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
This legendary fight was filmed on March 17, 1897, using 63mm film that produced an aspect ratio of about 1.75:1. Usi...
Classic Sports Films & Historic Events -
Sherlock Holmes Baffled
Sherlock Holmes enters his drawing room to find it being burgled, but on confronting the villain is surprised when th...
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
This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northern Q region. Alt...
Historic Documentaries & Vintage War Films -
Fiddlesticks
Flip the Frog was Iwerks' first creation. He made his debut appearance in "Fiddlesticks." In this cartoon, Iwerks sup...
Classic Anime & Vintage Animated Films -
The Hitch-Hiker
Roy and Gilbert's fishing trip takes a terrifying turn when the hitchhiker they pick up turns out to be a sociopath o...
Classic Movies: Silent, Noir, Horror & Comedy Films -
The Adventures of Dollie
On a warm and sunny summer's day, a mother and father take their young daughter Dollie on a riverside outing. video...
Classic Movies: Silent, Noir, Horror & Comedy Films -
Between Showers
Mr. Snookie steals an umbrella and then, while trying to help a woman to cross a puddle, the Tramp appears and interv...
Classic Movies: Silent, Noir, Horror & Comedy Films