City symphony films
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- Berlin
- Symphony of a Great City (1927)
- directed by Walter Ruttmann, and co-written by Carl Mayer and Karl Freund. musical score to accompany the film was written by Edmund Meisel. [1]
- Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
- by Dziga Vertov [2]
- Aimless Walk (1930)
- by Alexander Hammid. first true Czech avant-garde film turns away from a purely celebratory approach to the city. The camera follows a detached protagonist on his wanderings, as his highly subjective journey becomes a fragmented visualization of urban landscapes. (35mm, silent, 20 mins.) [3] [4]
- Nothing But Time (1926)
- by Alberto Cavalcanti. life of Paris through one day in 45 minutes [5]
- Manhatta (1921)
- collaboration between painter Charles Sheeler and photographer Paul Strand. The interspersed title cards include excerpts from Walt Whitman [6]
- Regen (1929)
- by Joris Ivens [7]
