Eugène Deslaw

Juan returns to Spain after unsuccessfully seeking his fortune in America. His older brother, Miguel, a brave fire lieutenant, welcomes him warmly. For Miguel, there is no better brother than Juan, whom he proudly boasts about.

Come take an avant-garde walk in the Montparnasse of the late 1920's. This district of Paris, filmed in a most unusual way, shows how dedicated it is to art. Visit its art galleries and exhibitions, take a glimpse of famous painter Fujita, of Luis Buñuel eyeing the legs of beautiful Parisian passing the terrace of the café where he sits, of Italian futurists Marinetti, Prampolini and Russolo.

La marche des machines is a thundering, thumping symphony of turbines, belts, flanges, wheels and sparks.

Footage filmed in Spain, subjected a new visual effects process. Deslaw devoted himself to the discovery of a new machine that enabled film to be developed while using a new method called solarisation.

A short silent documentary on the making of the 1931 Abel Gance directed film, "La Fin du Monde".

City lights contrasted with total darkness in this experimental short film.

An abstract film of machinery in motion, representative of many "pattern" films made independently toward the end of the silent era. (This film is different to the 1927 film of the same name)