Title Year Country Language Length Synopsis                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
Cosmic Africa 2002 South Africa English 60 min (In production) Cosmic Africa is a one-hour documentary film focussing on African astronomy - past and present.  
Abenteuer Sonnenfinsternis - Odyssee durch Afrika
(Solar Eclipse Adventure  - African Odyssey)		 2001 Germany German
French
English		 45 min This film documents the one year solar eclipse expedition over land to Zambia and back taken by eclipse chasers Pascale Demy and Gernot Meiser.  
Africa Total Eclipse 2001 Canada English 28 min Africa Total Eclipse is Eclipseguy’s new souvenir video from the Canadian eclipse expedition to Zambia, Africa, in June 2001. It features all the sites and sounds of Zambia, Victoria Falls, the safari in Malawi, and almost 4 minutes of uninterrupted totality from a school yard in Malambanyama!  
Éclipse au Zimbabwe
(Eclipse in Zimbabwe)		 2001 France French 35 min For the total eclipse of June 21, 2001, the Association française d'astronomie (AFA) organized a trip to South Africa and Zimbabwe.  This documentary film captures the ambiance of this expedition as the band of travelers slowly get to know one another.  From the Kruger Park visit to the champagne celebration on the observation site, all the highlights of the trip are covered.  Action sequences and interviews alternate with shots taken from the Internet by the numerous other groups who covered the even.  
Imiti Ikula
(Steps for the Future)		 2001 Nambia English 26 min The film opens around a bonfire.  The children are talking about Arnold Schwarzenegger.  He is rich and strong and beats up those who mistreat children, and travels the world buying them blankets and food.  The children seem to take on the strength and bravado of their hero.  We follow Memory, one of 75,000 street kids in Lusaka,as she covets solar eclipse glasses to view the upcoming eclipse.  The children wash dishes for money and pick grains from the market floor to make up bags.  Memory sells her bags and runs to the optometrist to buy eclipse shades.  Proudly, she and Nyanja share in the once in a lifetime event of the eclipse, standing tall amongst the community.  As the Moon moves in front of the Sun, Memory jumps, shouts and claps for joy.  One of the boys runs past and says Schwarzenegger is in Livingstone Town.  The children race through the streets.  Memory striding barefoot, to the train station.  They squeeze under the fence and board the train as it leaves for Livingstone Town, seeking out their destiny.  
Saye in Ghare Siyah (Shadow in the Dark continent)  2001 Iran Persian 4 x 20 min In June 2001, Babak A. Tafreshi, from Tehran, accompanied German eclipse chasers Gernot Meiser and Pascale Demy who were making their way to Zambia by truck.  The film documents the beautiful sights that have drawn so many eclipse chasers to Zambia and follows Meiser and Demy’s travels to their eclipse observing site in North Kafue National Park. We see wild animals, meet native people and take a side trip to the Victoria Falls. Meiser and Demy speak of their passion as eclipse chasers.  (JML with thanks to Babak A.Tafreshi)  
Un moment d'obscurité 2001 France French 26 min Angola was the first country to witness the first total solar eclipse of the 21st century.  The scientists from the Astrophysical Institute of the CNRS chose to observe the eclipse there because of more favorable weather statistics, longer duration of totality and more optimal viewing angle. Eclipses represent a unique opportunity to obtain information about the Sun, since it allows them to observe the solar corona which is otherwise invisible from Earth.  But the decision to come to Angola was a difficult one.  Though it is the ideal location from a scientific point of view, the guerilla warfare that has raged there these past twenty five years has devastated the country and made more than half-million victims.  
Les Chasseurs d'Ombre Shadow Chasers 2000 Canada French / English 58 min Solar eclipses, among nature's more spectacular phenomena, have always fascinated us. For some people they become a veritable obsession. What makes these eclipse chasers run? The film follows four of them as they travel to witness the last total eclipse of the millennium as it sweeps eastward across Europe to India. At various points along the way enthusiasts Alain Cirou in France, Paul Houde in Austria, Olivier Staiger in Germany and Debasis Sarkar in India offer their impressions of the historic event. From the legends of ancient religions and civilizations to the present day, there is one constant :  the search for spirituality in its most basic form. The film is a kind of poetic meditation, an impressionistic illumination of what links humanity together in the face of the absolute, when the soul is stamped by more than just the shadow of the Moon.  
Hooked On The Shadow 2000 Canada English 24 min A startling new documentary that examines the phenomenon of eclipse chasing - one of the most obsessive sub-cultures of our time. Discover why thousands are driven to some of the most remote regions of the Earth every couple of years.  From the deserts of ancient Babylonia to the islands of the Caribbean, the film takes you inside the shadow of the Moon to discover an event that has pushed science to the edge of its understanding and fed our dreams of the divine.         
Les Terriens
(The Earthlings)		 2000 France French 84 min On August 11th, 1999, the Normandy region of France was plunged into darkness during a total eclipse of the sun.  A few families in Vattelot sur Mer, farmers according to their own description, await this extraordinary event.  As they do, they speak of their work, of the rhythms of the seasons, the lunar cycle, the rainy afternoons and the beautiful sunsets, much as poets of the everyday would do.  Rather indifferent about the upcoming eclipse to begin, they quickly come to realize their privileged situation : their village facing the English Channel is on the centerline.  This will force them to deal with a veritable flood of curious onlookers.  For a few hours, these strangers with their funny eclipse glasses will gaze skywards without paying the locals much attention.  
Eclipsa
(The Eclipse)		 2000 Romania Romanian   (IMDb)  
Solarmax 2000 Australia English 40 min SOLARMAX is a 40-minute Imax format documentary that tells the story of humankind's struggle to understand the sun.  Every 11 years the sun's magnetic fields reverse with unimaginable violence. The peak of the storm is called a solarmax. SOLARMAX takes audiences on an incredible voyage from pre-history to the leading edge of today's contemporary solar science.  Footage from the February 26, 1998 total solar eclipse from Aruba along with great footage from SOHO, Yohkoh and TRACE solar observation satellites.  
Awesome !  The Souvenir Video of the 1999 Solar Eclipse 1999 UK English 52 min This video, retitled by a UK distributor, is identical to Eclipse - Herald of the Millennium.  See that entry for a complete synopsis.  
Coincidence 1999 France French 52 min Eclipse chasers from all walks of life speak about their passion.  A solar eclipse is one of the few cosmic events visible with the unaided eye.  It is an extraordinary and unforgettable spectacle for those who witness it.  But have the sensations that it etches on the mind evolved over the centuries ?  From the first eclipses observed by humans to the understanding of celestial mechanics, from the terrifying oracles to the trivialization of the phenomenon, what is left today of the emotions of our ancestors ?  COINCIDENCE examines the evolution of humankind's reaction to this cosmic event through the accounts of eclipse chasers, scientists and amateurs alike.  What common ground is there between a NASA astrophysicist, a nurse and an astrologist ?  Between a shamanistic expert and a elementary particles physicist ?  All have observed a number of eclipses and despite their differences, their points of view are not contradictory.  Some of them traveled thousand of kilometres to observe an annular eclipse in Australia on February 16, 1999.  Annularity lasted all of 43 seconds !   The beauty and mystery of eclipses is in part due to the fact that they are entirely beyond our will and that they bring together individuals and people whose paths would otherwise never cross.  
Countdown to the Eclipse 1999 UK English   With Patrick Moore. (Raoul Lannoy)  
Eclipse - Herald of the Millennium 1999 UK English 52 min This video documents the 1999 total solar eclipse.  Some of the contributions are colourful - footage of New Agers, Pagans, Travelers and Druids and their rituals make it into the video along with a discussion of Nostradamus and an experiment to see if eggs can be made to stand during an eclipse.  We see narrator, Brian Blessed, dramatically appear quoting Gloucester in King Lear on a coastal amphitheatre.  Children in Hungary join hands to form a line along the track of totality. We are shown a Romanian couple who will marry during totality. Another couple cycle along the track of totality looking for the best spot.  Dracula's castle in Transylvania lies just outside the track of totality - the effect the eclipse might have on him is considered.  The mayors of the neighbouring towns of Blagny and Carignan try and push their town's claims to being the best spot to observe the eclipse. They advance their own town's claims, while disparaging the other.  Mixed in with this, we see more sober contributions from astronomers and scientists like Hubert Reeves,  John Mason, Jay Pasachoff, Fred Espenak (captioned as 'Head of Eclipses, NASA'), Rainer Schwenn and Jean Pierre Sareyan.  Computer animations are used to illustrate why we get eclipses on the Earth, and why Mercury and Venus don't get any at all. Also the inclination of the Moon's orbit is illustrated and explained as the cause why we don't get eclipses every new moon.   Eye safety is touched upon, even though the eclipse is over. The French Government, we are told, made efforts to distribute 35million viewers. An unfortunate Romanian fisherman is shown - he lost an eye in the 1961 eclipse, when he used water droplets as a 'filter'.  Sadly, the droplets had the opposite effect as they focussed the light even more - now he will be more prudent.  The eclipse itself is clouded out in England.   Astrophotographer Martin Ratcliffe consoles himself that he was ready for it, but that the weather failed to cooperate. While the Germans save their eclipse viewers for Africans in 2001, we are told that the English burn theirs.  We are not shown any footage from David Levy's cruise ship or from the small vessels that we see set sail from Ireland to go into the  track of totality.  We do see nice footage of totality taken at Szombathely.  In Reims, amateur footage shows a very excitable crowd. At a festival near Salzburg we see shots of the totally eclipsed Sun while an 8-metre headless giant effigy is set alight by Spanish performers for a double-climax.  We also see dramatic ultra-close-up views of the eclipsed Sun showing the prominences and chromosphere.  Results from the egg experiment are described as 'inconclusive'!  (Micheal Gill) 

This video is also available as Awesome !  The Souvenir Video of the 1999 Solar Eclipse (JML)		  
Eclipse 1999 graphics VNR 1999   English 6 min A voiced section explaining the mechanics and stages or 'contacts' of a solar eclipse - then the following animation sections: eclipse sequence; eclipse sequence close-up; Sun-Moon-Earth eclipse configuration; eclipse from space; diamond ring; corona; Baily's Beads from space; solar system configuration; solar eclipse map.  
Eclipse 99 1999 UK English 50 min York Films was really on the ball when it came to the August 99 total solar eclipse as they produced no less than three videos.  This production was screened in over 20 countries just prior to the event and borrows from an earlier production The Eclipse Phenomenon.  Eclipse - Herald of the Millennium (also known as Awesome !  The Souvenir Video of the 1999 Solar Eclipse) is the post-event video. (JML)  
ESA Science Eclipse 99 / Pleins Feux Soleil Noir 1999 European Community English / French 29 min This video documents the science and public outreach activities by ESA on August 11th 1999. Using computer generated animations an explanation is given about how eclipses occur. Important contributions to science made during eclipses are discussed including the gravitational bending of light predicted by Einstein, the discovery of helium and the realization that the corona was at such high temperatures. Footage from various locations is used. An airborne expedition operating out of Ireland was successful.  Other places inside the track of totality where ESA had staff:- Noyon (cloudy) Thionville (success), Strasbourg (success), Stuttgart (cloudy), Munich (success), Burgenland (success), Szambathely (success), Bucharest (success) and Bulgaria (success).Luminaries like Dr. Detlef Koschney (ESA Space Science Dept.) and Dr. Ken Phillips (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory) make contributions.  The video concludes with a discussion on ESA space missions like Ulysses, SOHO and Cluster.  (Michael Gill)  
Im Schatten des Mondes (In the Shadow of the Moon) 1999 Germany German 30 min This documentary, which was shown on ARD/SWR Television, documents the passion and eclipse expeditions of Pascale Demy and Gernot Meiser in Siberia (97), Columbia (98), Malaysia (98) and Australia (99) and their preparations for the total solar eclipse over Europe/Germany in 99.  
Stories of the Sun 1999 European Community English 15 min Made just prior to the August 1999 Solar Eclipse, this video looks at the actions of the Sun and the instruments used to study it. Chapters are organized as follows :  LANTERN OF THE WORLD : an overview covering the solar wind and Europe's solar spacecraft.  UNDER THE SUN: the structure and actions of the Sun.  SOLAR TANTRUMS : solar cycles, coronal mass ejections, effects on space-based technologies. BLOWING IN THE SOLAR WIND : a description of the solar wind, and findings of the spacecraft which have examined it COVER THE LIGHT : SOHO images of coronal mass ejections, comets hitting the  Sun. MAGNETIC MINEFIELDS : the Sun's 'magnetic carpet'.  SOLAR ARMADA: a more detailed look at missions Ulysses, SOHO and Cluster. SONG OF THE SUN: how scientists have been able to study the ways in which the Sun works, including recording the sound it makes.  
The Eclipse Phenomenon 1999 UK English 50 min A video preview of the 1999 European eclipse. Also see Eclipse 99.

The video's opening sequence is shot at Stonehenge - believed by some to have been possibly used to record/predict eclipses.  The video then gives a comprehensive overview on where to see totality from on August 11th 1999. We are shown astronomer David Levy on the deck of a ship - he and 700 other enthusiasts will be the first to see the 1999 total eclipse, close to where the Titanic foundered. The path across Europe is shown in some detail.  Black and white footage of astronomers preparing for the June 1927 total solar eclipse is shown - this was the last occasion the Moon's shadow crossed England.  Other previous eclipses are discussed: the 'Halley' eclipse of 1715, the 'Einstein' eclipse of 1919, Jules Janssen's dramatic balloon escape from Paris to get to Algeria to (unsuccessfully) observe the 1870 total eclipse, and the 'Concorde' eclipse of 1973.  Extensive use is made of computer animations in this video. The origin of the Earth-Moon system by an impact of a Mars-sized body on the proto-Earth is rendered. The increasing Earth-Moon distance together with the slowdown of the Earth's spin is shown. The importance of the lunar orbital nodes, the differences between annular and total eclipses and lunar phases are all explained. Animations of solar eclipses from other bodies in the solar system illustrate how lucky we are on Earth to have the Moon and Sun the same apparent size in our sky.  The dangers of solar observing are demonstrated dramatically by using an unfiltered telescope pointed at the Sun to ignite some tissue paper. Safe solar observing methods such as the pinhole method and projection method are shown. The video then thoroughly describes the birth of the solar system, sunspots, the 11-year solar cycle, coronal mass ejections, the solar wind and auroras. Extensive use is made of films made by instruments on the SOHO spacecraft.  Finally, the video goes on location to Curacao for the 1998 total solar eclipse. Scientists and eclipse chasers are shown preparing their equipment for the crucial three and a half minutes. Beautiful footage of that eclipse is included.  (Michael Gill)		  
The Magic of Total Solar Eclipses 1999 UK English 24 min Prepared prior to August 1999 to enable viewers to safely observe that total solar eclipse.  The film opens at Stonehenge and discusses the importance of the Sun to early cultures and the Sun's role in Earth's weather. The Sun's internal processes are outlined and the photosphere, chromosphere and corona are all described.  A demonstration is given by presenter Nik Kendrew on the proper use of solar eclipse filters.  The scale of the solar system and the inclination of the Moon's orbit to Earth's orbital plane is demonstrated and the cause of annular and of total solar eclipses are explained.  Dr. Francisco Diego then explains solar phenomena such as sunspots, the solar wind and the rotation of the Sun and using still photographs he illustrates how the appearance of the corona differs from one total eclipse to the next.  Dr. Diego follows this with a comprehensive description of the phenomena visible at a total solar eclipse and some beautiful footage of the Bolivian landscape taken by the University College London 1994 expedition is used.  In February 1998, presenter Kendrew then travels to Guadeloupe with the UCL expedition for his first total solar eclipse. Beautiful footage of the totally eclipsed Sun and the surrounding landscape during totality are shown.  (Michael Gill)  
The Story of the Total Solar Eclipse 11th August 1999 1999 UK English 50 min This video was produced following the total solar eclipse of 11th August 1999 - the first in England since 1927.  Unfortunately, mostly cloudy conditions prevailed along the track of totality for this eclipse in the UK. This resulted in the footage of the total solar eclipse in this video being provided by an RAF Hercules aircraft above the clouds. Images of the landscape during totality below the clouds are shown.  This is complemented by some footage taken elsewhere in Europe where clouds didn't spoil the show.   The main location used in this video is Bray Hill, in Daymer Bay, Cornwall .  Presenter Patrick Moore provides background information about distances in space, the composition of the Sun and its evolution. He explains (with the help of animations) the causes of lunar phases as well as the different types of eclipses: lunar, partial solar, total and annular.  A couple of locals are then interviewed - they appear disgruntled at the disruption to their lives caused by the eclipse and show little interest in the spectacle.  Despite their cynicism, some 2,500 people climb Bray Hill and we are shown some of them setting up their equipment - under heavy cloud cover.  Footage of the 1998 University College London expedition is shown together with still photographs taken by Dr. Francisco Diego to illustrate the differing appearance of the solar corona at different totalities.  To put this into historical context, fascinating footage is shown of previous eclipses. We see film taken of British expeditions preparing for the 1927 total solar eclipse (silent), as well as excerpts from newsreel footage of the July 31, 1932 total eclipse (sound) visible from North America.  Footage of the 1947 total solar eclipse taken in Brazil is incorrectly dated 1937. Other eclipses shown are 1954, 1961, 1963, 1968 embellished with personal recollections and anecdotes by Moore.  After mentioning the eclipse superstitions in some parts of the world, we see footage of the 1999 event taken at Bray Hill, Marazion Beach and Falmouth (all clouded out). On Bray Hill, the post eclipse reactions of a few people is shown.  Although it contained some errors (Brazilian 1947 eclipse incorrectly dated; the discussion of an eclipse comet in 1947 - should be 1948; incorrect duration for the Concorde totality in 1973) the video provided an interesting record of how the passage of the lunar umbra was observed in Cornwall.   (Michael Gill)  
Total Eclipse Live 1999 UK English ? Presented by Patrick Moore, Michael Buerk and Philippa Forrester  
Schwas Sonne 1999 Switzerland German   (R.Lannoy)  
Eclipso 1998 USA English 50 min Narrated by Bryan Brewer, this documentary captures the tension and  excitement around the February 26, 1998 total solar eclipse from the cruise ship Galaxy, near Antigua, in the Caribbean. This video includes footage of the Montserrat volcano erupting during the eclipse, interviews with astronomers and eclipse chasers, excerpts of lectures by Woody Sullivan, Ph.D., Professor of Astronomy, and footage of the solar eclipse.  
Le Soleil Roi
(The Sun King)		 1998 France French 52 min This film was shot in February 98, in Curacao, at the time of the total solar eclipse.  The program is presented by Roland Portiche and Francois de Closets who is an expert in science programs and has written books about the Apollo program.  (Raoul Lannoy)  
Cycles of the Sky 1995   English 30 min Describes phases of the Moon, with computer graphics highlighting the relative positions of the Earth, Moon and Sun during each phase.  Explains the sidereal and synodic periods of the Moon and why they are different, tides on earth, lunar and solar eclipses, and unique orbital and size relationships the rotation of Earth, Moon and Sun that makes a total solar eclipse possible.  
Encounters :  Eclipse Chasers 1995 UK English 50 min /
60 min		 RDF Media's web site list two films of different lengths, both summarized as :  The social effects of a solar eclipse in India.  (JML)

This video documents eclipse chasers at the 1995 total solar eclipse in India. Unfortunately, the films makes the chasers interviewed sound like they are a bit lunatic.  (Patrick Poitevin)		  
Sun, Earth, Moon 1995 USA English 17 min Demonstrates how the Sun, Earth and Moon produce changing seasons, rising and falling tides and eclipses.  Joins a group of astronomers in Bolivia and witnesses a total solar eclipse.  
Chasing Shadows : The Story of a Modern Pilgrimage 1994 Canada English 47 min A Canadian led group of eclipse chasers travels to Peru and then across the Chilean border to observe the November 3rd, 1994 eclipse in the Andes from an altitude of 14,000 feet.  Hosted by Dr. David Pearson, this beautifully shot made for TV film weaves information about eclipses with historical and cultural notes about the Incas and their modern day descendants.  Of note, a beautiful shot as darkness falls on the high altitude Chilean plateau at second contact.  
Heather Couper's Guide to the Universe 1994 UK English 60 min Professor Heather Couper presents a hands-on guide to the cosmos with tips on how to get started in astronomy, showing how to recognize star patterns, identify planets, spot shooting stars and view eclipses.  
Eclipse of the Century 1992 USA/UK English 60 min In Hawaii on July 11, 1999, astronomers and scientists discovered a remarkable opportunity to examine a total eclipse of the Sun.  Sun, Moon and Earth would perfectly align, achieving "totality" directly above technologically advanced observatories perched atop Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano.  For the first time, giant telescopes could see behind the sizzle of the Sun and begin to understand our closest star.  But the project was not as simple as it seemed.  In the days preceding "the eclipse of the century", astronomers faced equipment breakdown, incompatible telescopes, threatening weather and a celestial spectacle that would wait for no one.  Join the action as scientists prepare for an unprecedented look at the normally invisible corona - the Sun's superheated atmosphere.  And take a breathtaking look at the sky's most exciting event.  
Black Sun 1991 UK English 50 min Total solar eclipses tend to occur at the ends of the Earth, making astronomers travel vast distances across oceans and continents to observe the few minutes of ‘totality' - when the sun's vast corona flashes out. In 1991, ‘totality' came instead to the astronomers, at the giant telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawaii.   
Exploring the Total Eclipse of the Sun 1991   English 26 min Diagrams are used to explain what happens when a solar eclipse occurs.  The historical view of eclipses as omen is discussed.  Footage of a recent total eclipse is presented.  
Eye on Hawaiian Skies 1991 USA English 46 min On 11 July 1991 total solar eclipse.  
The Great Eclipse 1991 USA English 54 min In July 1991, the Baja Peninsula was host to one of the longest total solar eclipses of the 20th century.  The town of La Paz was inundated with thousands of eclipse chasers from around the world presenting town officials with the largest single event in their history.  "The Great Eclipse," narrated by Will Lyman, documents this transformation from sleepy Mexican village to the focus of the astronomical world.  (David Makepeace)  
The Hawaii Special 1991 Canada English 28 min On July 11, 1991, a total eclipse of the sun passed directly over the Big Island of Hawaii.  Host Bob McDonald was there and brought back footage of the event.  
Secret of the Sun 1988 USA English 25 min Discusses the relationship of the sun and its effects on the Earth.  Looks at sun spots and their effect upon Earth's weather. Observes a solar eclipse and visits and an underground laboratory to learn about neutrinos.  
Éclipses de Soleil et éclipses de Lune
(Solar and Lunar Eclipses)		 1985   French 10 min A short film to understand solar and lunar eclipses.  
What is an eclipse 1985 USA English 11 min Uses animation and three-dimensional models to illustrate how the motion of the Moon around the Earth causes both solar and lunar eclipses.  Actual time-lapse, telescopic motion pictures of both lunar and solar eclipses are shown.  Shows new astronomical telescopes and recent discoveries about eclipses and the Sun.  
Chasing the Eclipse 1979 Canada English 24 min A group of amateur astronomers and eclipse-chasers arrive in Canada from Warren, Michigan, to view the February 26, 1979 total solar eclipse near Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.  The film follows them through their preparations, the chase and finally the eclipse.  
Day of the Dark Sun 1975 USA English 17 min Shows the work of members of the National Science Foundation expedition which observed and photographed an eclipse of the Sun in Kenya in 1973. Examines the equipment used by the scientists and contrasts the visual appearance of the eclipse with the data obtained from scientific instruments.  
Assess 1974 USA English 14 min ASSESS - Airborne Science Spacelab Experiments System Simulation. Produced by NASA's Airborne Science Office, which is located at the Arnes Research Centre in San Francisco, this video outlines the use of experimental flights in the field of space science. Examples of such flights are given - namely, the 1965 990 Galileo 'chase' of a solar eclipse, the 1968 Lear jet-mounted infra-red telescope and the larger C141-mounted telescope flown in 1974. The way in which the ASSESS programme documents airborne science for Spacelab planners is explained. Footage is provided from two missions: a joint Russian/NASA airborne microwave radiometry lab, and the ESA/NASA Galileo 2 Spacelab simulator.  
A Line to the Sun 1973 UK English 50 min 1973 total eclipse of the sun cruise on M.S. Monte Umbe some 20 miles off the coast of Mauritania, North Africa.  Astronomers examine the Concorde plane (that made airborne observations) as it was prepared on the Canary Islands.  The eclipse itself and some observers' reactions are shown and we get to meet a pretty young Patrick Moore. (Daniel Fischer)  
Éclipse 73 1973 France French /
English /
Spanish		 35 min Shot during June 1973 exceptionally long eclipse.  In the Mauritanian desert, the Russian, Japanese, Italian and French teams set up tons of equipment.  Using an especially equipped Concord jet, scientist were able for the very first time to observe an eclipse for 74 minutes and witness the grandiose spectacle of the lunar shadow moving along the earth's surface.  
Solar Eclipse 73 1973 USA English 23 min Documents the eclipse expedition to Mauritania headed by Prof. Donald H. Menzel of the Harvard College Observatory, including participation from Dennis di Cicco, now of Sky and Telescope; Donald Cooke of Williams College, now of the Field Museum of Natural History; and paying participants from Educational Expeditions International (EEI) of Cambridge, MA, now Earthwatch. (Jay Pasachoff)  
Shadow Across the Sun 1970 USA English 27 min This films documents the story of the High Altitude Observatory's expedition to southern Mexico to observe the 1970 total solar eclipse. (Jay Pasachoff)  
Eclipses of the Sun and Moon 1966 UK English 11 min This early educational film uses stop-motion and time-lapse photography to present an actual solar eclipse.  An animation sequence reveals the cause and effect of a total solar eclipse.  
Solar Eclipse Campaign in Greece 1966   silent 15 min Nine sounding rockets carrying experiments from Denmark, Germany, Great Britain and Holland were launched by ESRO between May 15 and 20, 1966 from a temporary range established by the Organization near Karystos on the island Euboea in Greece; the site was specifically chosen with reference to the path of the eclipse. This ESRO production gives coverage of the campaign, the object of which was to measure the changes in those parts of the solar radiation which can only be measured  from above the atmosphere, during the almost total eclipse of the Sun, and also to measure associated ionospheric phenomena. Assembly and testing of equipment is included in the footage.  
Eclipse at Grand'Mère 1964 Canada English 6 min The eclipse of the sun on July 10, 1963, drew scientists and amateur stargazers to the little, out-of-the-way town of Grand'Mère, Québec, where the total eclipse was plainly visible. This film presents candid camera views of the festivities with which the town greeted the influx of visitors, and also shows the spectacle of the Moon blotting out the Sun.  
Operation Eclipse II 1955 Canada English 11 min This account of the June 1954 solar eclipse shows the scientific team being flown by Royal Canadian Air Force airplane along the path of the eclipse.  This allowed for prolonged and unobscured observation as the eclipse passed over the Labrador coast.  
Flammes du Soleil 1950 France French 11 min Dedicated to the memory of Bernard Lyot who was the first to record solar prominences with a coronograph which allows to create an artificial eclipse, this film is mostly composed of time lapse cinematography of prominences.  Beautiful !  (JML)  
Lunar Aspects ? USA English 29 min Explains the phases of the moon.  Reviews basic data such as Moon's size and distance from Earth.  Describes lunar and solar eclipses.  
Eclipse de sol 1905 Spain Silent ? (IMDb)  
The Total Experience ? ? ?   (R. Lannoy)