All Films

Beaver Family

1929 • 17 min • Canada

A short silent film portraying Grey Owl, the famous conservationist, and a family of beavers who would come when he called and take food from his hand without the slightest fear. The film is set in Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba. The story of Grey Owl's life was the subject of a 1999 feature film starring Pierce Brosnan.

A Race for Ties

1929 • 57 min • Canada

A small sawmill owner competes against a large timber company in hopes of winning a railway tie contract.

Autoridades civiles militares y religiosas

1929 • 1 min • Ecuador

Civil military and religious authorities

Mujer y hombre a caballo

1929 • 1 min • Ecuador

Woman and man on horseback

Baile de Pasillo 'al taconeo'

1929 • 1 min • Ecuador

Hall dance 1929

Glimpses of India

1929 • 31 min

Scenes of Indian life and architecture

Hoogstraat

1929 • 11 min • Netherlands

Avant-garde impression of people shopping in the most important shopping street in Rotterdam.

Corrida Bufa: Charlot Chaplin y sus botones

1929 • 1 min • Ecuador

Charlie Chaplin look-a-like doing bullfighting.

Salamanca

1929 • 9 min • Spain

A walk through the landscapes of the province of Salamanca, Spain, as well as a testimony of the daily life and customs of its inhabitants.

The Gentleman and the Rooster

1929 • 29 min • Soviet Union

The film mocks the moribund world of pan-Poland. The border established by the Treaty of Riga between pan-Poland and Soviet Belorussia passed through the estate of Polish Count Wadecki. The best part of the estate with the palace ended up on Soviet territory. From that moment on, the count lost peace and sleep. New owners - a noisy, cheerful pioneer squad - took up residence in the former manor house. The count's servants, shepherd boy Vasya and servant girl Yadya, watch the life of their neighbours with keen interest. Having accidentally crossed the border in search of a stray cow, Vasya happily stays in Soviet Belarus. He is followed by Yadia. Eventually the Count and his "lordly" guests cannot bear the sight of the noisy youth festivities on the Soviet side and flee. Yadia and Vasil participate in the Soviet youth party.

Barcelona

1929 • 9 min • Spain

A walk through the landscapes of the province of Barcelona, Spain, as well as a testimony of the daily life and customs of its inhabitants.

Ala / Caduta Albero / Anguria / Ballo

1929 • 3 min

Pathé Baby short by Guglielmo Baldassini.

Dzhalma

1929 • 50 min • Soviet Union

In the Caucasus, among the picturesque mountains there is a guerrilla war between the Whites from Bicherakhov’s division and the Red Army soldiers. The Chechen girl Dzhalma finds an injured Ukrainian guy Mykola in a valley. She saves his life and helps him to recover. Young people fall in love with each other, and after the Bolshevik’s victory both of them travel to Ukraine. Dzhalma ends up in a traditional Ukrainian village. 

Excursion to India's Powerful Elements. Volcanoes... fumaroles... eruptions

1929 • 26 min • Netherlands

A report about excursions to various craters in the Dutch East Indies, including Papandayan, Kawah Kamojang, and Kawah Poetih. The film also includes aerial shots of the “twin craters” Kawah Oepas and Kawah Ratu.

Forest People

1929 • 46 min • Soviet Union

The story of the Udege tribe, lost for centuries and on the verge of extinction, the most dangerous footage of hunting for bears and wild boars, as well as local rituals.

Irish Cup Semi- Final Coleraine V Ballymena

1929 • 2 min • United Kingdom

1928-29 Irish Cup Semi-Final action between Ballymena and Coleraine, from Belfast's Windsor Park.

Les Chutes des "Mystères du château du Dé"

1929 • 19 min

It is a separate short film made using unused scenes in "Les Mystères du Château de Dé".

Hives of Industry

1929 • 1 min • United Kingdom

The Duke of York visits Cadbury's chocolate factory at Bourneville near Birmingham in the Midlands.

Myrslåtter i Älvdalen

1929 • 43 min

Filmed in the village of Brunnsberg in Älvdalen in Dalarna

The Prodigal Pup

1929 • 10 min • United States of America

When Oscar is left in charge of his younger siblings for the day, his curiosity gets the better of him. Longing to explore the world beyond home, he sets off on an adventure filled with excitement and mischief. But as he ventures further, he soon learns that freedom comes with consequences.

Spring in Kolkhoz

1929 • 27 min • Soviet Union

A silent short film showcasing the tensions and disparities between different social classes within an Armenian rural community.

A Movie Theatre Before and Now

1929 • 12 min • Finland

After the fire of the Imatra cinema in Tampere in 1927, the Finnish film industry worked together to produce an educational film about a cinema that was safe for the public. The film was intended to be shown as an educational film in film projectionists' courses, but due to its comedic content, it was also shown at public screenings. Oscar Lindelöf (1887–1954), a pioneer of Finnish cinema, plays a triple role as a reckless projectionist, the projectionist-in-charge of Kino-Palatsi and the instructor of a projectionist course.

Arthur Conan Doyle

1929 • 11 min • United States of America

A 1929 Fox newsreel interview with the author and spiritualist, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. He speaks about his greatest literary creation, Sherlock Holmes, and his work in spiritualism. Release year attributions of 1927 are incorrect. For further details see: http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/SirArthurConanDoyle1929.html

Chemical Ko-Ko

1929 • 8 min

Koko the Clown tries a mad scientist's formula on various animals.