In 1919, following bombings of World War I, the town Arras is in ruins. The town hall and the belfry are destroyed, and homes have lost their facades or been reduced to piles of rocks. In the streets ...
During the First World War, near Château Thierry, the french and british armies are fighting against the ennemy. Wounded German soldiers are taken prisoners, a truck carries a 305 mm tank and a hot-a...
This documentary celebrates the return of the Italian soldiers from the French front and shows the welcome given by the authorities (among them: the major of Torino, the Princess Laetitia of Savoia, t...
Artillery tests at the Campo Militare of San Maurizio (San Maurizio Canavese, Torino): howitzers and mortars charging, pointing and firing.
Cavalry manoeuvres held on July 27th, 1912, by the Ticino river, in front of the Count of Torino: descent to the Ticino river, pontoon boats transportation, river crossing on horses. This event is do...
The animals used to live in peace in Animalopolis, until ambition and pride led them to the war. It is an original apologue on the foolishness of war, transposed in an imaginary world of animals actin...
The film most possibly shows Prince Maximilian of Baden (1867-1929), who later became Reichskanzler. Servants and curious onlookers in front of Schloss Buchau await the heir to the throne of Baden, wh...
Animation movie showing puppets of the plush toy company Steiff. A boy wearing a sailor suit plays with soldier puppets and falls asleep. In his dream, the puppets come to life.
Medium shot of Nurse Mathilde (actress: Adina Mandlová) lying in a bed with a bandage on her left elbow. Nurse Tonička (actress: Truda Grosslichtová) is standing on the left with her hand resting o...
Medium shot of Rjepkin (actor: Vladimír Borský) standing next to a night stand in a hospital room. In the background is a window with a panoramic view of Brno.
Wide shot of an empty city street with three-storeyed buildings on the right and urban greenery on the left.
Medium shot of Nurse Mathilde (actress: Adina Mandlová) standing in a half opened door with her hand on the door handle.
Three families on the villiage green after the mobilization. From the left Mrs. Bártová and her son, Bárta (laborer), Janda (smith) and Tomeš (farmer) pledge a loyalty to the idea of Slavonic unit...
Three families on the public green after mobilization. From the left: Mrs. Bártová, Bárta and his son, Janda and his family, Tomeš and his family. Travel packages in the foreground.
After the mobilization: women hold on men and cry. On the left Janda (smith), the second one is Tomeš (farmer).
Farmer Tomeš and his son Jeníček with the oxcart full of straw.
Emil Gobbers, Das Filmdrama im Zeichen der Revolution, Der Kinematograph, 652, (1919), S. 15-16. Der Film sei dazu berufen, die Ausdrucksform einer neuen Kunst für eine neue Zeit zu sein. Wenn sich d...
O. Verf.. „Krieg und Kino.“ Der Kinematograph 397 (1914): 3-4. Bericht, wie bislang der Film in Kriegen eingesetzt worden sei. Ratschläge an Kinobesitzer, wie sie sich zu verhalten hätten. Mutma...
St., O.Th.. "Lichtbildliches aus Sachsens Residenz." Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie III,7 (1913/1914): 174. Bericht über das Dresdner Kinowesen. U.a wird auch das Jug...
Berthold Baer, Amerikana, Der Kinematograph, 422, (1915), S. 21-22. Die Stimmung in den USA sei durch Filme der Ententemächte sehr gegen Deutschland gestimmt. Die Deutschen seien sich nicht darüber ...