Five reels of stockshots of the Western Front, with no apparent theme or linking sequence. The majority of the material for all but the final reel comes from IWM 191 BATTLE OF THE SOMME. The majority ...
Romantic adventure film in which Betty, who dreams about pirates, and her father, a gullible professor, are tricked by a bunch of real pirates. They are rescued by a young man who has a crush on Betty...
On board of a German battleship.
Short war reportage about the German naval ship 'Möwe'. This ship holds up British ships, takes the crew aboard and destroys the vessels. Also ships from neutral countries are treated in this way.
Images, from 1914, of the production of airplanes: A double-decker is taken outside and the motor is assembled on it. The plane can be transported entirely in parts, as a construction kit.
Jonas, the lord of the manor, and Ahti the Finn have been close friends for years. When Jonas's sister is attacked by a gypsy, Jonas and Ahti come to her aid, and the gypsy is badly beaten. Soon after...
Cesarina Rupert, a modern day Messalina, is Claudio’s wife, a patriot and a brilliant inventor of war vehicles for France. Between personal drama and spy intrigues, this mismatched couple is d...
Guazzoni, in putting on this sensational work must have encountered many difficulties. However, he overcame them brilliantly. He presents the episodes and vicissitudes which characterise the liv...
First lead role for the gentle giant Maciste (original name Bartolomeo Pagano), who stole the scene to the leaders and the princesses in "Cabiria". The period and the location are different, but not t...
The making of patriotic films was not rare among FAI productions, and "Il bacio della gloria" is one example, together with "Armi e amori" (1913) and "Per la Patria!" (1915). “In the Speech fr...
Claire is the beautiful daughter of the director of the steelworks. Revolutionaries storm the director's estate during a strike, and the director is killed. Worker Albert Fjeld remembers that Claire h...
Newsreel item showing British soldiers eating bread and jam "with proverbial coolness," Western Front, May 1918.
"The Retreat From Ghent - Belgian cavalry and artillery falling back on Bruges".
Newsreel about a group of youngsters flying over Brussels and the World's Fair.
Documentary about urbanism and aesthetics in architecture. This film is a part of the trilogy 'Urbanisme'.
A collection of fragments of British and Australian aviation film of the First World War period.
VICTORY - GOD BLESS THE BRITISH ARMY THAT HAS SAVED OUR HOMES AND OUR ALL!: Stock footage of mortar launcher, bi-plane, and tanks. AND OUR INDOMITABLE SONS OF THE SEA WHO HAVE SAVED US AND OUR ALLIES ...
The assembly groups the films into episodes as follows: (Reel 1) Salonika, the voyage to Egypt, the ceremony of the drums, the aeroplane flight; (Reel 2) the horse show, scenes at a 'cactus patch' loc...
British and Belgian troops on dockside at Ostend. "Trekking To Safety - British and Belgian troops watch the departure of the refugees from Ostend" - one shot only after this title.