Documentary dedicated to the artillery assigned to the Italian troops in Africa, shot by Luca Comerio in 1912, while the war in Libya was underway. The video is a copy from the film print preserved in...
Luca Comerio is perhaps the greatest documentary filmmaker in Italian silent cinema. War films have an important place within his immense production, in particular the ones dedicated to the Italo-Turk...
Clay pits were operative near Cefalù in the 1910s. This brief documentary shows us the different stages of the manufacturing process: from the hard job of extracting and transporting it to the artisa...
The golden hollow is the site where the city of Palermo rises, with its most famed beauties are shown to us thanks to static takes, slow tracking and “split screen” shots inspired by picturesque p...
A documentary set in Italian-speaking Switzerland, whose beauties are revealed through “phantom rides” on the Brunate Cremagliera railway, through sunsets in backlight on Lake Como and footage of ...
Documentary dedicated to the submarines assigned to the Italian Military Navy, shot by Luca Comerio in 1912, while the war in Libya was underway. The drills shown take place near the port of Taranto. ...
The panoramic shot opening the film pinponts the true protagonists at once: the canals, water harnessed within circuits planned by man in order to wrench land from the sea. The camera travels at water...
Episode of the series produced by Comerio dedicated to the Italo-Turk war. It features the departure of Lt. Paolo Solaroli’s body from Africa to Italy. The video is a copy from the film print preser...
Still from "Der Feind im Land"
Still from "Der Geiger von Meißen"
Still from "Der Schwur der Renate Rabenau"
Lyda Salmonova, Paul Wegener
Paul Wegener
Still from "Der Film von der Königin Luise. 2. Abteilung: Aus Preußens schwerer Zeit"
Lissy Arna, Luis Trenker
Fritz Arno Wagner, Fritz Métain (links), G.W. Pabst (Mitte), André Saint-Germain (1.v.r.) (Dreharbeiten)
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...
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 ...
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.