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.
Wide shot of an office. Standing from left to right are: Dr. Šrámek (actor: František Smolík), an Austrian colonel (actor: Jaroslav Marvan), a military guard, Lieutenant Rjepkin (actor: Vladimír ...
Wide shot of an officer. Lieutenant Rjepkin (actor: Vladimír Borský) is standing on the left. Dr. (actor: František Smolík) is standing behind a desk on the right with his back to Rjepkin. An Aust...
Wide shot of a corridor. Corporal Bartoněk (actor: Jiří Vondrovič) is standing on the right with an arm in a cast and bandaged eyes. Infantryman Tlamicha (actor: Theodor Pištěk) is standing next...
First Lieutenant Liška (actor: František Kreuzmann) is lying on a hospital bed with his leg in a cast and smoking. An Austrian officer is sitting to the right of him and peeling something. In the ba...
H.v.W., Schund, Schmutz und Kino, Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie, IV, 12, (1914/1915), S. 255-256. Die Reaktionen auf "Fräulein Feldwebel" seien ähnlich wie die auf ...
O. Verf.. „Mit der Kamera in der Schlachtfront.“ Der Kinematograph 368 (1914).
O. Verf.. „Mit der Kamera in der Schlachtfront.“ Der Kinematograph 367 (1914). Werbung
Ganzemüller. "Der Kino in Diensten des Bayerischen Bauernvereins." Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie III,2 (1913/1914): 39-40. G. berichtet vom Einsatz des Films als Erz...
Goetz, Hans. "Kinematograph und Wissenschaft (Schluß)." Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie III, 2 (1913/1914): 28-32. Goetz beschreibt in seinem Artikel die neuesten Fors...
Notes on film’s potential in depicting reality with emphasis on some reels on WWI.
Notes on the use of instructional and training films during World War I. The example of a film produced by Bray Studios.