The Sick Kitten
A simple scene of two rather flamboyantly-dressed Edwardian children attempting to feed a spoonful of medicine to a sick kitten. The film is important for being one of the earliest films to cut to a close-up, then back again to the same medium shot as before.
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Suspense.
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The Celebration on Hürriyet
Early Balkan footage.
Lion
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The Cameraman
A photographer takes up newsreel shooting to impress a secretary.
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
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Ninotchka
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