Close-up of a sergeant holding a football marked 2Y&L. Pan over the men of the battalion, lying, sitting or standing informally, with two Lewis machine guns in the front row. Two lance-corporals sitti...
Vorbereitungen zum Aufstieg des Fesselballons; Beobachteroffizier legt den Fallschirmgürtel an und steigt in den Korb; Einweisung am Kartenbrett; Überprüfung der Feldtelefonverbindung; Aufstieg des...
Shots of London's famous buildings during the First World War.
Australian soldiers, probably of 5th Division, at the south end of the Saint Quentin tunnel at Bellicourt. A temporary bridge has been built just below the tunnel entrance. A view, from on top of the ...
Emperor Wilhelm II and empress Victoria of Germany on horses, escorted by horsemen, on their way to a parade at the Tempelhoferfeld in Berlin.
Film used against itself, in an essay on the entanglement of mistery and religious merchandising where the kino-spirit rules instead of the kino-eye.
Street scenes in Bethlehem, the Church of Saint Mary, the Gardens of Gethsemane, the Via Dolorosa, the Holy Sepulchre, the Valley of Kidron and (in silhouette) a tree where, according to legend, Judas...
Crime drama about the rivalry between two men regarding a new invention and a cute girl.
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...
International newsreel. Most of the content is news about the war, and especially about the serbs. We also see American nurses on their way to the front. There are also some sportscasts.
Short newsreel item on Venice during the First World War, focusing in particular on Venice's canal network, used to transport men and munitions.
An unidentified news report about various aspects of the First World War. Great emphasis is being placed on the British Army and the recruitment of soldiers.
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...
Animation film by Dusan Vukotic, one of the major Croatian animators and co-founder of Zagreb Film. A charming story about an old magician and all sorts of magic creatures that end up in the world of ...
Ralph and Edith Norton, two Protestant missionaries from Philadelphia, came to Britain for a period of three years to provide assistance to refugees and wounded Belgian soldiers from the war zone. Mon...
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...
Reparatur beschädigter Geschütze und Maschinengewehre in der Werkstatt; Gurten von MG-Munition; Verladung eines Geschützrohres auf den Schienenwagen; Arbeit am Schmiedehammer; Schweißarbeiten; Ges...
The regiments are as follows. The Civil Service Rifles (a battalion of the Royal Fusiliers). The London Scottish (1/14th Battalion, the London Regiment). Pipers of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlander...
Five reels of stockshots of the Western Front, with no apparent theme or linking sequence. The majority of the material for all but the final reel comes from IWM 191 BATTLE OF THE SOMME. The majority ...