Movies

Clip shows the landing from the sea and a Japanese unit advancing under heavy fire. A soldier could be seen cutting the barb wire fence before the rest charged into the gap.Also seen are tanks along the Singapore Padang with City Hall at the background and the reception given to General Yamashita by the surrendering British and Indian troops.The music is a Japanese Naval march called the “March of the Warships” (軍艦行進曲)or the “Gunkan March”. It was composed in 1897 by naval troop band leader Tokichi Setoguchi, the words were written by Hiraku Toriyama. It was used as the march of the Imperial Japanese Navy, and after WW II re-adopted as the march of the Maritime Self Defense Forces of Japan.

Remarkably clear color footage of Nazi soldiers fighting along the Eastern Front; Nazi scientists at their rocket facilities, Third Reich thugs parading in the streets of German cities; the clip ends in a North African grave yard.

A Fashion Show Sequence from 1929 with Rosetta and Vivien Duncan and Lawrence Gray.

From the 1920s by Paul Terry Farmer Al Falfa AKA Farmer Grey Series, with stock music added in the 1950s.

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Silent Movie Star Clara Bow “The It Girl” – the original “Jazz-Baby”.

An informative segment from an admired documentary about Hollywood silent films featuring the difficulties Clara Bow dealt with when the flapper era began to fade and sound was introduced to audiences.

A ten minute clip in which American Civil War reenactors explain that it is their deep interest in history, often passed along through family ties, that compels them to participate in these historic reenactments.

1947, France is in the midst of reconstruction after the war. Although fabric is being rationed, a young designer wins the world over to his daring visions of feminine elegance. He once again establishes Paris as the capitol of fashion. His name, Christian Dior, is destined to reach the realm of myth.This man, however, who so completely changed and glamorized haute couture from 1947 to 1957, contradicts the extroverted, flamboyant image the public has of fashion designers. Christian Dior, never comfortable with his celebrity, was a reserved, conservative man who hadn’t even considered working in the fashion industry.

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Flying Boats”” (large seaplanes) were planned to connect the U.S. and China to access the “”fabulous markets”” of the latter in the 1930s. As it turned out, U.S.-China trade relations were largely delayed another half century.”

Assorted street scenes of Germany in the thirties mixed with clips of the common folk attending parades, the Nazis hierarchy can be seen in full regalia and the film ends with bucolic images of a derndeled Eva Braun picking flowers.

Princess Elizabeth (now the Queen) and Princess Margaret speak to children across the world during the Second World War.

One of the Little Tramp’s most memorable scenes.

One of the funniest movie created by bySir Charlie Chaplin.

Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton in the only silent film they would appear in together. This is a longer version than the one on the Industrial Strength Keaton DVD. At the end you see two short clips from THE BALLOONATIC, and three from DAYDREAMS.

In 1919 Charles Godefroy flew his Nieuport biplane through the Arc de Triomphe to mark the end of and honour those who fought in World War I.

Charles Eames talked about his furniture, films and house in this 1956 television interview. The “Lounge Chair Film” can also be seen.