The Dawson Film Find (DFF) was the accidental discovery in 1978 of 372 film titles preserved in 533

reels A reel is a tool used to store elongated and flexible objects (e.g. yarns/ cords, ribbons, cables, hoses, etc.) by wrapping the material around a cylindrical core known as a '' spool''. Many reels also have flanges (known as the ''rims'') arou ...

silent-era A silent film is a film without synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) ...

nitrate films in the Klondike Gold Rush town of

Dawson City Dawson City is a town in the Canadian territory of Yukon. It is inseparably linked to the Klondike Gold Rush (1896–1899). Its population was 1,577 as of the 2021 census, making it the second-largest municipality in Yukon. History Prior t ...

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. The reels had been buried under an abandoned hockey rink in 1929 and included

lost film A lost film is a feature film, feature or short film in which the original negative or copies are not known to exist in any studio archive, private collection, or public archive. Films can be wholly or partially lost for a number of reasons. ...

s of feature movies and

newsreel A newsreel is a form of short documentary film, containing news, news stories and items of topical interest, that was prevalent between the 1910s and the mid 1970s. Typically presented in a Movie theater, cinema, newsreels were a source of cu ...

s. A construction excavation inadvertently uncovered the forgotten cache of discarded films, which were unintentionally preserved by the

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. The 2016 documentary '' Dawson City: Frozen Time'' details the history and recovery of the films, and features footage restored from the reels. The DFF is also featured in the 2013 documentary short ''Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation''.

Description

The 533 film reels date "between 1903 and 1929 and were uncovered in the rubble beneath nold hockey rink". Films starring

Pearl White Pearl Fay White (March 4, 1889 – August 4, 1938) was an American stage and film actress. She began her career on the stage at age 6, and later moved on to silent films appearing in a number of popular serial film, serials. Dubbed the "Queen ...

, Helen Holmes,

Grace Cunard Grace Cunard (born Harriet Mildred Jeffries; April 8, 1893 – January 19, 1967) was an American actress, screenwriter and film director. During the silent era, she starred in over 100 films, wrote or co-wrote at least 44 of those productions ...

Lois Weber Florence Lois Weber (June 13, 1879 – November 13, 1939) was an American silent film director, screenwriter, producer and actress. She is identified in some historical references as among "the most important and prolific film directors in the e ...

Fatty Arbuckle Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle (; March 24, 1887 – June 29, 1933) was an American silent film actor, director, and screenwriter. He started at the Selig Polyscope Company and eventually moved to Keystone Studios, where he worked with Mabel ...

Harold Lloyd Harold Clayton Lloyd Sr. (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) was an American actor, comedian, and stunt performer who appeared in many Silent film, silent comedy films.Obituary ''Variety'', March 10, 1971, page 55. One of the most influent ...

Douglas Fairbanks Douglas Elton Fairbanks Sr. (born Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman; May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor and filmmaker best known for being the first actor to play the masked Vigilante Zorro and other swashbuckler film, swashbu ...

, and

Lon Chaney Leonidas Frank "Lon" Chaney (April 1, 1883 – August 26, 1930) was an American actor and makeup artist. He is regarded as one of the most versatile and powerful actors of cinema, renowned for his characterizations of tortured, often gr ...

, among others, were among the find. Along with the lost feature films, there was also rare footage of historic events, including the

1919 World Series The 1919 World Series was the championship series in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the 1919 Major League Baseball season, 1919 season. The 16th edition of the World Series, it matched the American League champion 1919 Chicago White Sox season, ...

History

Beginning in 1903, the Dawson Amateur Athletic Association (DAAA) began showing films in Dawson City,

, Canada. The unreturned films were deposited in the local

Canadian Bank of Commerce The Canadian Bank of Commerce was a Canadian bank that operated from 1867 to 1961. It merged in 1961 with the Imperial Bank of Canada to form the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, which today is one of Canada's Big Five banks of Canada, Big Five ...

and later stored in the local Carnegie Library basement. The DAAA later converted a swimming pool to an ice rink, but because of improper conversion the ice rink suffered from uneven temperatures in the middle of the rink. In 1929, Clifford Thomson, then employed by the Canadian Bank of Commerce and also treasurer of the hockey association, solved the problem of the library's stock of film and the inadequate ice rink. Thomson took 500,000 feet of film and stacked the reels in the pool, covered the reels with boards and leveled the rink with a layer of earth. The DAAA continued to receive new nitrate films which would later fuel the destruction of the entire complex in a fire in 1951. The films stored under the ice rink were preserved by

and were later uncovered in 1978 when a new recreation center was being built. The Dawson Film Find material was collected and preserved, with these prints becoming the last surviving records of some movie studios. Owing to its dangerous chemical volatility, the historical find was moved by military transport to

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and the U.S.

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for both transfer to

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and storage.

Films found

Not all films are complete, as some were too damaged to restore in their entirety. *''The Office Boy's Birthday'' (1904) *''A Trip through Palestine'' (1907) *''Elephant Racing at Perak'' (1907) *''Pasquali and Co'' (1909) *''Professor Puddenhead's Patents: The Electric Enlager'' (1909) *'' The Girl of the Northern Woods'' (1910),

Thanhouser The Thanhouser Company (later the Thanhouser Film Corporation) was one of the first motion picture studios, founded in 1909 by Edwin Thanhouser, his wife Gertrude and his brother-in-law Lloyd Lonergan. It operated in New York City until 1920, ...

*''The Crippled Teddy Bear'' (1910),

Independent Moving Pictures The Independent Moving Pictures Company (IMP) was a motion picture studio and production company founded in 1909 by Carl Laemmle. The company was based in New York City, with production facilities in Fort Lee, New Jersey. In 1912, IMP merged ...

*''Unexpected Help'' (1910) *''Bluebird - The Boy Girl'' (1910) *''The Rosary'' (1910) *''His Sick Friend'' (1910) *''Birth of Flowers'' (1911) *''The Taming of the Shrew'' (1911) *''Vindicated'' (1911) *''Little Old New York'' (1911) *''The New Woman and The Lion'' (1912) *''Bobby's Dream'' (1912) *''For the Papoose'' (1912) *''Circumstantial Evidence'' (1912),

William Selig William Nicholas Selig (March 14, 1864 – July 15, 1948) was a vaudeville performer and pioneer of the American motion picture industry. His stage billing as ''Colonel'' Selig would be used for the rest of his career, even as he moved into ...

Selig Polyscope Company The Selig Polyscope Company was an American motion picture company that was founded in 1896 by William Selig in Chicago, Illinois. The company produced hundreds of early, widely distributed commercial moving pictures, including the first films ...

*'' A Christmas Accident'' (1912) *''Out of the Deep End'' (1912) *''The Martyrs'' (1912) *''His Madonna'' (1912) *''This Girls of Grassville'' (1912) *''The Frog'' (1912) *''A Windy Day'' (1912) *''The Debt'' (1912) *''Out of the Deep'' (1912) *''The Heat Wave'' (1912) *''The Golden Curl'' (1912) *''For Professional Services'' (1912) *''The Hand of Destiny'' (1912) *''Giuseppe’s Good Fortune'' (1912) *''Circumstantial Evidence'' (1912) *''A Winter's visit to Central Park, New York City'' (1912) *''The Butler and the Maid'' (1912), Thomas A. Edison, Inc. *''The Mystery of the Glass Coffin'' (1912),

Émile Chautard Émile Chautard (7 September 1864 – 24 April 1934) was a French-American film director, actor, and screenwriter, most active in the silent era. He directed more than 100 films between 1910 and 1924. He also appeared in more than 60 films ...

*'' Brutality'' (1912), D.W. Griffith,

Biograph Company The Biograph Company, also known as the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, was a motion picture company founded in 1895 and active until 1916. It was the first company in the United States devoted entirely to Filmmaking, film production an ...

*''Casey's Vendetta'' (1912), Edward Dillon, Komic Film Company *''The $2,500 Bride (1912)'' *''The Sphinx, or Mrs. Carter's Necklace'' (1912) *''Pansy, the Story of a Bear'' (1912) *''Bread Upon the Waters'' (1912) *''The Lake Geneva Camp of the YMCA'' (1912) *''The Angel of The Desert'' (1912),

Rollin S. Sturgeon Rollin Summers Sturgeon (August 25, 1877 – May 10, 1961) was an American film director of silent films active from 1910 to 1924. He directed 101 films during this period. Filmography Director *''Uncle Tom's Cabin, Part 1'' 1910 *''A ...

Grace A. Pierce Grace may refer to: Places United States * Grace, Idaho, a city * Grace (CTA station), Chicago Transit Authority's Howard Line, Illinois * Little Goose Creek (Kentucky), location of Grace post office * Grace, Carroll County, Missouri, an uninc ...

Vitagraph Company Of America Vitagraph Studios, also known as the Vitagraph Company of America, was a United States motion picture studio. It was founded by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith in 1897 in Brooklyn, New York, as the American Vitagraph Company. By 1907 ...

*''Draga, the Gypsy'' (1913),

Rex Motion Picture Company Rex Motion Picture Company was an early film production company in the United States. History After Edwin S. Porter's short-lived ''Defender Film Company'' failed, The Rex Motion Picture Company was established by Edwin S. Porter, Joseph Engel, a ...

*''Until We Three Meet Again'' (1913?), Lubin Film *''What Is the Use of Repining'' (1913) *''The Pit and The Pendulum'' (1913) *''Balaoo'' (1913),

Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset (30 March 1862 - 22 June 1913) was an early film pioneer in France, active between the years 1905 and 1913. He worked on many genres of film and was particularly associated with the development of detective or crime Seri ...

, Société Française des Films Éclair *'' Fatty's Day Off'' (1913) *''

Hello Central, Give Me Heaven Hello Central, Give Me Heaven is a popular Tin Pan Alley song first published in 1901, with lyrics and music by Charles K. Harris, and was among Harris's most popular songs. It was first recorded by Byron G. Harlan and released in July 1901. Th ...

'' ''(1913)'' *'' A Mix-Up In Pedigrees'' (1913) *'' The Rose of San Juan'' (1913) *''The Pajama Parade'' (1913) *''The Fifth String'' (1913) *''The Guiding Light'' (1913) *''The Wedding Gown'' (1913) *''The Star'' (1913) *''Leo the Indian'' (1913) *''Up and Down the Ladder'' (1913) *''Sketches from Life'' (1913) *''Rastus and the Game-Cock'' (1913) *''Pure Gold and Dross'' (1913),

Keystone Film Company Keystone Studios was an early film studio founded in Edendale, California (which is now a part of Echo Park) on July 4, 1912 as the Keystone Pictures Studio by Mack Sennett with backing from actor-writer Adam Kessel (1866–1946) and Charl ...

*''Protecting San Francisco from Fire'' (1913) *''Pathé's Weekly #17'' (1914) *''Daybreak'' (1914),

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*''White Dove's Sacrifice'' (1914) *''Love Finds a Way'' (1914) *''Frou-Frou'' (1914) *''Slippery Slim, the Mortgage, and Sophie'' (1914) *'' The Master Hand'' (1914) *''The Tie that Binds'' (1914) *''The New Roads Mascot'' (1914) *''Sweeney's Christmas Bird'' (1914) *''Environment'' (1914) *''The Boss of the 8th'' (1914) *''The Housebreakers'' (1914) *''You Can't Beat Them'' (1914) *''His Responsibility'' (1914) *''Mildred's Doll'' (1914) *'' The Servant Girl's Legacy'' (1914) *''For Her Father's Sins'' (1914),

John B. O'Brien John B. "Jack" O'Brien (December 13, 1884 – August 15, 1936) was an American actor and film director of the silent era. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1909 and 1936. He also directed 53 films between 1914 and 1926. Biography O' ...

Anita Loos Corinne Anita Loos (April 26, 1888 – August 18, 1981) was an American actress, novelist, playwright and screenwriter. In 1912, she became the first female staff screenwriter in Hollywood (film industry), Hollywood, when D. W. Griffith put h ...

, Majestic Motion Picture Company *''A Double Error'' (1914),

Theodore Marston Theodore Marston (August 10, 1868 in Minnesota – October 2, 1920 in Los Angeles, California, United States) was an American silent film director and writer during the early silent period. He directed films including '' Aurora Floyd'' in 19 ...

*''The Demon of the Rails'' (1914),

J. P. McGowan John Paterson McGowan (February 24, 1880 – March 26, 1952) was a pioneering Hollywood actor and director and occasionally a screenwriter and producer. McGowan remains the only Australian to have been made a life member of the Screen Directors ...

, Edward W Matlack,

Kalem Company The Kalem Company was an early American film studio founded in New York City in 1907. It was one of the first companies to make films abroad and to set up winter production facilities, first in Florida and then in California. Kalem was sold to V ...

*'' Lucille Love, the Girl of Mystery'' (1914), Francis Ford,

Otis Turner Otis Turner (November 29, 1862 – March 28, 1918) was an American director, screenwriter and producer. Between 1908 and 1918, he directed more than 130 films and wrote 40 scenarios. He was born in Fairfield, Indiana, and died in Los Angel ...

, Universal Film Manufacturing Studios, Gold Seal Films *''The Fable of the Household Comedian'' (1914?),

George Ade George Ade (February 9, 1866 – May 16, 1944) was an American writer, syndicated newspaper columnist, librettist, and playwright who gained national notoriety at the turn of the 20th century with his "Stories of the Streets and of the Town", a ...

Essanay Studios Essanay Studios, officially the Essanay Film Manufacturing Company, was an early American motion picture studio. The studio was founded in 1907 in Chicago by George Kirke Spoor and Gilbert M. Anderson, originally as the Peerless Film Manufactu ...

*''The Fable of Why Essie's Friend Got the Fresh Air'' (1914?) *''The Fable of the Prevailing Craze'' (1914?) *''

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'' (1915) *''The Scandal Mongers'' (1915) *''The Bludgeon'' (1915) *''The Price'' (1915) *''Her Shattered Idol'' (1915) *'' The Shulamite'' (1915),

George Loane Tucker George Loane Tucker (June 12, 1872 – June 20, 1921) was an Americans, American actor, silent film director, screenwriter, Film producer, producer, and Film editor, editor. Career Tucker was born George S. Loane in Chicago to George Loane ...

Kenelm Foss Kenelm Foss (13 December 1885 – 28 November 1963) was a British actor, theatre director, author, screenwriter and film director. Early life and education He was born in Croydon, Surrey and studied art at the Wellesley School of Art and in Pa ...

, Jury's Imperial Pictures *''The Heart of Jabez Flint'' (1915) *''

The Hazards of Helen ''The Hazards of Helen'' is an American adventure Serial film, film serial (or possibly a film series) of 119 twelve-minute episodes released over a span of slightly more than two years by the Kalem Company between November 14, 1914, and February ...

: Escape of the Fast Freight'' (1915) *''Tools of Providence'' (1915) *''The Quest'' (1915) *''No Soup'' (1915) *'' The Unpardonable Sin'' (1915), Shubert Film Corporation *'' The Patriot and the Spy'' (1915) *''The Lure of a Woman'' (1915) *''The Mysterious Lady Baffles and Detective Duck: Episode 1, The Great Egg Robbery'' (1915),

Allen Curtis Allen Curtis (1877 – November 24, 1961), was an American film director of the silent era. He directed 278 films between 1913 and 1922. He was born in New York, New York and died in Hollywood, California Hollywood, sometimes inform ...

Clarence Badger Clarence G. Badger (June 9, 1880 – June 17, 1964) was an American film director of feature films in the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s. His films include ''It (1927 film), It'' and ''Red Hair (film), Red Hair'', more than a dozen features and shorts st ...

*''Fun Amongst the Pharaohs, As Seen by Homer Croy'' (1915) *''The Dancer's Ruse'' (1915),

*''Ambrose's Lofty Perch'' (1915),

Mack Sennett Mack Sennett (born Michael Sinnott; January 17, 1880 – November 5, 1960) was a Canadian-American producer, director, actor, and studio head who was known as the "King of Comedy" during his career. Born in Danville, Quebec, he started acting i ...

*''The Child Needs a Mother'' (1915),

L-KO Kompany The L-KO Motion Picture Company, also known as the L-KO Kompany, was an American motion picture company founded by Henry Lehrman. It produced silent one-, two- and very occasionally three-reel comedy shorts between 1914 and 1919, released by Univ ...

*''The Salamander, Part Five'' (1915), B.S. Moss Motion Picture Corporation *''The Burglar's Baby'' (1915), Domino Motion Picture Corporation *''With the U.S. Army at San Francisco'' (1915?) *'' The Half-Breed'' (1916),

Allan Dwan Allan Dwan (born Joseph Aloysius Dwan; April 3, 1885 – December 28, 1981) was a pioneering Canadian-born American motion picture director, producer, and screenwriter. Early life Born Joseph Aloysius Dwan in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Dwan was ...

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*''The End of the Rainbow'' (1916) *''

The Crimson Stain Mystery ''The Crimson Stain Mystery'' is a 1916 American horror film serial directed by T. Hayes Hunter. 11 reels were found in the Dawson Film Find in 1978. Plot In this serial, Dr. Burton Montrose, a scientist, has developed a formula which he be ...

'' ssorted Episodes(1916) *'' The Rail Rider'' (1916) *'' The Mysterious Mrs. M'' (1916) *'' Love Aflame'' (1917) *''The Madcap'' (1916) *''Diplomacy'' (1916) *''The Whirlpool of Destiny'' (1916) *''Threads of Fate'' (1916) *'' The Place Beyond the Winds'' (1916) *''Love and Brass Buttons'' (1916) *''The Female of the Species'' (1916),

Raymond B. West Raymond B. West (February 11, 1886 – September 11, 1923) was an American motion picture director. He joined the New York Motion Picture Company in 1910 and directed more than 70 motion pictures between 1910 and 1919 before being involved in an ...

, Monte Katterjohn,

New York Motion Picture Company The New York Motion Picture Company was a film production and distribution company from 1909 until 1914. It changed names to New York Picture Corporation in 1912. It released films through several different brand names, including 101 Bison, Kay ...

*'' The Hidden Scar'' (1916) *'' Her Soul's Inspiration'' (1916), Maie B. Havey,

Bluebird Photoplays Bluebird Photoplays (Bluebird Photoplays of New York, Inc. and Bluebird Photoplays of New England, Inc.) was an American film production company that filmed at Universal Pictures studios in California and New Jersey, and distributed its films via ...

*''Gloriana'' (1916) *''Temperance Town'' (1916) *''The Purple Mask (1916)'' *''The Seekers'' (1916) *''The Unattainable'' (1916) *'' Pearl of the Army'' (1916) *'' If My Country Should Call'' (1916) *''

The Vicar of Wakefield ''The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale, Supposed to Be Written by Himself'' is a 1766 novel by Anglo-Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774). It was written from 1761 to 1762 and published in 1766. It was one of the most popular and widely read 18 ...

'' (1916) *''The Salamander'' (1916) *''The Closer Road'' (1916) *''The Iron Hand'' (1916) *''

Barriers of Society ''Barriers of Society'' is a 1916 American silent film, silent Romance film, romantic Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Lloyd B. Carleton. Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Universal based the film on the story written by C ...

'' (1916) *'' The Social Buccaneer'' (1916), Jack Conway *'' The Strange Case of Mary Page'' (1916),

J. Charles Haydon James Charles Haydon (March 27, 1875 – October 15, 1943) was an American film director, actor and screenwriter of the silent film era. He directed twelve films between 1914 and 1920. He also appeared in five films between 1912 and 1914. H ...

*''The Girl and the Game'' (1916) *''

Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones are an English Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1962. Active for over six decades, they are one of the most popular, influential, and enduring bands of the Album era, rock era. In the early 1960s, the band pione ...

'' (1916) *''When Little Lindy Sang'' (1916) *''Tropical Budget Animated News of the World'' (1916) *'' The Recoil'' (1917) *''

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'' (1917) *'' Polly of the Circus'' (1917) *'' The Stolen Paradise'' (1917) *''

It Happened to Adele ''It Happened to Adele'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Van Dyke Brooke and starring Gladys Leslie, Carey L. Hastings and Peggy Burke.Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema p.55 Prints and/or fragments were found in the ...

'' (1917) *'' The Little Orphan'' (1917) *''

A Soul for Sale ''A Soul for Sale'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Allen Holubar and starring Dorothy Phillips, Katherine Kirkwood and Alan Roscoe.Hirschhorn p.30 Prints and/or fragments were found in the Dawson Film Find in 1978. Cast * Doro ...

'' (1917) *'' Princess Virtue'' (1917) *'' The Red Ace'' (1917) *''

A Girl's Folly ''A Girl's Folly'' is a 1917 American silent film, silent comedy film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Robert Warwick, Doris Kenyon, June Elvidge, Jane Adair, Chester Barnett, and Johnny Hines. Tourneur also played the director for the S ...

'' (1917),

Maurice Tourneur Maurice Félix Thomas (; 2 February 1876 – 4 August 1961), known as Maurice Tourneur (), was a French film director and screenwriter. Life Born Maurice Félix Thomas in the Épinettes district (17th arrondissement of Paris), his father was a w ...

, Paragon Films *'' An Even Break'' (1917) *'' Chicken Casey'' (1917) *'' Negroes' Protest: a Silent Parade'' (1917) Universal Animated Weekly (newsreel) *''

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'' (1917) *'' The Hunting of the Hawk'' (1917) *'' The Spotted Lily'' (1917) *''Little Bo Peep'' (1917) *'' The Recoil'' (1917) *'' The Mystery of the Double Cross'' (1917) *''The Great Stanley Secret'' (1917),

Edward Sloman Edward Sloman (19 July 1883, London - 29 September 1972, Woodland Hills, California) was an England, English silent film Film director, director, actor, screenwriter and radio broadcaster. He directed over 100 films and starred in over 30 fi ...

American Film Manufacturing Company The American Film Manufacturing Company, also known as Flying “A” Studios, was an American film, motion picture production company. In 1915, the formal name was changed to the American Film Company. History The American Film Manufacturi ...

*''

The Neglected Wife ''The Neglected Wife'' is a 1917 American drama film serial directed by William Bertram. Cast * Ruth Roland as Margaret Warner * Roland Bottomley as Horace Kennedy * Corinne Grant as Mary Kennedy * Neil Hardin as Edgar Doyle (as Neil C. Hardi ...

'' (1917), Will M. Ritchey, Mabel Herbert Urner,

Balboa Amusement Producing Company The Balboa Amusement Producing Company (also known as Balboa Studios, and Balboa Feature Film Company) was a film production company in Long Beach, California, from 1913 to 1918 that produced more than 1000 films, around 90% of which have been ...

*'' The Seven Pearls'' (1917), Astra Film Corp *'' The Marriage Lie'' (1918) *''

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'' (1918) *''Waifs'' (1918) *''Stolen Hours'' (1918) *''Avenged by the Sea'' (1918/1922) *''The Sea Waif'' (1918) *British War Office (1918) *''

The Lightning Raider ''The Lightning Raider'' is a 1919 American action film, action film serial directed by George B. Seitz. It was the on-screen debut of Boris Karloff, albeit as an extra. The film serial survives in an incomplete state with some reels preserved a ...

'' (1918) *''Do Husbands Deceive?'' (1918), Rolin Film Company *British Canadian Pathé News 81A (1919) *British Canadian Pathé News 93A (1919) *International News, Vol. 1, Issue 52 (1919) *The Montreal Herald Screen Magazine (1919) *''All Jazzed Up'' (1919) *''A Sagebrush Hamlet'' (1919) *''The Silver Girl'' (1919) *'' The Exquisite Thief'' (1919),

Tod Browning Tod Browning (born Charles Albert Browning Jr.; July 12, 1880 – October 6, 1962) was an American film director, film actor, screenwriter, vaudeville performer, and carnival sideshow and circus entertainer. He directed a number of films of var ...

, Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Inc. *''The Nights of the Bathtub, Part Two'' (1919?) *British Canadian Pathé News 14A (1920) *British Canadian Pathé News 76 (1920) *British Canadian Pathé News 88 (1920) *''Birth of Flowers'' (1920/1922) *'' The Little Clown'' (1920) *Unidentified Pathé Melodrama (1920/1922) *British Canadian Pathé News 63B (1921) *British Canadian Pathé News 2B (1921) *''Boxing Match'' *''Frivolity'' *''Screen Telegram'' *''The Princess and the Fishbone'' *''A Mix-Up at Court'' *''A Set of Teeth'' *''Through the Keyhole'' *''The Lake of Dreams'' *''The Marriage of Coca'' *''The Red Feather'' *''An Excursion to the Gorges du Loup'' *''Dread of Doom'',

Itala Film Itala Film was an Italian film production company. Silent era It was founded during the silent era. In 1905, industrialists Carlo Rossi and William Remmert established a company in Turin, recruiting filmmakers from Pathé. Two years later, they ...

*''The Plumber's Son, Part One,''

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Library and Archives Canada catalog of Dawson holdings

Library of Congress catalog of Dawson holdings
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Dawson City Collection summary statement
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dawson Film Find Film preservation Silent film collections 1978 archaeological discoveries 1978 in Canada Archaeology of Canada Rediscovered films Dawson City

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