The first movie on this site is a black and white one of the Queen Mary being launched in 1936. It runs for about 90 seconds.
The filesize of mpeg movies is large. This movie file will take about 20-30 minutes to download if you have a 28,000 bps modem. If you have a better modem than that of course, you are in luck!
Click here to download the movie of the Queen Mary being launched.