The Higher Invention Committee watches a Renault tank, armed with a 75mm gun, navigate rough terrain. Jules-Louis Breton gets to sit in the tank beside a soldier in charge of handling the gun;
The Higher Invention Committee tests the solidity of the manganese helmets thought up by Doctor Pollack.
In 1917, during World War I, rationing forces Parisians to wait in line to get coal, while the winter is particularly harsh.
Jean and Suzette, two orphans, are raised by the inn-keeper Frantz Hobscher who mistreats them. When World War I is declared, the imperial authorities order Hobscher to trick spies into thinking he's ...
Parade of French and allied troops under the Arc de triomphe and on the Champs-Élysées. The signing of the Treaty of Versailles: delegations arriving by car, a crowd on the terrace, troops on the Ch...
Troop movements by bike, horseback, and foot as the maneuver warfare begins again. Cannons are shooting despite a fire. A convoy of trucks and troops advances toward the lines. Shots are fired by a 75...
A woman learns, by letter, that her husband has died gloriously on the battlefield, struck by an enemy bullet while filming news footage on the front. As she weeps and worries about the future of her ...
After having created laws on practicing physical culture, the government, in collaboration with the American Committee, brings in American experts who adapt their principles to the French system. In J...
Dita Parlo, Gustav Fröhlich
Still from "Die einsame Insel"
Fritz Huf
Arthur Ehrens, Paul Wegener (from left to right)
Still from "Die Statue"
Luis Trenker
Szene aus "Der rote Baron"
Henny Porten, Lupu Pick
Gefahren bei der Aufnahme von Schlachtenfilms, Der Kinematograph, 443, (1915), S. 19. Die Annahme, dass viele Kriegsaufnahmen gestellt seien, sei unzutreffend. So sei einem Kameramann der Firma Messte...
Dr. N. Hansen, Der Film im Dienste der Gesundheit und Sicherheit des amerikanischen Volkes, Der Kinematograph, 645, (1919). Bericht über den großangelegten Einsatz der Filmtechnik in den USA.
Die Liquidation der "Bufa", Lichtbildbühne, 50, (1918), S. 9-10. Reportage anlässlich der geplanten Auflösung des Bild-und Filmamtes. Zusammenfassung ihrer Leistung, die mit ihrem Gründer verglich...