Reading Room

Around China with a Movie Camera: A Journey from Beijing to Shanghai (1900–1948) (opens in a new tab)

BFI Curator Edward AndersonSan Francisco Silent Film Festival2020

Au Bonheur des Dames (opens in a new tab)

Laura HorakSan Francisco Silent Film Festival2020

Avant-Garde Paris (opens in a new tab)

Monica NolanSan Francisco Silent Film Festival2020

Battleship Potemkin (opens in a new tab)

Miguel PendásSan Francisco Silent Film Festival2020

On Battleship Potemkin

The Battle of the Century and Other Comedy Restorations (opens in a new tab)

Leonard MaltinSan Francisco Silent Film Festival2020

Beggars of Life (opens in a new tab)

Cari BeauchampSan Francisco Silent Film Festival2020

On Beggars of Life

Beggars of Life (opens in a new tab)

Laura HorakSan Francisco Silent Film Festival2020

On Beggars of Life

Behind the Door (opens in a new tab)

David KiehnSan Francisco Silent Film Festival2020

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (opens in a new tab)

Melissa Chittick and Stephen SalmonsSan Francisco Silent Film Festival2020

On Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (opens in a new tab)

Michael SragowSan Francisco Silent Film Festival2020

On Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Bert Williams: Lime Kiln Club Field Day (opens in a new tab)

Nsenga BurtonSan Francisco Silent Film Festival2020

Beyond the Rocks (opens in a new tab)

Margarita LandazuriSan Francisco Silent Film Festival2020

The Big Business of Short, Funny Films, 1918-1929 (opens in a new tab)

Richard HildrethSan Francisco Silent Film Festival2020

The Black Pirate (opens in a new tab)

Jeffrey Vance, adapted from his book Douglas FairbanksSan Francisco Silent Film Festival2020

On The Black Pirate

Blackmail (opens in a new tab)

BFI National ArchiveSan Francisco Silent Film Festival2020

On Blackmail

The Blizzard (opens in a new tab)

Margarita LandazuriSan Francisco Silent Film Festival2020

The Blot (opens in a new tab)

Shari KizirianSan Francisco Silent Film Festival2020

The Blue Bird (opens in a new tab)

Richard HildrethSan Francisco Silent Film Festival2020

On The Blue Bird

Body and Soul (opens in a new tab)

Susan DollSan Francisco Silent Film Festival2020

On Body and Soul

The Brothers Who Filmed the Earthquake (opens in a new tab)

David KiehnSan Francisco Silent Film Festival2020

Bucking Broadway (opens in a new tab)

Aimee PavySan Francisco Silent Film Festival2020

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (opens in a new tab)

Michael AtkinsonSan Francisco Silent Film Festival2020

On The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

The Cameraman (opens in a new tab)

Michael AtkinsonSan Francisco Silent Film Festival2020

On The Cameraman

The Cameraman (opens in a new tab)

Dennis HarveySan Francisco Silent Film Festival2020

On The Cameraman