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It is 1883 and Josef Hibes, a social democrat, is organising a strike of textile workers. The main demand is a reduction in working hours...

Historical satire from the first half of the 19th century, which captures the decay and decline of the landed estate. The impoverished peasants still...

The history of the potato through the ages—with a focus on European history and a twinkle in its eye

A biographical film about a Czech mechanic and designer who was the first in the Czech lands to construct a steam car.

A young Norwegian boy in 1850s England goes to work as a cabin boy and discovers some of his shipmates are actually pirates.

The first ever concert of Les Misérables, performed in Sydney. In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee...

Emperor Francis Joseph I is about to arrive in Prague, and among those who came to Stromovka to welcome him is Veronika Pavlitová. She wants to...

A short film made by Emile Reynaud

A bedridden war veteran relives his experiences endured in the battles of Tacna and Arica between Chile and Peru, revealing untold secrets and...

In 1899, a photographer at American Mutoscope & Biograph mounted his camera on the front of a trolley traveling over the Brooklyn Bridge. The three...

Before her death, Emma reflects on her life; beginning with her childhood, up through her final years in Nauvoo.

On the outskirts of the Civil War, a boy is sent north by a bounty hunter gang to retrieve a wanted man.

In 1890, the year of the U.S. census, chaos erupts when a stranger named Strindler arrives in a small town in Arizona and requests money for...

Inspired by true stories, a lighthouse keeper’s wife struggles with her work and her sanity as she cares for her sick husband in 19th century...

In the aftermath of the May Revolution, which sparked the end of Spanish colonial rule and the establishment of the first independent government in...