A collection of fragments of British and Australian aviation film of the First World War period.
Newsreel item on snow conditions in Flanders, showing the cameraman's car stuck in a snowdrift, and soldiers having a snowball fight, Western Front, January 1918.
Short newsreel item on Venice during the First World War, focusing in particular on Venice's canal network, used to transport men and munitions.
VICTORY - GOD BLESS THE BRITISH ARMY THAT HAS SAVED OUR HOMES AND OUR ALL!: Stock footage of mortar launcher, bi-plane, and tanks. AND OUR INDOMITABLE SONS OF THE SEA WHO HAVE SAVED US AND OUR ALLIES ...
The assembly groups the films into episodes as follows: (Reel 1) Salonika, the voyage to Egypt, the ceremony of the drums, the aeroplane flight; (Reel 2) the horse show, scenes at a 'cactus patch' loc...
British and Belgian troops on dockside at Ostend. "Trekking To Safety - British and Belgian troops watch the departure of the refugees from Ostend" - one shot only after this title.
I. Spanish language version of a newsreel item on the city and cathedral at Amiens after the German failure to capture the city, 5th-7th April 1918. II. Spanish language version of a newsreel item on ...
The film shows a gathering in the city of Lillehammer in Norway by farmers from Gudbrandsdalen. We also visit several places in Gudbrandsdalen before returning to the farmers' association's gathering ...
Short comedy about two neighbour children from different social environments, Fritz en Mädi, during the First World War. They are bragging about their fathers who are returning from the war, and play...
Short film in which Barbara's father is killed during a raid of the Vandals. When Barbara and the other women are threatened, she throws a box with explosives to the attackers, which causes their deat...
Episode of the series "Aviation in Brescia": airplane exercises featuring the pilots Curtiss, Rougier, Calderara, Blériot and Cobianchi.
This documentary puts together different moments of Pier Antonio Quarantotto Gambini’s poetic journey, pausing on the only work in verse by this writer from Trieste, “Racconto d'amore” (Lo...
Panoramic shot over Santiago de Compostela. A crowd in the streets attends a procession followed by a parade of men with hats, women with veils, people with masks and music bands.
A Royal Engineers sergeant shows how to load two carrier pigeons into a small wicker basket for transport. At the Rosyth seaplane base Felixstowe F2A flying boats and Short 184 seaplanes ride at ancho...
The young hothead Billy is drifting into a life of crime and has a violent quarrel with his girlfriend Nelly. The lay preacher John Redmond tells Billy his life's story. Many years before, he was a we...
Napoleon is called up to the army, and says goodbye to Sally, and to the people in the film studio. He leaves. But Sally quickly chases after him, and together they arrive at "Fort Skiddoo". The chaot...
Der Abiturient Karl lebt mit seinen Eltern und seiner Zwillingsschwester Anna in einem wohlhabenden Berliner Bezirk. Vater Michael ist Architekt, Mutter Krista war früher Sängerin. Die beiden geben ...
Zum Gedenken an die Deportation der Juden aus Berlin versammelt sich im Jahr 2005 eine Gruppe Menschen am Berliner S-Bahnhof Wannsee. Unter ihnen Nina und Ruth, die 1943 ab Grunewald nach Ausschwitz t...
Seit sie ein Kleinkind war, lebt die 14-jährige Jeanne mit zahlreichen anderen Kindern und Jugendlichen in einer Kommune auf einem Bauernhof. Eltern gibt es dort nicht, denn "die Kleinfamilie ist der...
Der Dokumentarfilm erzählt die wahre Geschichte von Ieva Lesinska alias Evelyn Dorn: Als die 19-jährige sowjetische Studentin Ieva im Jahr 1978 ihren Vater besuchen will, der in New York bei der UNO...
Früher war Jochen Falk einer der besten Agenten der DDR, heute führt er ein geruhsames Leben als Pensionär. Umso erstaunter ist er, als plötzlich die von ihm verachteten "Amateure" vom BND vor sei...
Griechenland, Sommer 1984. Der 20 Jahre alte britische Musiker Kenneth und die gleichaltrige Deutsche Theres haben sich um Urlaub kennen gelernt und ineinander verliebt. Sie finanzieren sich ihre Feri...
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The video shows the first five minutes of the film.