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Dir: Unknown Director

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Unknown Director

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

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

Dir: Willy Mullens

Towns on the Zuidersee in the Netherlands.

Dir: Unknown Director

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Den doode steden aan de Zuiderzee perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Documentary about the physical and vocational rehabilitation of wounded soldiers.

Dir: Ya'ackov Ben-Dov

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Alberto Botelho

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

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

Dir: Arnold Fanck

A documentary about skiing at the beginning of the century.

Dir: Harry Beaumont

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

Upon observing the adoration that track star Culver Covington receives, his friend, J. Wallingford Speed, decides to impress Helen Blake by also posing as a sprinter. Meanwhile, when Roberta Keap decides to retire to her Western ranch while awaiting her divorce, Speed, Helen and various friends accompany her while her husband Donald takes up residence at the neighboring Gallagher ranch. A rivalry springs up between the two ranches, and Helen persuades Speed to challenge the Keap homestead in a footrace. Matters become serious when Roberta and Mrs. Gallagher bet their entire holdings on the race. It begins to look ominous for the Keaps when their star sprinter develops a lame foot, thus placing the burden of winning on Speed. Miraculously, the intense competition of the race spurs Speed to win both his match and Helen's love, while also accomplishing the reconciliation of Donald and Roberta.

Dir: Robert C. Bruce

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.