Rare Cinematic Gems Sharing the Atmosphere of Forgotten Men: Cult G...

Dir: William F. Adler

A travelogue/documentary including explorations of the fauna and people of Siam, New Guinea, and Java, with interpolations of an apparently fictitious encounter between the filmmakers and cannibalistic natives of Frederick Henry Island in the South Pacific.

Dir: C.L. Chester

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of In a Naturalist's Garden perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Claude Friese-Greene

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Donald Crisp

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Nude Woman by Waterfall perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

During the Civil War, young widow Rachel Hayne is among those "held by the enemy" when her old family home is within the lines occupied by the Northern troops. Protected by Colonel Prescott from looters and the unwelcome attentions of Surgeon Fielding, Rachel begins to fall in love with the gallant Yankee officer. Their romance is disrupted when Rachel's husband Gordon, long reported dead, is captured as a spy and condemned to death. When Gordon is wounded during an attempted escape, Rachel's loyalty impels her to try to save him by feigning his death. As Gordon's stretcher is carried through the hospital, Fielding demands an examination of the body, charging that Prescott is involved in a plot to smuggle the spy out of the hospital alive. General Stanton lifts the cover from the body, only to find that death has really come, freeing both Rachel and Prescott.

Dir: Anthony Young

Films shot by newsreel companies and army cameramen are featured to tell the story of what it was like for soldiers during World War I.

Dir: Unknown Director

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Held by the Enemy perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

The true story of Sir Ernest Shackleton's dramatic exploratory journey to Antarctica aboard the Endurance, during which the ship and all aboard became icebound.

Dir: Alberto Botelho

A view of the Carnival festivities in the city of Rio de Janeiro, as covered by filmmaker Alberto Botelho in 1920.

Dir: Robert C. Bruce

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Heroes All perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Unknown Director

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Antoni Bednarczyk

The north-eastern Polish province of Vilnius is after WW1 plundered by savage Bolsheviks. The heroic Polish army is bound to stop them.