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...
As producer, actor and filmmaker, Richard Massingham managed to combine his passion for film and medical science.
1. Zwischentitel: Leben und Treiben in den Dörfern hinter der Front. 2. Zwischentitel: Lebensmittelverteilung an die Bevölkerung. Bild: Vor einem Geschäft eilen Frauen und Kinder hin und her; Gespr...
Brüssel: Triumphtor, Männeken Piss, Marktplatz und Theater; Antwerpen: Rathaus, Bahnhof; und Hafen; Gent: Kanäle mit historischen Gebäuden; Zeebrügge: Flugaufnahmen der Mole und der Stadt; F...
A German officer addresses his men in a dugout. They emerge from the dugout and man their trench against an Australian attack. The Australians storm the trench and throw grenades down into the dugouts...
A cartoon combining drawings and live footage, in which a drawing comes to life while its author isn't there. The film's director began as a political cartoonist and in 1914 founded Bray Studios, amon...
A common motto of the three friends before leaving for the front: "The world must protect democracy and small nations against "boots" of Prussian militarism!"
A message of Tomeš (farmer) to his friends after homecoming from the front and establishing of the independent Czechoslovak Republic: "None of us wants war! But woe to anyone who wants to hurt Czecho...
Rennert, Malwine. "Kleopatra, Herrin des Nils; Die letzten Tage von Byzanz." Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie III, 3/4 (1913/1914): 65-68. Rennert lobt „Kleopatra“ f...
Filzinger, Wolfgang: "Filmaufnahmen im Schützengraben". Veröffentlichungsort und -zeitpunkt des Artikels ist unklar.
A documentary about the life of the Alpine troops during winter: competitions on the snow have a military character. There are downhill, cross-country and relay races in addition to the sled eve...
Near the bridges of Valle di Maddaloni (near Caserta), a teacher reads an excerpt from G.C. Abba’s “Noterelle di uno dei Mille” to a group of children. The excerpt is about the battle of t...
Documentary about the town of Amerongen 'Amerongen: a previously unknown Dutch village, but since 1919 ... a famous royal resort'. With this text, filmmaker Willy Mullens begins this short promotional...