most Viewed annos singulos 1929 - 84

Short film showing members of the ‘pinto’ aboriginal tribe in Central Australia. Scenes of daily life including preparation for a dance...

A nationalistic yet controversial look at the harsh treatment the Spaniards uncured against the Filipino people.

Marvel at the daring stunts performed by motorcyclists at their grand gymkhana in Egham in 1929.

This documentary is filmed in the capital of Mozambique, Lourenço Marques, on the day of the celebration of the integration of the province of...

Seara carefully documents the agricultural work of the Guineans – a heading indicates the names of the peoples. Harvesting of peanuts,...

Colonial films showing the work of Africans are rare. Here the exploitation system is precisely exposed. Deportees (from Angola) disembark from a...

Footage from a religious cleansing ceremony in Japan, dated back to 1929.

This is one of the earliest representations of the Philippines in moving images. Stored in the British Film Institute archives, this administrative...

Hall dance 1929

Ballroom dancing

Indigenous Feasts of the Black Mama Pujilí

Hermann Hähnle demonstrates some of his camera techniques for capturing wild life at the Federsee lake in Southern Germany.

Suresh Chabria writes: ‘Continuing Jamai Babu’s association of the city with sexual exploits and licence, this one-reel comedy is about...

One of the Fitzpatrick traveltalks, this film begins in Valencia. We travel down the Spanish coast, visiting the people who live in caves. We end up...

Craft demonstration - how to make butterfly hair accessories from beads. (British Pathé)

Collection of everyday scenes in Kyoto, Japan in the year 1929. These films were taken with the early Movietone sound cameras.

Years before "Reefer Madness" brought hysterical misunderstandings of marijuana to mainstream America, audiences were treated to "High on the Range,"...

A Morrocan sheik's love for a French colonist leads him to leave his native country for France.