1920s Setback style and Beaux-Arts Classicism skyscrapers rise above the NYC sky
1920s businessman using a candlestick phone
US - 1928 - in this silent comedy, a man mistakes catsup for massage oil and uses it to massage his father's neck.
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FRANCE - 1929 - in this silent drama, a young Chinese woman recognizes someone at a roulette table and expertly steals some money from him.
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USA - 1929 - In this drama, an outdoor boxing ring is shown and a boxer speaks with his team. A girl talks with a man about being in love with the boxer.
1928 - In this animated film, Felix the Cat uses a shooting star to send a message down to Earth, telling the other animals to come live with him on Mars, and their arrival shocks the Martian king.
US - 1926, in this silent romance, a man, about to pay for suspenders, drops everything for his girlfriend when she calls him. He lavishes her hand with kisses while his coworkers laugh at him.
1928 - In this animated film, a film strip invites a telephone and journalists to a movie theater he's wiring for sound.
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HUNGARY - 1929 - In this drama, a woman opens a wicker box and a man reads a newspaper. They speak about a woman.
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1926 - The skyline of Newark, New Jersey is seen with a view of the courthouse.
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1927 - A trailer for the silent movie "The Unknown" promises a story of murder and lust with a beautiful circus performer (Joan Crawford) and an armless performer (Lon Chaney) who shoots and throws knives with his feet.
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USA - 1927 - In this silent film, a man with a white face loads suitcases in an elevator. He steps on a mop and is tripped.
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1920s - A new session of Congress begins in Washington DC.
USA - 1928 - In this silent comedy, a porter sees a horse and ostrich on a train and is accused of being drunk when he reports it.
INDIA - 1929 - in this epic film, Muslims pray while a man chants on a minaret. British people on the street watch.
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1927 - Motorcars and horse-drawn carriages pass through an intersection in Paris, France, approaching the Paris Opera House.
An animation shows television transmissions and the kinescope is shown as well as pictures forming various TV shows in 1955.
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AUSTRIA - 1924 - In this silent film, a driver is parked with a sleeping man the back of his car. Men meet in a government building for a vote. The sleeping man wakes and runs from the car.
MALAYSIA - 1929 - in this drama, a snake charmer plays on his flute, surrounded by a curious crowd. In the next scene, a mongoose fights a large cobra and kills it.
INDIA - 1929 - in this epic film, two men wrestle over a fire pit as a test of strength for newcomers to a temple. The winner throws the loser into the fire pit.
1929 - The Death House at a prison is shown, unnerving Asian- and African-American prisoners.
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US - 1924 - in this silent thriller, at a reunion between two businessmen, a clown breaks a bottle and pours champagne. When one man insults him, he looks into his eyes to make him recognize him.
EGYPT - 1922 - in this silent epic, a disheveled king appears at the city gate but disbelieving soldiers mock him, laughing out loud. When a court official recognizes him, they recoil in fear.
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USA - 1927 - In this silent film, a man dressed like a little boy drinks some punch and falls asleep on a man and woman.
INDIA - 1929 - in this epic film, when a priestess asked an armed crowd to lay down their weapons, she is shot dead. They advance upon the enemy but are mowed mercilessly by machine guns.
US - 1924 - in this silent western, a man puts up a wanted poster on the wall of a house. The wanted man is on a balcony upstairs, laughing. With a few clever maneuvers, he escapes.
DENMARK - 1925 - in this silent comedy, men are drinking schnapps and talking at a Danish tavern. A wife meets friends at home where a maid takes all their coats.
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USA - 1924 - In this silent comedy, several motorcycle cops descend on a pretty driver at once to give her tickets, and a farmer's girlfriend finds the woman's purse on the side of the road.
US - 1924 - in this silent western, a man swings back and forth on a curtain, avoiding his pursuers. He falls from a balcony into a passing car and flees town, flirting with a female passenger.
US - 1924 - in this silent comedy, a man climbs on a windmill blade during a storm. The owner tells his scared servant to get up there too and both men fly in the wind as the storm gets worse.
1920s - Sun Yat-Sen seeks to turn China into a republic, and Chiang Kai-Shek continues to implement his ideologies after his passing (narrated in the 1930s).
GERMANY - 1924 - in this silent drama, a woman overhears another woman telling someone shocking news and immediately gossips about it with neighbors.
RUSSIA - 1928 - in this silent drama, a crowd humiliates a member of the Russian imperial family, laughing and spitting at him, and also punching him.
Ancient Egyptian coffins inside a working museum in the 1920s, Egypt, being waxed to preserve their outer decoration and designs.
Wide Shot Around 1920s Underground Poker Game
FRANCE - 1928 - In this silent drama, a priest brings Joan of Arc a letter from the king while she is in prison.
Traditional Asian Couple Walking on Sunlit Jungle Path
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AFRICA - 1926 - In this silent film, a soldier toasts Thomas Jefferson on a huge military sailboat. Drummers play and men run to load cannons. They fire at a city.
1927 - Couples dance in a public park in Paris, France, while friends sit at nearby tables to watch.
ISRAEL - 1927, in this silent epic film, Peter reaches for the wine chalice before leaving the Last Supper. A celestial light shines around the cup and a white dove flies in and lands next to it.
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TOKYO - 1929 - The Canadian flag is raised in Asia for the first time on a Dominion Day celebration at Tokyo's Canadian Legation headquarters.
Annoyed Asian Woman Throws Man's Hat on Jungle Bridge
RUSSIA - 1928 - in this silent drama, a beaten-up Russian officer stares aghast at a woman who betrayed him and has joined an angry mob, speaking of him in rage and wanting revenge.
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FRANCE - 1923 - in this silent drama, a woman and her visitor dreamily mention known places in Paris. Sitting close together, she takes his hands, but he removes them, hands her a briefcase, trusting her to return it to its proper place.
ISRAEL - 1927, in this silent epic film, Jesus prays with a crowd while holding a lamb in his arms. Peter falls to his feet.
1924 - In this animated film, a live-action girl and her feline friend steal the money that's owed them from an old man.
ITALY - 1926 - in this silent horror film, the devil watches demons taunt a new arrival. When the latter drives a pitchfork through his belly, he breathes out fire and the demons attack him at once.