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Dir: Unknown Director

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Anthony Young

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

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: C.L. Chester

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Unknown Director

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Is Prohibition a Dry Subject? 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: Claude Friese-Greene

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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: C.L. Chester

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Willy Mullens

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of O Que Foi O Carnaval de 1920! perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Towns on the Zuidersee in the Netherlands.

Dir: Konstantin Derzhavin

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

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.