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Vintage Silent Film Scenes

A collection showcasing scenes from vintage silent films, featuring a comedic domestic moment, men working in a wood shop, and a close-up of Morse code transmission.

Close-up hand sending morse code message

THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE (1933) -Original title: DAS TESTAMENT DES DR. MABUSE-, directed by FRITZ LANG.

1975, Paris, Marais, shop windows

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Anefo photo collection. Do you know the Melkweg. Kees Brusse. March 28, 1961

Anefo photo collection. Striptease film 06 operator Amsterdam cable network. 25 April 1989. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

ALFRED HITCHCOCK in ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS (1955), directed by ALFRED HITCHCOCK.

A STAR IS BORN (1937), directed by WILLIAM A. WELLMAN.

CANTINFLAS in ONE DAY WITH THE DEVIL (1945) -Original title: UN DIA CON EL DIABLO-, directed by MIGUEL M. DELGADO.

Ingmar Bergman. 1918-2007. Swedish film director. Pictured here 1949 on the film set of the movie Thirst directing actors Birger Malmsten and Eva Henning in the film. Photographer: Kristoffersson/AP69-6

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NASCHY, PAUL MOLINA, JACINTO in HUNCHBACK OF THE MORGUE (1973) -Original title: EL JOROBADO DE LA MORGUE-, directed by JAVIER AGUIRRE.

Ag- radioapparat.

Anefo photo collection. Hoepla Hoeplarage in the Netherlands. October 16, 1958

Anefo photo collection. RVD exhibition. March 22, 1946

BRAZIL (1985), directed by TERRY GILLIAM.

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Edison kinetoscopic record of a sneeze 1894. Photograph consists of a series of 45 frames for a movie showing a man, Fred Ott, sneezing. This photographic print mounted on card stock is the earliest surviving 'motion picture' known as 'Fred Ott's Sneeze' for its star (an Edison engineer), the photo represents the dawn of filmmaking in America while remaining something of an historical accident.

Anefo photo collection. Assignment Revue der Advertising. July 19, 1961

Anefo photo collection. Television deposit Dark days in the city. December 12, 1961

KERWIN MATHEWS in THE THREE WORLDS OF GULLIVER (1960), directed by JACK SHER.

LAURENCE HARVEY, LEE REMICK and ALAN BATES in THE RUNNING MAN (1963), directed by CAROL REED.

Anefo photo collection. Opening Olympic Winter Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo, the fire photo of television screen. January 26, 1956. Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy

DAMES (1934), directed by RAY ENRIGHT.

EARTH VS THE FLYING SAUCERS (1956), directed by FRED F. SEARS.

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Anefo photo collection. Radiorede by Princess Beatrix T.G.V. Kingdom Day. December 8, 1957

JACQUES TATI in MR. HULOT'S HOLIDAY (1953) -Original title: LES VACANCES DE MONSIEUR HULOT-, directed by JACQUES TATI.

Publicity photograph for Health stamps black-and-white negatives, Nitrate negatives

HOW NOT TO ROB A DEPARTAMENT STORE (1965) -Original title: LA JEUNE DE LES CENT BRIQUE'S-, directed by PIERRE GRIMBLAT.

Anefo photo collection. Director Polish film truth knows no limits. November 23, 1949

JOHN HURT in NIGHT CROSSING (1981), directed by DELBERT MANN.

SARA GARCIA in LOS DINAMITEROS (1964), directed by JUAN ATIENZA.

"A dirty trick, I must says, so much cold water any mother would mistake me for a blue baby." November 27, 1953.

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Mark Anthony at transformer, instrument

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