Animal Locomotion: [24 frames of hands clasping, plate 533]
Motion picture sequenced photographic plate by Eadweard Muybridge. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Motion pictures; Rear views.
A morning alarm / motion picture
From Maguire & Baucus catalogues: This shows the Fire Department leaving headquarters for an early morning fire. The scene is remarkable for its natural effect. The opening of the engine house doors, the pranci... More
The Astor tramp / motion picture
"A side-splitting subject, showing the mistaken tramp's arrival at the Wm. Waldorf Astor mansion and being discovered comfortably asleep in bed by the lady of the house. Length 100 feet, complete with words of ... More
Uncle Josh's nightmare / motion picture
"On a set of a man's bedroom, a woman can be seen helping a middle-aged man to retire. As soon as he falls asleep, an apparition appears at the edge of the room. The man begins to grapple with the vision and fe... More
Congress of nations / motion picture
"A new and sensational film, which deals in a highly up-to-date manner with the international situation. A magician steps upon the stage carrying a hoop covered with white paper. Then in quick succession the fl... More
Babies rolling eggs / motion picture
"Some small children in winter clothing face the camera in a semicircle. They throw what appear to be eggs down the incline toward the camera position. From left and right of the camera, a great number of young... More
Films changed / D'Artois & Cie., Motion Picture Theaters
Paper print made from lantern slide used as announcemenet in motion picture theaters. Text appears with an Art Nouveau design. "No. A 14." Copyright claimant: The Electro Mechanical Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Title ... More
Vitagraph paper print fragments. No. 13
Copyright: each fragment registered separately; copyright information given in content notes. Running time of 24 minutes for digital file includes added titles. All acetate material copied from bromide photogra... More
Love's stratagem, Movie Poster - Art nouveau public domain poster
Motion picture poster for "Love's Stratagem" showing three scenes from the movie set against an art nouveau design. IMP - Independent Moving Pictures Co. of America, 111 E. 14th St. New York City. No. 1. Purch... More
[Baptism scene from the 1913 Italian silent film Quo Vadis?]
J181132-5 U.S. Copyright Office. Logo of Italian studio Cines appears in left corner of image.
Quo Vadis, Movie Poster - Public domain movie poster
Motion picture poster for "Quo Vadis" shows city on fire and burned out ruins. Copyright 1913 by George Klein. No. 16638. George Klein presents / the Cines photo drama as produced at the Astor Theatre, New York.
Garrison's finish, winning life's handicap a race track drama in three...
Motion picture poster for "Garrison's Finish" shows a man facing a jockey, both with their fists clinched. In the background is a horse race.
The greatest thing in life during World War I
Motion picture lobby card for "The greatest thing in life" shows Lillian Gish, Adolph Lestina, and Kate Bruce in underground bunker; Bruce looking at money Lestina pointing to in Gish's hand. Caption: "With th... More
W.S.S. Thriftettes / motion picture
A promotion for war savings stamps, reputed here to help confine Germany's Kaiser to a circus cage. Copyright: no reg. Duration: 0:33 at 18 fps. Summary from Origin of American animation 1900-1921 notes. On ree... More
[D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin (seated) and Douglas Fa...
Also shows lawyers Albert Banzhaf (left) and Dennis F. O'Brien (right) standing in the background. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Applicants to Paramount Motion Picture School, [5/25/25]
Public domain photograph of theatrical production, cabaret, musical, performance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Negative films of my painting of Wady Joz
Public domain photograph of 1940s Israel, Palestine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The birth of a nation, Movie Poster
Motion picture poster for "The birth of a nation" shows title of film inside large red circle; in background a silouhette of soldiers marching carrying flags. Caption: D. W. Griffith's most famous picture of a... More
To the movies. Polish Ambassador Stanislaw Patek, accompanied by his p...
A black and white photo of a man with a cane, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General informa... More
[Design proposal for a motion picture theater interior, possibly in Ne...
Perspective drawing for the interior of a motion picture theater. Formerly identified as a design for the Puck Theater in New York City.
Texture background for motion picture and filmstrip. Shingles on the s...
Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Texture background for motion picture and filmstrip. Stone wall
Public domain photograph of United States countryside, nature, during 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Texture background for motion picture and filmstrip titles. Split hick...
Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Texture background for motion picture and filmstrip. Pattern
Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jam Session motion picture - movie film screenshot
Summary: Duke Ellington Orchestra performs "C Jam Blues." Ray Nance (violin); Rex Stewart (trumpet); Ben Webster (tenor saxophone); Joe Nanton (trombone); Barney Bigard (clarinet); Sonny Greer (drums).
Texture background for motion picture and filmstrip titles. Detail of ...
Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A butcher and a patron, in a scene in "Black Marketing," a motion pict...
Annotation on original negative jacket. This image in a jacket marked "Killed" Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Pi... More
A scene in a wholesale meat market. A reconstruction photographed duri...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
The Dewey Story motion picture - movie film screenshot
Summary: "The story of the career of Governor Thomas E. Dewey. Includes scenes taken from his private and political life and concludes with his nomination for president in 1948"--Summary from title card. Made f... More
Capitol Theatre. Screen from balcony, Motion Picture Theaters
Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fox Theater, Oakland, California, Motion Picture Theaters
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Theaters. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph... More
Kimo Theater, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Motion Picture Theaters
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Theaters. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph... More
E. Berliner's gramophone motion picture
Advertisement of Berliner's gramophone contains girl sitting while playing gramophone. Verso contains handwritten list of band music and recitations, July 29, 1895.
Patents booklet motion picture, Emile Berliner radio broadcasting coll...
"H'oenshein" ? handwritten on front cover. Pencil notations p.1, p. 5 , p. 15. Informally-bound booklet of various gramophone patents, diagrams, and specifications, including Emile Berliner's patents: 372,786; ... More
Bradbury Building, 304 South Broadway, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County...
Significance: The Bradbury Building, built in 1893, is a fine example of multi-story structure designed around an inner glazed court, with splendid art nouveau iron work in open stairways, open elevator cages a... More
Bradbury Building, 304 South Broadway, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County...
Significance: The Bradbury Building, built in 1893, is a fine example of multi-story structure designed around an inner glazed court, with splendid art nouveau iron work in open stairways, open elevator cages a... More
The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws presents Ma...
Poster for motion picture Reefer madness, with scenes from the film.
The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws presents Ma...
Poster for motion picture Reefer madness, with scenes from the film.
The little train robbery /
From Edison films catalog: The opening scene shows the interior of the robbers' den. The walls are decorated with the portraits of notorious criminals and pictures illustrating the exploits of famous bandits. S... More
Saratoga Foothill Club, 20399 Park Place, Saratoga, Santa Clara County...
Significance: The Saratoga Foothill Club, erected 1914-15, is a modestly scaled redwood building which, because of the bungalow style design and low, horizontal massing, blends in nicely with its residential su... More
Lyman H. Howe's high class moving pictures - new magic pictures / Cour...
Motion picture poster for "Lyman H. Howe's high class moving pictures - new magic pictures" shows people watching motion picture in theater, includes insert of head-and-shoulders portrait of Lyman H. Howe. Cop... More
"Jimmie the Porter; True Love in Disguise"
Motion picture poster for "Jimmie the porter, true love in disguise" shows an African American man, possibly Sidney Smith, shining shoes. Copyright 1914 by Selig Studio. Motion Picture Poster Collection.
Broken blossoms - A man holding a little girl in his arms
Motion picture lobby card for D.W. Griffith's "Broken blossoms" shows stars Donald Crisp holding Lillian Gish and grabbing her hair in a scene from the film; on the walls are pictures of boxers. On lobby card:... More
Have a date with us Free to you and your friends, motion pictures, con...
Poster announcing opportunity for the public to attend free programs, such as movies, concerts, exhibits, and tours, at the American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West and 79 St., New York City, showi... More
Columbia Theatre, 215 Riverside Mall, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Pa...
Significance: Originally called the Columbia, this theater, built in 1920, was hailed at its opening as the "most complete temple for silent drama to be found in the Southern States." Walter E. Stephens, of th... More
Lyman H. Howe's new marvels in moving pictures / Courier Litho. Co., B...
Print shows people watching a motion picture in a theater of an infantry attack during the Spanish-American War; includes insert of head-and-shoulders portrait of Lyman H. Howe in upper left corner. Copyright ... More
An Unselfish love, Movie Poster
Motion picture poster for "An Unselfish Love" shows a man and a woman on a farm standing by a hog pen. An Edison film. No. 5851.
European rest cure / motion picture
"On the gangplank of one of the large ocean liners leaving New York is shown an old gentleman kissing his wife and daughter good-bye before leaving on a tour abroad for a much needed rest from business cares an... More
"The Bull-dogger" / Ritchey Lith. Corp.
Motion picture poster for "The bull-dogger" shows a head-and-shoulders portrait of African American cowboy, Bill Pickett, wearing a cowboy hat and with one arm raised as though he were leaning against something... More
Whittier Theatre, 11602-11612 East Whittier Boulevard, Whittier, Los A...
Significance: The Whittier Theatre was the largest and most elaborate movie theater complex in Whittier. It was significant as an example of a local architect's interpretation both of the prevailing trend towa... More
Whittier Theatre, 11602-11612 East Whittier Boulevard, Whittier, Los A...
Significance: The Whittier Theatre was the largest and most elaborate movie theater complex in Whittier. It was significant as an example of a local architect's interpretation both of the prevailing trend towa... More
Whittier Theatre, 11602-11612 East Whittier Boulevard, Whittier, Los A...
Significance: The Whittier Theatre was the largest and most elaborate movie theater complex in Whittier. It was significant as an example of a local architect's interpretation both of the prevailing trend towa... More
Whittier Theatre, 11602-11612 East Whittier Boulevard, Whittier, Los A...
Significance: The Whittier Theatre was the largest and most elaborate movie theater complex in Whittier. It was significant as an example of a local architect's interpretation both of the prevailing trend towa... More
Bucking broncho / motion picture
From Raff & Gammon price list: An out-of-door scene. The men and horse of this subject are from "Buffalo Bill's Wild West." 15.00. From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: A cowboy riding an unruly "bronco." From Ediso... More
The burning stable / motion picture
From Maguire & Baucus catalogues: Shows a barn actually in flames, from which four horses and a burning wagon are rescued by firemen and stable hands. The scene is exciting, full of action from beginning to end... More
Shooting the chutes / motion picture
"A lively scene on the famous water chutes at Coney Island"--Maguire & Baucus catalogue. Copyright: no reg. Camera, William Heise. Duration: 0:23 at 30 fps. Filmed June 18-23, 1896, at Bergen Beach, Coney Islan... More
Hotel Del Monte / motion picture
"Shows a party of tourists at this famous resort; located in Monterey, Cal., on the Southern Pacific Railroad. The magnificence of its surroundings is clearly shown. 50 feet"--Edison films catalog. "Southern Pa... More
Stanford University, California / motion picture
"Taken at the above University, noted the world over, being the personal gift of the late Senator Leland Stanford. The view shows an immense arch in the background through which are seen coming groups of studen... More
Roosevelt's Rough Riders / motion picture
"A charge full of cowboy enthusiasm by Troop "I," the famous regiment, at Tampa, before its departure for the front"--Biograph picture catalogue. H32832 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright: American Mutoscope & Bio... More
Sleighing scene / motion picture
"A view taken on the West Side Drive in Central Park. Shows a continuous stream of handsome rigs and turnouts passing in both directions. Pedestrians watch the gay carnival. 50 feet"--Edison films catalog. 7346... More
Colored troops disembarking / motion picture
"The steamer "Mascotte" has reached her dock at Port Tampa, and the 2d Battalion of Colored Infantry is going ashore. Tide is very high, and the gang plank is extra steep; and it is laughable to see the extreme... More
Helen Taft, May Allison - Public domain portrait photograph
Photograph shows actress May Allison (1890-1989) with Helen Taft and a motion picture camera. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2018) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part... More
Charleston chain-gang / motion picture
"This picture shows the prisoners after completing their day's work of cleaning up the grounds of the Charleston Exposition, taking their positions along the long chain which secures the whole band of prisoners... More
Cupid's pranks - Scene 1 - Drawing. Public domain image.
Cupid on table whispering to woman. Motion picture still by the Edison Manufacturing Co. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Copy negative made by Library of Congress P... More
Selig presents Mike's Brainstorm An exceptional wild animal comedy.
Motion picture poster for "Mike's Brainstorm" shows an elephant about to step on a man lying on the ground in front of the Metropole Hotel & Bar.
Don't forget your umbrella or other parcels
Photo shows a woman holding an umbrella while crossing a wet street. Positive paper print from lantern slide used in motion picture theaters as announcement. Each text superimposed on humorous photograph, and t... More
Quo Vadis G.C.K.monogram, Movie Poster
Motion picture poster for "Quo Vadis" show the character Lygia bound to a bull. In the background is the emperor Nero(?) and spectators in a coliseum. Caption: Lygia bound to the wild bull; George Kleine pres... More
In the movies / Hy Mayer ; by Hy Mayer.
Illustration shows a vignette cartoon depicting scenes from the making of movies; at center is "The ancestral gallery of the future - picture of grandfather at breakfast" showing a group of upper class people w... More
Kalem presents the chest of fortune complete in two parts The explanat...
Motion picture poster for "The Chest of Fortune" shows a reproduction of a photographic still from the movie.
Why the sheriff is a bachelor The fragile reward of duty.
Motion picture poster for "Why the Sheriff is a Bachelor" shows a sheriff (Tom Mix) handcuffed to a man who is being embraced by a woman. "Selig western drama."
Garrison's finish, Movie Poster
Motion picture poster for "Garrison's finish" shows three men; two together with one smoking a cigar and holding a small bottle in his hand as the other stares him; in the background is a groomer with a horse; ... More
Mary & Gretel / motion picture - movie film screenshot
"Alice in Wonderland meets the Garden of Eden in this surreal fable of a drunk rabbit, bowling dwarfs, and the two bewildered girls of the title"--Origins of American animation 1900-1921 notes. "Mary & Gretel e... More
[Motion picture advertisements: Bright Lights, starring Fatty Arbuckle...
Lantern slide proof, copyrighted by Novelty Slides, Inc. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Motion pictures; B.I.; Adv.
A fight for millions - movie film screenshot
Motion picture lobby card for "A fight for millions. episode no. 1: The snare" shows five men meeting together in an office. Caption: "Then, it means that only one of us can get the girl and her money!" Cast: ... More
[Lust's Leader Theater, Washington, D.C., showing "Ship Wrecked Among ...
Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Performing Arts. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). No. F82-5784. Formerly in SSF - MOTION PICT... More
The Cheat, Movie Poster - A poster for a movie starring a man in a tux...
Motion picture poster for "The Cheat" shows Pola Negri, wearing fur coat and jewels being grabbed by Charles de Roche, dressed as an Indian prince. Container list: Movie posters. Purchase; Glynn Mc Gavock; 200... More
The gunfighter - movie film screenshot
Motion picture lobby card for "The gunfighter" shows a man standing in doorway holding unconscious woman in his arms. Film Distributor's League, Inc.
Ridin' Wild motion picture - movie film screenshot
Sound: This moving image content is silent, and was created without sound or a soundtrack. Summary: Like many Easterners who suffer from consumption, "The White Plague," Jim Warren goes to Arizona for the curat... More
The Wizard's Apprentice motion picture
Summary: "Joseph Schenck/William Cameron Menzies classical musical production of music by Dukas"--Summary from J. Fred MacDonald and Associates film inventory. The wizard's apprentice tries his hand at the blac... More
Motion picture theatre. Farmington, Minnesota
Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Poet and historian turns to films. Carl Sandburg, famous poet and Puli...
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More
Texture background for motion picture and filmstrip titles. Complex pa...
Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Texture background for motion picture and filmstrip titles. Woven reed...
Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Texture background for motion picture and filmstrip titles. Chair cani...
Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Customers waiting for the butcher in a grocery store, in a scene durin...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Customers waiting for the butcher in a grocery store, in a scene durin...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
A scene at the American Airlines "Flagship" passenger plane, showing m...
Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Customers waiting for the butcher in a grocery store, in a scene durin...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Customers waiting for the butcher in a grocery store, in a scene durin...
Annotation on original negative jacket. This image in a jacket marked "Killed" Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Pi... More
Communism motion picture - movie film screenshot
Summary: Presents a brief history of Communism, its totalitarian characteristics, and how communists operate in the United States.
Ellis in Freedomland motion picture
Summary: "theatrical-length promotional film for Westinghouse electric appliances and the 1952 sales special called Freedomland-because these appliance freed women from the drudgery of housework just as Lincoln... More
Kimo Theater, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Motion Picture Theaters
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Theaters. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph... More
Carver Theatre, Birmingham, Alabama
The Carver Theatre, is now formally known as the Carver Performing Arts Center. In its days as a motion picture theater, it was best known as a place where African-Americans could see first-run movies; during t... More
Mary Pickford star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Hollywood, Californi...
Mary Pickford Star was a Canadian American motion picture actress, co-founder of the film studio United Artists and one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Title, dat... More
[George Eastman (left) and Thomas Edison with motion picture camera at...
John Joseph Pershing Collection. Title and date from another print in the same envelope, which is captioned for John Pershing: "Visit to Rochester, N.Y., as guest of Mr. Eastman, July 1928." Gift; Bequest of Ge... More
Patents booklet motion picture, Emile Berliner radio broadcasting coll...
"H'oenshein" ? handwritten on front cover. Pencil notations p.1, p. 5 , p. 15. Informally-bound booklet of various gramophone patents, diagrams, and specifications, including Emile Berliner's patents: 372,786; ... More
1. Harvey Wasserman : Civil disobedience & direct action from the Bost...
Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Charlie Chaplin in the vagabond / Greenwich Litho. Co. N.Y.
Motion picture poster for "The Vagabond" starring Charlie Chaplin, showing him playing a fiddle for a woman washing clothes in a washtub. "Mutual Chaplin Specials." Copyright 1916 by Lone Star Corporation. Pur... More
Wolgast-Nelson Fight Pictures : Wonderful moving pictures of the great...
Motion picture poster for "Wolgast-Nelson Fight Pictures" shows two boxers, Bat Nelson and Ad Wolgast, fighting in ring. Printed by Riverside Printing Co., Milwaukee. "5129" and "#1227".
Bradbury Building, 304 South Broadway, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County...
Significance: The Bradbury Building, built in 1893, is a fine example of multi-story structure designed around an inner glazed court, with splendid art nouveau iron work in open stairways, open elevator cages a... More