1928 Movies

An introduction to the wildlife, particularly in swampy areas.

Joseph Cornell's original compilation from his own film collection is based on the low-budget slapstick cartoons produced in the 1920s and 1930s by th...

Vitaphone must have really enjoyed Earl Burtnett because they made four shorts together in 1928 and this here was the first. Burtnett introduces the m...

The life of the people of the Naga Hills, Assam, including sports activities and tribal ceremonies, presented within a fictional framework.

Cartoon short.

An Aesop’s Film Fables cartoon.

Documentary that shows the work of the Valencian institutions of the 1920s that defended children, asylums of orphans, children's hospitals, medical t...

Documentary detailing a farmer’s visit to the market in Rawalpindi.

An Aesop’s Film Fables cartoon.

An Aesop’s Film Fables cartoon.

Resia Boroboedoer (Secret of Borobudur) is a 1928 adventure film produced by Nancing Film Corp. Starring Chinese actress Olive Young, it followed a yo...

A woman receives an idol which creates a dance of dilemma

An Aesop’s Film Fables cartoon.

Romantic, atmospheric travelogue capturing some of northern India’s most iconic places – not least the Taj Mahal.

An octopus slithers over objects on land—a doll, a skull—then oozes along the shore into the sea. It secretes its ink. The camera follows it along roc...

An African-American violin prodigy overcomes her impoverished background to find success in music and love. Based on Oscar Micheaux's unpublished nove...

Chain of pictures and moving images about the origination of the annual Yser pilgrimage from 1920 to 1929.

A short silent film about St Kilda, an isolated archipelago to the west of Scotland, and the final period of its habitation. Shows a voyage from Glasg...

An Inkwell Imps short.