A History of Firsts
Explore firsts in cinema, photography, recorded sound, animation and documentary history. Early media milestones in one playlist.
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View from the Window at Le Gras
Widely recognized as the oldest surviving camera photograph in history, View from the Window at Le Gras (La cour du d...
Ancient Antiquities & Artifacts Stock Images -
The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight
Experience a monumental piece of early cinema and sports history with this rare 20-minute clip of The Corbett–Fitzsim...
Classic Sports Films & Historic Events -
Sherlock Holmes Baffled
Step back to the very dawn of narrative cinema with Sherlock Holmes Baffled (1900), directed by the pioneering filmma...
Classic Movies: Silent, Noir, Horror & Comedy Films -
Vesti la giubba
Enrico Caruso's March 17, 1907 performance of "Vesti la giubba" ("Put on the costume") from Ruggero Leoncavallo's 189...
Stream Classical Music: Timeless Masterpieces -
Nanook of the North
Experience a monumental milestone in early cinema with Nanook of the North (1922). Directed by pioneering filmmaker R...
Historic Documentaries & Vintage War Films -
Fiddlesticks
Step back into the golden age of animation with Fiddlesticks (1930), an extraordinary theatrical short film directed ...
Classic Anime & Vintage Animated Films -
The Hitch-Hiker
The Hitch-Hiker is a 1953 film noir directed by Ida Lupino about two fishing buddies who pick up a mysterious Hitchhi...
Classic Movies: Silent, Noir, Horror & Comedy Films -
The Adventures of Dollie
The Adventures of Dollie is a 1908 American silent film directed by D. W. Griffith. It was Griffith's List of directo...
Classic Movies: Silent, Noir, Horror & Comedy Films -
Between Showers
Between Showers is a 1914 short film made by Keystone Studios and directed by Henry Lehrman. It starred Charlie Chapl...
Classic Movies: Silent, Noir, Horror & Comedy Films