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.
Hammering nails into flagpole of Czech legion and ceremonial blessing of the flag (28th September 1914) in Kiev.
Ceremonial blessing of the flag (28th September 1914) of Czech legion in Kiev.
Mobilization in Great Britain. Ceremonial march of British military band in traditional fur hats.
Mobilization in Germany: Train with military equipment rides on front.
Czechoslovak volunteers are welcome in Chicago expants living in the USA.
A general view of the events in front of the snow-covered railway station in Irkutsk.
Smoking soldier at the door wagon with the inscription "Gunsmith wokshop, 3rd Regiment."
Technical troops maintained in good repair railway tracks - covering the underside of rails.
Egon Jacobsohn, Neuheiten auf dem Berliner Filmmarkte, Der Kinematograph, 633, (1919), S. 49-50. "Die Lieblingsfrau des Maharadschas" wird als sentimentaler Kitsch abgetan. "Irrungen" handle vom Kampf...
Luxor, Sylva: "Kino, Monarchie und „Vorwärts“" Der Kinematograph 389 (1914). Entgegnungen auf die Vorwürfe der sozialdemokratischen Presse, dass das Kino die Herrschaftsinteressen der Monarchie ...
Häfker, Hermann. "Der Weg zur Kinodramatik." Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie III, 1 (1913/ 1914). H.H. erklärt den Film zu einer anderen Künsten gegenüber gleichran...
Tannenbaum, Herbert. "Probleme des Kinodramas." Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie III, 3/4 (1913/1914): 60-63. Tannenbaum erörtert die Möglichkeiten des Films und probl...
Blaschitz, Hilda. "Zum Richard-Wagner-Film." Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie III,2 (1913/1914): 45-46. Blaschitz freut sich darüber, dass der Film "Richard Wagner" in ...