. Heffron (screenplay)

Stars: Steve McQueen, Crahan Denton, David Clarke 

Warning: this film is devoid of humor, wit, cheerfulness, glamor, and mercy. It's grim to the brim. Some will find that viewing it is an unpleasant experience.

This movie is part of the collection: Film Noir

Director: Charles Guggenheim; John Stix
Production Company: Charles Guggenheim & Associates
Audio/Visual: sound, black & white
Keywords: Steve McQueen; Crahan Denton; David Clarke; bank robbery; heist; Saint Louis; St. Louis; pdmovies

Creative Commons license: Public Domain Mark 1.0

This movie is in the public domain. Video-Cellar wrote: "The film was originally published without a notice, but most prints currently in circulation are later television syndication prints which had a super'd copyright notice on the end. The renewal would be effectively invalid on that basis alone, but when you add the renewing party "Film World International" was one of those companies that tried to renew films they didn't really own before they entered the PD, it is completely invalid. They also tried this with "The Proud Rebel", "The Deep Six" and "Lonelyhearts". Only problem was that Alan Ladd Enterprises (Deep Six) and Schary Productions (Lonelyhearts) also applied for renewals and FWI got found out. Don't ask me why the copyright office keeps the records of the fraudulent claims on file."

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Lon Chaney, The Light of Faith (1920)

Lon Chaney in The Light of Faith (1920)
A Lon Chaney Public Domain Feature
This movie is part of the collection: Silent Films

Audio/Visual: sound
Keywords: Silent; Lon Chaney; Holy Grail; 1920's; Public Domain

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The World Gone Mad (1933)

The World Gone Mad is a 1933 drama/horror film which pits the district attorney's office against crooks defrauding a corporation from within, unbeknownst to the company's owner.

The World Gone Mad (1933) - IMDb: "A district attorney and a reporter try to find the killer of a D.A. who uncovered a massive stock fraud."

This film is in the public domain.

This movie is part of the collection: Feature Films

Director: Christy Cabanne
Producer: Phil Goldstone
Production Company: Majestic Pictures Corp.
Audio/Visual: mono, B&W
Keywords: 1930s; horror; corruption

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Charlie Chaplin, The Vagabond (1916)

Charlie Chaplin, The Vagabond (1916)

Charlie Chaplins 53rd Film Released July 10 1916

The Vagabond was a silent film by Charlie Chaplin and his third film with Mutual Films. Released in 1916, it co-starred Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Leo White and Lloyd Bacon. This film echoed Chaplin's work on The Tramp, with more drama mixed in with comedy. The story begins with Charlie, playing music to raise money, and instead finds the abused girl (played by Edna) living in a gypsy camp. As in The Tramp, he works on finding a way to help her.

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This movie is part of the collection: Silent Films

Audio/Visual: sound, B/W
Keywords: Charlie Chaplin; Silents;

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Gulliver's Travels (1939)

Gulliver's Travels (1939)
Gulliver washes ashore on Lilliput and attempts to prevent war between that tiny kingdom and its equally-miniscule rival, Blefiscu, as well as smooth the way for the romance between the Princess and Prince of the opposing lands. In this he is alternately aided and hampered by the Lilliputian town crier and general fussbudget, Gabby. A life-threatening situation develops when the bumbling trio of Blefiscu spies, Sneak, Snoop, and Snitch, manage to steal Gulliver's pistol.

You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page.

This movie is part of the collection: Feature Films

Director: Willard Bowsky
Producer: Max Fleischer
Production Company: Fleischer Studios
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Keywords: animation

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Sherlock Holmes, Dressed To Kill (1946), Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce

'Sherlock Holmes in Dressed To Kill' - features Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes.

You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page.
Story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
This movie is part of the collection: Feature Films
Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Patricia Morison
Director: Roy William Neill
Audio/Visual: sound, b&w
Keywords: Mystery; Thriller; pdmovies

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943), Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce

Sherlock Holmes rescues an inventor of an new bomb site before the Nazis can get him. The inventor agrees to help the allies but soon disappears and Holmes suspects Moriarty may be involved.

Mystic Nights Videos

This movie is part of the collection: Feature Films

Audio/Visual: sound
Keywords: Basil Rathbone; Sherlock Holmes; Nigel Bruce; Lionel Atwill; Kaaren Verne; Mary Gordon; Mystic Nights Videos


Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Sherlock Holmes, The Woman In Green (1945), Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce

Sherlock Holmes, The Woman In Green (1945)

IMDB - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038259/combined

Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce played Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson in fourteen films between 1939-1946. Of these fourteen films, four fell into the public domain according to WikiPedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rathbone-Bruce_Sherlock_Holmes_Films

These four films are:
SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE SECRET WEAPON (1943)
SHERLOCK HOLMES - THE WOMAN IN GREEN (1945)
SHERLOCK HOLMES - TERROR BY NIGHT (1946)
SHERLOCK HOLMES - DRESSED TO KILL (1946)
Of the 4 public domain films (or all 14 for that matter), THE WOMAN IN GREEN is a key film in that the arch-enemy of Holmes, Professor Moriarty, finally gets his just due.

This movie is part of the collection: Feature Films

Director: Roy William Neill
Producer: Roy William Neill & Howard Benedict
Production Company: Universal
Audio/Visual: sound, black and white
Language: English
Keywords: Basil Rathbone; Nigel Bruce; Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; The Woman in Green

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Das Kabinett des Doktor Caligari - The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919)

Das Kabinett des Doktor Caligari - The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919)
free movie online from the internet archive:

"The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is the first modern Horror Film and it influence a number of contemporary productions. A real classic!

PLOT:
A man named Francis relates a story about his best friend Alan and his fiancée Jane. Alan takes him to a fair where they meet Dr. Caligari, who exhibits a somnambulist, Cesare, that can predict the future.
When Alan asks how long he has to live, Cesare says he has until dawn. The prophecy comes to pass, as Alan is murdered, and Cesare is a prime suspect.
Cesare creeps into Jane's bedroom and abducts her, running from the townspeople and finally dying of exhaustion.
Meanwhile, the police discover a dummy in Cesare's cabinet, while Caligari flees.
Francis tracks Caligari to a mental asylum. He is the director! Or is he?

This movie is part of the collection: Silent Films

Director: Robert Wiene
Producer: Rudolf Meinert and Erich Pommer
Production Company: Decla-Film-Ges. Holz & Co. (Berlin)
Sponsor: k-otic.com
Audio/Visual: silent, black & white
Keywords: Silent; Fantasy; Horror; German Expressionism
Contact Information: www.k-otic.com

Creative Commons license: Public Domain"

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Royal Wedding (1951), Fred Astaire, Jane Powell

Royal Wedding (1951), Fred Astaire, Jane Powell

free movie online from the internet archive

Brother and sister dancing duo Tom and Ellen Bowen (Fred Astaire and Jane Powell) travel to merry old England. There, against the backdrop of the impending wedding of royals, they go about the usual comedic pursuit of love.

This film is probably most memorable for Astaire's dream sequence that has him dancing on the ceiling.

The source is not of the best quality, with analog artifacts and blownout color.

For more info on this film see its IMDB.com entry.

This movie is part of the collection: Feature Films

Director: Stanley Donen
Producer: Arthur Freed
Sponsor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Audio/Visual: sound, color

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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My Favorite Brunette (1947), Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour

My Favorite Brunette (1947), Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour
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Bob Hope comedy with Dorothy Lamour. |
You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page.
This movie is part of the collection: Comedy Films
Director: Elliott Nugent
Producer: Daniel Dare
Production Company: Hope Enterprises, Paramount Pictures
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Four Horsemen, How the World Really Works Documentary

Four Horsemen - Feature Documentary - Official Version -  documentary film
First Published on Sep 13, 2013
FOUR HORSEMEN is an award winning independent feature documentary which lifts the lid on how the world really works.

As we will never return to 'business as usual' 23 international thinkers, government advisors and Wall Street money-men break their silence and explain how to establish a moral and just society.

FOUR HORSEMEN is free from mainstream media propaganda -- the film doesn't bash bankers, criticise politicians or get involved in conspiracy theories. It ignites the debate about how to usher a new economic paradigm into the world which would dramatically improve the quality of life for billions.

"It's Inside Job with bells on, and a frequently compelling thesis thanks to Ashcroft's crack team of talking heads -- economists, whistleblowers and Noam Chomsky, all talking with candour and clarity." - Total Film

"Four Horsemen is a breathtakingly composed jeremiad against the folly of Neo-classical economics and the threats it represents to all we should hold dear."
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Sherlock Holmes, Murder At The Baskervilles (1937)

Sherlock Holmes, Murder At The Baskervilles (1937), free movie online

From IMDb:
Sherlock Holmes takes a vacation and visits his old friend Sir Henry Baskerville. His vacation ends when he suddenly finds himself in the middle of a double-murder mystery. Now he's got to find Professor Moriarty and the horse Silver Blaze before the great cup final horse race.

This movie is part of the collection: Feature Films

Director: Thomas Bentley
Producer: Julius Hagen
Audio/Visual: sound, B&W
Language: English
Keywords: Mystery; Sherlock Holmes

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935)

The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes stars the British Arthur Wontner, today a forgotten interpreter of Holmes who would soon be overshadowed by the glossy American productions starring the illustrious Basil Rathbone, for some people the greatest Holmes ever.

Plot:
Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Wontner) and Dr. Watson (Ian Fleming) come out of retirement to investigate a mysterious murder.
They find that a group of coalminers, called The Scowlers, are caught up in the mystery, along with the treacherous Professor Moriarty (Lyn Harding).
Holmes must outsmart Moriarity and an American gangster in order to find the murderers and save The Scowlers.

This movie is part of the collection: Feature Films, Internet Archive

Director: Leslie S. Hiscott
Producer: Julius Hagen
Production Company: Real Art Productions
Sponsor: k-otic.com
Audio/Visual: sound, black & white
Keywords: Mystery; Thriller
Contact Information: www.k-otic.com

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Sherlock Holmes, The Sign Of Four (1932)

Sherlock Holmes, The Sign Of Four (1932)

From IMDb:
A young woman turns to Sherlock Holmes for protection when she's menaced by an escaped killer seeking missing treasure. However, when the woman is kidnapped, Holmes and Watson must penetrate the city's criminal underworld to find her.

This movie is part of the collection: Feature Films

Director: Graham Cutts
Audio/Visual: sound, b&w
Keywords: Mystery; Sherlock Holmes

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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His Girl Friday (1940), Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy, Howard Hawks

His Girl Friday (1940)

Hilarious romantic comedy starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell. Russell is rough and tumble reporter looking to get out of the news racket by marrying and becoming a house wife after her divorce from newspaper publisher Grant. Just when she is about to leave town with her husband-to-be the still lovesick Grant drafts her to cover one final breaking news sensation.

Along with plenty of laughs and fast paced dialog this film provides a witty and cynical look at news business.

There is a slight audio sync problem in the first couple minutes of the film. It is present on the source medium and is very brief.

His Girl Friday (1940) - IMDb

This movie is part of the collection: Comedy Films

Director: Howard Hawks

Stars: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy
Audio/Visual: sound, black and white
Keywords: romance; comedy

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Charlie Chaplin Festival (1938)

Charlie Chaplin Festival (1938)

Four Chaplin shorts from 1917: The Adventurer, The Cure, Easy Street and The Immigrant, presented with music and sound effects.

You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page.

This movie is part of the collection: Comedy Films

Director: Charles Chaplin
Audio/Visual: sound, b&w
Keywords: comedy

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Sex Madness (1938)

Sex Madness (1938)

Internet Archive notes: This is a typical sex exploitation film from the early 1930s - complete with wild parties, sex out of wedlock, lesbianism, etc. A chorus girl's exposure to the "casting couch" also exposes her to syphilis. Exploitation filmmakers hoped to capitalize on the taboo subjects of venereal disease, sex before marriage, lesbianism, etc. while skirting the Motion Picture Production Code of 1930 which forbade a film from containing such content. Films like this would tour the United States for years - mostly being shown in rundown, skid row theaters. This film has been re-edited and re-titled ("Human Wreckage", "They Must Be Told", "Trial Marriage", "About Trial Marriage") many times to attract the same audience to film, to take advantage of a taboo subject which may have gotten press recently or to appease local censors who disapproved of the film's content.

You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page.

Also, if you are interested in the rich, uniquely American history of exploitation films, there are two excellent books on the subject:

"Forbidden Fruit - The Golden Age of the Exploitation Film", Felicia Feaster and Bret Wood, Midnight Marquee Press, 1999.

"Bold! Daring! Shocking! True! A History of Exploitation Films, 1919 - 1959" Eric Schaefer, Duke University Press, 1999

This movie is part of the collection: Feature Films

Director: William Curran
Production Company: Cinema Service Corp.
Audio/Visual: sound, b&w
Keywords: exploitation; melodrama

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reefer Madness (1938)

Reefer Madness (1938) - Notes from Internet Archive: Considered THE archetypal sensationalized anti-drug movie, but it's really an exploitation film made to capitalize on the hot taboo subject of marijuana use. Like many exploitation films of the time, "Reefer Madness" tried to make a quick buck off of a forbidden subject while skirting the Motion Picture Production Code of 1930. The Code forbade the portrayal of immoral acts like drug use. (The illegal drug traffic must not be portrayed in such a way as to stimulate curiosity concerning the use of, or traffic in, such drugs; nor shall scenes be approved which show the use of illegal drugs, or their effects, in detail.)

The film toured around the country for many years - often being re-edited and re-titled ("Tell Your Children", "Dope Addict", "Doped Youth", "Love Madness", "The Burning Question"). It was re-discovered in the early 1970s by NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) and screened again as an example of the government's demonization of marijuana. NORML may have been confused about the film's sponsorship since one of the film's distributors, Dwain Esper, testified to the Arizona Supreme Court that "Reefer Madness" was not a trashy exploitation film but was actually sponsored by the U.S. Government - a convincing lie, but a lie nonetheless.

That being said, the film is still quick enjoyable since it dramatizes the "violent narcotic's ... soul destroying" effects on unwary teens, and their hedonistic exploits enroute to the bottom.

More information regarding this film on its IMDb page.

Also, if you are interested in the rich, uniquely American history of exploitation films, there are two excellent books on the subject:

"Forbidden Fruit - The Golden Age of the Exploitation Film", Felicia Feaster and Bret Wood, Midnight Marquee Press, 1999.

"Bold! Daring! Shocking! True! A History of Exploitation Films, 1919 - 1959" Eric Schaefer, Duke University Press, 1999.

This movie is part of the collection: Feature Films

Director: Louis J. Gasnier
Producer: George A. Hirliman
Production Company: G and H Production.
Audio/Visual: sound, b&w
Keywords: exploitation; cult; pdmovies

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965), starring Basil Rathbone

Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965)

Two astronauts, accompanied by their robot, set out to explore the surface of Venus. Things seem to be going well until violent changes begin to rework the surface. Will they be able to escape the planet with their lives? This film is also known as "Prehistoric Planet" and "Voyage to a Prehistoric Planet".

This film began life as a Soviet-produced work. An American producer then added some new footage and changed the credits to hide the film's Soviet origin. The original film, "Planeta Bur", is also known as "Cosmonauts on Venus", "Planet of Storms", "Planet of Tempests", "Planeta Burg", and "Storm Planet".

You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page.

This movie is part of the collection: Sci-Fi / Horror

Producer: George Edwards
Director: Curtis Harrington (as John Sebastian)
Writer: Curtis Harrington
Stars: Basil Rathbone, Faith Domergue, John Bix
Audio/Visual: mono, color
Language: English
Keywords: 1960s; Soviet Union; space

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (1967)

Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (1967)

A team of astronauts crashes on the surface of Venus. Accompanied by their robot, they explore the surface and end up destroying the Venusian God. This film is also known as "The Gill Women" and "The Gill Women of Venus".

This film began life as a Soviet-produced work. An American producer then added some new footage and changed the credits to hide the film's Soviet origin. The original film, "Planeta Bur", is also known as "Cosmonauts on Venus", "Planet of Storms", "Planet of Tempests", "Planeta Burg", and "Storm Planet". Much of the film "Planeta Bur" was also incorporated into the "American" film "Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet".

This film was shown in "Pathe" color, which is essentially just a method of placing color filters over a black and white film. Consequently, the color that you see is not the true color of the sets but instead represents an "interpretation" of a black and white original.

You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page.

More information is also available from the Wikipedia article here.

This movie is part of the collection: Sci-Fi / Horror

Director: Derek Thomas
Producer: Norman D. Wells
Production Company: The Filmgroup, Inc.
Audio/Visual: mono, color
Language: English
Keywords: 1960s; Soviet; space; pdmovies

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Dishonored Lady (1947) with Hedy Lamarr

Dishonored Lady

Dishonored Lady (1947)
Stars: Hedy Lamarr, Dennis O'Keefe, John Loder |
You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page.

This movie is part of the collection: Feature Films

Director: Robert Stevenson
Production Company: Mars Film Corporation
Audio/Visual: sound, b&w
Keywords: Crime

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Great Expectations (1946), classic story of Pip the British orphan

The classic story of Pip the British orphan.

Great Expectations (1946) Fall's Under The Transitional Aspects Of UK Law.
http://www.archive.org/post/285670/are-these-public-domain

Mystic Nights Videos
This movie is part of the collection: Feature Films
Audio/Visual: sound
Keywords: John Mills; Tony Wager; Alec Guinness; Valerie Hobson; Jean Simmons; Mystic Nights Videos
Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Abbott and Costello, Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)

Abbott and Costello, Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)

Abbott and Costello's musical version of the classic fairytale. More information can be found on this IMDB page.

This movie is part of the Internet Archive collection: Comedy Films

Audio/Visual: sound, color
Keywords: comedy; fantasy; fairy tales; Abbott & Costello

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916)

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916)
The Universal Film Manufacturing Company was not known in the silent era as premier producer of motion pictures. Yet, in 1916 they produced a film that could not be made effectively without expensive special effects and special photography. Marshalling the expertise underwater experts Ernest and George Williamson, Universal financed the extensive production which would require location photography, large sets, exotic costumes, sailing ships, and a full-size navigable mock-up of the surfaced submarine Nautilus.

This movie is part of the collection: Silent Films at Internet Archive

Director: Stuart Paton
Producer: Carl Laemmle, Stuart Paton
Production Company: Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Sponsor: k-otic.com
Audio/Visual: silent with musical score, black & white
Keywords: Silent; Drama
Contact Information: www.k-otic.com

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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The New Three Stooges - "Color Craziness"

The Three Stooges - "Color Craziness"

"The New Three Stooges" was produced in 1965. It featured the animated adventures of Moe, Larry, & Curly Joe. The cartoons were introduced by live-action inserts with the real Stooges. These inserts were some of the only Stooges material ever filmed in color, and they also feature long-time Stooge collaberator Emil Sitka. "The Three Stooges - Color Craziness" is an hour feature comprised of these rare color Stooge comedy bits. You'll see the Stooges as wacky chefs, clueless contractors, zany dentists, and many more. They feature Moe Howard, Larry Fine, & "Curly" Joe Derita.

This movie is part of the collection: Feature Films @ internet archive

Production Company: http://www.frightmarestheseries.com
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Keywords: three stooges; comedy
Contact Information: frightmares@frightmarestheseries.com

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Earthshine Full Movie, ski/snowboard flick

Earthshine / Full Movie from Life Steeze Media on Vimeo.
Life Steeze Media proudly presents ski/snowboard flick "Earthshine"

Featuring: Dmitriy Makrushin, Arkadiy Kazakov, Nickolay Yarlikov, Yuriy Moiseev, Andrew Anufriev, Grigoriy Fuzeev, Alexander Volkov, Sergey Spiridonov, Denis Leontyev, Maxim Kruglov, Pavel Peshin and others.

Supported by: Amplituda, Anteater, Banshee Bungee, Dragon, Ripcurl, K-Lab, Twintip, Scott, Shore Lab, Downdays

Directed by Alexander Golovkin and Ilya Kozhevnikov
Produced by Alexander Golovkin
Principal Cinematography by Alexander Golovkin, Ilya Kozhevnikov, Andrew Kachaev
Edited by Alexander Golovkin, Ilya Kozhevnikov, Dmitriy Makrushin

Moscow, Russia 2013

Life Steeze Media представляет свой четвертый фильм "Earthshine".

Принимали участие:
Дмитрий Макрушин, Аркадий Казаков, Юрий Моисеев, Андрей Ануфриев, Григорий Фузеев, Николай Ярлыков, Александр Волков, Павел Пешин, Сергей Спиридонов, Денис Леонтьев, Максим Круглов и другие.

При поддержке:
Amplituda, Anteater, Banshee Bungee, Dragon, Ripcurl, K-Lab, Twintip, Scott, Shore Lab, Downdays

Съемка: Александр Головкин, Илья Кожевников и Андрей Качаев
Монтаж: Александр Головкин, Илья Кожевников, Дмитрий Макрушин

Москва, Россия, 2013

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White Noise, full movie, snowboarding, Xavier de Le Rue

WHITE NOISE - FULL Movie from TimeLine Missions on Vimeo.
Xavier de Le Rue, considered by his peers as the best big mountain rider, reveals himself intimately and exposes his feeling about his life, reasons he keeps on getting the motivation to push his own limits and why snowboarding represent his reason to be.
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White Noise features Xavier de Le Rue, Victor de Le Rue, Samuel Anthamatten and Johan Jonsson as guest

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ACTION HEROES, FULL MOVIE

ACTION HEROES - FULL MOVIE from Lukas Tielke | peoplegrapher. on Vimeo.
Finally it is coming to you. Peoplegrapher formerly known as thinkBIG production
present their latest achievement.

The full-length movie "Action Heroes" features a variety of german top-riders in
mountainbiking:

Felix Rosendahl, Jonas Berndt, Patrick Schweika, Sascha Dietzel, Julian Puczkus,
Tobi Wrobel, Niki Leitner, Marius Hoppensack, Amir Kabbani, Hendrik Tafel,
Patrick Rasche, Boris Beyer, Ludwig Jäger, Stephan Peters, Robin Specht, Carlo
Dieckmann and Mike Plümacher

A Film by Lukas Tielke
Associate Production Manuel Rueda
Filmed by Lukas Tielke
Additional Filming Manuel Rueda, Daniel Roos, Lars Doehring
Edited by Lukas Tielke
Motion Graphics Manuel Rueda

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