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.
An Austrian soldier in underwear, three Russian soldiers around him.
Reunion of families after war. In the middle stand Tomeš, Janda and Bárta in uniforms of volunteers. Women sit behind and sons talk with fathers.
Volunteer Bárta (laborer) encounters his wife.
Volunteer Janda (smith) in Italian uniform encounters his family after the end of the war.
Janda´s son in the apron and volunteer Janda in Italian uniform.
From the left: Volunteer Bárta in French uniform, volunteer Janda in Italian uniform.
Tomeš encounters his wife and son after the return from the war. Tomeš hugs his son. His wife stands nearby and smiles at Janda and Bárta.
From the left: Tomeš (Russian uniform), Bárta (French uniform) and Janda (Italian uniform). Volunteers rest during their coming home.
C.Z.K.. „Presseschau.“ Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie III, 3/4 (1913/1914): 89-90. Der Autor zitiert mehrere Pressestimmen, die den kulturellen Wert des Films herv...
News of the exhibition in Lisbon of a group of “war films” in a tribute to the allied nations.
FILMEN is the most important Danish film industry magazine from the early silent film period. The journal was published in the period 1912-1919 (with 24 issues per year).
Lynx. „Kritik.“ Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie III, 3/4 (1913/1914): 80-84. Erläutert die Absicht, künftig in der Zeitschrift Filmkritiken zu veröffentlichen so...
Rennert, Malwine. "Kino und Bühne. Von Willi Rath." Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie III,2 (1913/1914): 46-47. Rennert lobt die neu erschienene Broschüre, stellt aber ...
Thielemann, Walter: „Kinematographie und Alkoholbekämpfung.“ Der Kinematograph, 391 (1914). Bericht darüber, dass das Kino dem Alkoholismus entgegenwirke.
O. Verf.. „Kinokommission des Westfälischen Landgemeindetages.“ Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie III, 5 (1913/1914): 108-111. Bericht über die Arbeit der Kinokommi...
Wie steht das Volk zum Kino ?, Das Lichtbildtheater, 6.Jg, Nr.5, (1914). Bericht über die erste soziologische Untersuchung des Kinowesens durch Emilie Altenloth. Ihrem Ergebniss, dass maßgeblich Men...