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Selection of Films, Lumiere Brothers (1895)
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Epileptic Seizures
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Anonymos, Hollis Frampton (1980_
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Pathe Newsreels, The Brothers Pathe (1917-1931)
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Kino Pravda, Dziga Vertov (1922)
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Manhatta, Paul Strand & Charles Sheeler (1921)
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Nanook of the North, Robert Flaherty (1922)
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The Bridge, Joris Ivens (1928)
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Rain, Joris Ivens (1929)
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Moanna: A Romance of the Golden Age, Robert Flaherty (1926)
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H2O, Robert Flaherty (1929)
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The Man With A Movie Camera, Dziga Vertov (1929)
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Salt for Svanetia, Mikhail Kalotozov (1922)
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Enthusiasm: Symphony of the Don Basin, Dziga Vertov (1931)
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Land Without Bread, Luis Bunuel (1933)
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A Propos de Niece, Jean Vigo (1931)
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Taris, Jean Vigo (1931)
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Song of Ceylon, Basil Wright (1934)
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New Earth, Joris Ivens (1934) - music by Hans Eisler
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Triumph of the Will, Leni Riefenstahl (1934) - music by Herbert Windt
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Olympia Part 1, Leni Riefenstahl (1935) - music by Herbert Windt
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Nightmail, Harry Watt & Basil Wright (1936)
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The Plow That Broke The Plains, Pare Lorentz (1936)
with Paul Strand, Raph Steiner, Leo Herwitz, Virgil Thompson
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Olympia Part II, Leni Reifenstahl (1938)
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The City, Ralph Steiner & Willard Van Dyke (1939) - music by Aaron Copeland
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Lambeth Walk, Len Lye & G.P.O. Staff (1939)
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Moods of the Sea (Fingal's Cave), Slavko Vorkapich (1942)
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The Battle of Britain, Lt. Col. Frank Capra & Maj. John Huston (1943) music by Dmitri Tiomkin
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Trut! (Sea Hawk), Arne Sucksdorff (1944)
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Shadows on the Snow, Arne Sucksdorff (1945)
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The Battle of San Pitro, Maj. John Huston (1945)
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Let There Be Light, John Huston with Charles Kaufman & Stanley Cortez (1946) music Tiomkin
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Color Cry, Len Lye (1952) music by Sonny Terry
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In The Street, Helen Leavitt with Janic Leob & James Agee (1952)
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The Wonder Ring, Stan Brakhage (1955)
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Window Water Baby Moving, Stan Brakhage (1959)
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Notes on the Port of St. Francis, Frank Stauffacher with Hy Hirsh (1952)
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Treadle & Bobbin, Wheaton Galentine (1954)
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Pacific 231, Jean Mitry (1944)
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A Study in Choreography for Camera, Maya Deren (1945)
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Free Radicals, Len Lye (1958-59)
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Particles in Space, Len Lye (1979)
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Non Catholicism, Will Hindle (1957-63)
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Cassis, Jonas Mekas (1966)
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Castro St., Bruce Baillie (1966)
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George Dumpson's Place, Ed Emshwiller (1965)
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Point of Order, Emile DeAnotonio (1964)
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Titicut Follies, Frederick Wiseman (1967)
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Primary, Richard Leacock (1963)
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The Governor, Stan Brakhage (1977)
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Billabong, Will Hindle (1968)
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Happy Mother's Day, Richard Leacock (1963)
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Apollo, Richard Leacock (1970)
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Little Stabs at Happiness, Ken Jacobs (1961)
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Sprout Wings & Fly, Les Blank (1983)
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The Blues According to Lightenin' Hopkins, Les Bland (1963)
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Antonia: Portrait of a Woman, Jill Godmillow & Judy Collins (1968)
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Burden of Dreams, Les Blank (1982)
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Unsere Afrikarise, Peter Kubelka (1966)
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Sicilians Defense, Charles Di Julio (1967)
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Small Town Streets, Stan Brakhage (1975)
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Serene Velocity, Ernie Gehr (1970)
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Wild Dogs of Africa, Jane Goodall (1972)
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Forests of Bliss, Robert Garner (1985)
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Eyes, Stan Brakhage (1971)
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Vivre (1957)
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The Great Ecstasy of the Sculptor Steiner, Werner Herzog (1975)
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Hospital, Frederick Wiseman (1970)
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Deus Ex, Stan Brakhage (1971)
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Huie's Sermon, Werner Herzog (1980)
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The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes, Stan Brakhage (1971)
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The Trials of Alger Hiss, John Lowenthal (1981)
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Miracle of Life, Nilsson Lennart (1983)
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Huey Long, Ken Burns (1987)
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A Movie, Bruce Conner (1958)
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Report, Bruce Conner (1965)
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The White Rose, Bruce Ronner (1965-67)
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The Day After Trinity, John Else (1981)
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America is Waiting, Bruce Conner (1981)
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Crossroads, Bruce Conner (1976)
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