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...
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.
L. Hamburger, Kriegsdramen, Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie, IV,6, (1914/1915), S. 119. Die neu entstandene Gattung des Kriegsfilms zeichne sich durch übelsten Kitsch ...
O.Th. Stein, Kinematographische Kriegsberichterstattung, Film und Lichtbild, 3, (1914), S. 42-44. Der Film wird als sensationell bewertet, der Produzentenfirma Expreß-Films wird angeraten, diesen Weg...
Asta-Nielsen-Lichtspiele GmbH. „Bismarck. Die neuesten Aufnahmen aus den Kriegstagen.“ Der Kinematograph 400 (1914): 1. Werbung, mit dem Hinweis, dass der Stoff des Filmes den ernsten Kriegstagen ...
O. Verf.. "Die Kinematographie auf dem 85. Naturforschertag in Wien." Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie III, 3/4 (1913/1914): 70-71. Meldung über den Einsatz von Filmen ...
Frankemölle, Wenzel. "In diesem Zeichen wirst du siegen." Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie III,2 (1913/1914): 45-45. Frankemölle lobt den Historienfilm "In hoc signo v...