Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea - silent version

Released in 1916 by the Universal Film Mfg. Co., this one-and-a-half hour silent version of the famous Jules Verne novel was a remarkable piece of filmmaking, especially of what we would today call "special effects." For the first time, scenes were actually shot under the water. Now in the public domain, it still holds up remarkably well.