Rare Cinematic Gems Exploring the Legacy of South Sea Adventures: C...

Dir: Unknown Director

This short film presents the champion cowboys of the world in a series of remarkable stunts, including riding, roping, steer throwing, etc.

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.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Shipwrecked Among Cannibals perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Unknown Director

Documentary about the physical and vocational rehabilitation of wounded soldiers.

Dir: Unknown Director

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.

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

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: Arnold Fanck

A documentary about skiing at the beginning of the century.

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

Dir: Claude Friese-Greene

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Robert C. Bruce

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

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

Dir: C.L. Chester

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Konstantin Derzhavin

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.