Two events in the city of Kristiansand around 1918: A rich Norwegian emigrant returns from America, and a memorial for sailors killed in World War I is unveiled.
A patriotic film tinged with humor and sentimentalism. Stock footage (the crowded town, the departure of warships) and reconstructed war scenes in the desert are part of the second half about th...
Špilberk is a picturesque castle dominating the modern city of Brno (Czech Republic). Over the course of time it has been a fortress, prison, museum and a place for torture. During the Inquisit...
The documentary reconstructs World War I through the letters of fighting soldiers. Both the situations in Italy and in other warring nations are taken into consideration.
Baldevin and Simen become friends while at sea, only to go their separate ways. Many years later, Simen is married to a wealthy widow. When Baldevin arrives in town, Simen seeks to ensure his friend's...
The film reviews the history and art of Vienna and the empire of which it was the capital for centuries, ending with a vision of the contemporary city.
The documentary makes use of different testimonies of Art Nouveau, from a brief, initial summary of the artistic movement, to an interview with a person (Sergio Tofano) who lived during that era...
A trip to Trieste and its surroundings following the tracks of three great writers: Scipio Slataper, Italo Svevo and Umberto Saba.
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...
The film appears to be of the intervention in North Russia, but varies in quality from slightly out of focus to completely blurred.
Blurred and unviewable film of the British intervention in Nort...
French language version of a newsreel item on the town of Amiens after the German failure to capture it, showing a pan over the town and the outside of the cathedral, Western Front, 5th-7th April 1918...
(Reel 1) Off the British coast, U-boat 32 attacks merchant ships. The German captain, Stackmeyer, is saluted by his Admiral, who warns that the blockade of Britain will be tightened; later, the U-boat...
I. French language version of a newsreel item on the funeral of Baron Manfred von Richthofen ('the Red Baron') at Bertangles, Western Front, 22nd April 1918. II. French language version of a newsreel ...
I. Newsreel item showing the remains of the Cloth Hall and water tower at Ypres, Western Front, March-April 1918. II. French language version of a newsreel item on the Earl of Scarborough inspecting 1...
I. Spanish language version of a newsreel item on King George V and Queen Mary visiting wounded survivors of the Zeebrugge raid, probably at Chatham, April 1918. II. Spanish language version of a news...
Newsreel about a group of youngsters flying over Brussels and the World's Fair.
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.