1917 Movies

A Krazy Kat short.

Robbers and Thieves

Released on the 31st of December, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

On the Farm Where the Food Comes From

☆ 7

A Paul Terry Feature Burlesques cartoon.

Some Barrier

A Krazy Kat short.

The Cook

Footage of a water festival on Amsterdams's Amstel River. Both recreational as well as competition rowers take part in the popular festival, which attracts thousands of visitors.

Amsterdam Water Festival and Rowing Competitions

☆ 7.2

Lanka Dahan (Lanka Aflame) is a 1917 Indian silent film directed by Dhundiraj Govind Phalke (Dadasaheb Phalke). Phalke also wrote the film based on an episode of the Hindu epic Ramayana, credited to Valmiki. A retelling of the familiar 'Ramayana' story of Ram...

The Burning of Lanka

Llife in the towns behind the front during the autumn of 1916. The intertitles make clear that at least some of it was shot in Cambrai and Roubaix, France, which were occupied by the Deutsches Kaiserreich at the time.

Hinter der Westfront

A csikós

1917 travelogue.

Osaka to Nagasaki

Released on the 16th of July, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

An Oregonian Niagara

Released on March 19th, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Thru Canadian Canyons

☆ 0

"We have only one really tropic state in the good old U.S.A., and that is Florida, and so, just returning from the tropics of the Far East, Mr. Holmes suggests taking up his travels in his own country with what we have to compare with the sunny lands of the Or...

Fruitful Florida

"This picture shows a party of ten, tied together with a rope, with their spiked shoes biting into the treacherous icy path, mounting slowly upward during terrific storm to the summit of Mt. Washton. A single misstep would have meant death to these adventurers...