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 opens with Oxford Street in London and declares that "luxury shopping" is not helping the war effort. This is contrasted with the ways in which women do help: a mother looking after her two s...
Short newsreel item on Venice during the First World War, focusing in particular on Venice's canal network, used to transport men and munitions.
Various news items about the First World War, compiled for home projection. Optimism and emphasis on international collaboration, remains preserved and the more gruesome or embarrassing war images wer...
Romantic film in which a couple who have been together for fifty years reminisce about the time they first met. Jack Stevens informs the couple Philippe and Maud Perkins, who are celebrating their f...
I. French language version of a newsreel item on British soldiers chasing and catching turkeys for Christmas at a French farm while the farmer's wife watches, December 1917. II. French language versio...
Romantic film in which a couple who have been together for fifty years reminisce about the time they first met. Jack Stevens informs the couple Philippe and Maud Perkins, who are celebrating their f...
"King And President - The King of the Belgians and President Poincaré leaving Furnes after an inspection of the French Cavalry in the market square".
An officer, possibly Major-General H B de Lisle, presenting medals to a kilted battalion, who then march past. A pan over a group from the battalion sitting and smoking. They are possibly the Canadian...
"The Retreat From Ghent - Belgian cavalry and artillery falling back on Bruges".
Newsreel about a group of youngsters flying over Brussels and the World's Fair.
Documentary about urbanism and aesthetics in architecture. This film is a part of the trilogy 'Urbanisme'.
A collection of fragments of British and Australian aviation film of the First World War period.
The ceremony takes place in a field, with men of Plumer's staff watching as he pins medals for bravery onto women officers of the Queen Alexandra's First Aid Nursing Yeomanry and the Voluntary Aid Det...
In front of a country church, women clad in Setesdal bunads (traditional Norwegian folk costumes) display their fine silver accessories. Silversmith Knut Sigurdsøn Helle, of Hylestad in Setesdal, is ...
Finland beats Sweden in a shooting competition. Football match: Finland v. Sweden. Speech by Erik von Frenckell (1887-1977). Mr Fagerholm (1901-1984), Minister for Social Affairs, greets the players...
Bøssernes Befrielsesfront (B.B.F.) startede i 1971 som en aktionsgruppe, der gennem deres fisselettede optræden både provokerede borgerskabet og de 'pæne' selvundertrykkende homofile. Flere af de ...
"Donau er udgangspunkt for enhver militær operation, lige meget hvilken retning denne føres i; den er en ypperlig forsvarslinie, egnet til at gøre front mod et hvilket som helst angreb, hvor det en...
1. 8000 danske arbejdere er fra Tyskland ankommet på juleorlov, stemningen er høj i togene og ved færgen. 2. Fodboldspillernes julestævne i Københavns Idrætspark sætter rekord med 11.000 tilsku...
300 er den drabelige genfortælling af Slaget ved Thermopylæ, hvor Kong Leonidas og hans 300 tapre spartanere sloges mod den persiske Kong Xerxes og hans enorme hær. Spartanerne stod overfor en umul...
Ein Kinderdrama (Kostüm) mit
1. Begrafenis van Staf De Clercq. / 2. Zwemwedstrijd in de haven van Barcelona. / 3. Katoenoogst in Afrika. / 4. De vislederproductie in Estland. / 5. Winterkapsels en winterhoeden. / 6. "De Ramblers"...