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.
I. Spanish language version of a newsreel item on the city and cathedral at Amiens after the German failure to capture the city, 5th-7th April 1918. II. Spanish language version of a newsreel item on ...
Newsreel item on snow conditions in Flanders, showing the cameraman's car stuck in a snowdrift, and soldiers having a snowball fight, Western Front, January 1918.
Short newsreel item on Venice during the First World War, focusing in particular on Venice's canal network, used to transport men and munitions.
The film shows a gathering in the city of Lillehammer in Norway by farmers from Gudbrandsdalen. We also visit several places in Gudbrandsdalen before returning to the farmers' association's gathering ...
The film reconstructs the repulse of a German column charge by British rifle and field artillery fire in the centre of the battlefield, and then the defence of Nimy bridge on the left by 4th Royal Fus...
I. French language version of a newsreel item on British soldiers chasing and catching turkeys for Christmas at a French farm while the farmer's wife watches, December 1917. II. French language versio...
The melancholy story of a juvenile love in the early twentieth century Turin: the student Mario meets and gets engaged to the seamstress Dorina, his landlady’s daughter. A beautiful and bored lady d...
Jan Vogel, foreman at the Van Haaften pottery, is busy with a new process for painting porcelain, but so far his experiments have failed. His employer, also in financial difficulties, cannot give him ...
The melancholy story of a juvenile love in the early twentieth century Turin: the student Mario meets and gets engaged to the seamstress Dorina, his landlady’s daughter. A beautiful and bored lady d...
Newsreels from 1914 to 1934: Blizzard and snow clearing at Finse in 1916, a new swimming pool opens in Oslo in 1920, solar eclipse in 1927, flod in Lillestrøm in 1927, and finally the celebration in...
An honour guard of Infantry marches into position beside the dock, past Roberts' ship, the SS Dunnottar Castle. Roberts, in Field Marshal's dress blue uniform, comes down the gangplank, followed by hi...
'ALLENBY WANTED IN CAIRO: Conqueror of Palestine who was called to Peace Conference in Paris and had to rush back to Cairo'. Brief close-up of Allenby, in uniform, posing for the camera.
Short fr...
Unedited footage. Incomplet. The departure of the Infantry Regiment of Chaves’ towards the train station to depart to Lisbon and further embarkment to Angola.
The emperor is taking a stroll on the promenade deck of "Hohenzollern" with consul Mohr and captain Graf von Platen. The consul receives an order from the emperor.
"FRANCES' DAY. London celebrates 14th of July by wearing the tricolour in honour of her glorious ally." British Army officers stand in busy street with girls sporting bonnets and dresses decorated in ...
I.The march past. Cavalry artillery and Royal Engineers with their pontoon equipment marching past the King.II. Royal Review. His Majesty the King attended by Field Marshal the Viscount French inspe...
Short comedy about two neighbour children from different social environments, Fritz en Mädi, during the First World War. They are bragging about their fathers who are returning from the war, and play...
Short film in which Barbara's father is killed during a raid of the Vandals. When Barbara and the other women are threatened, she throws a box with explosives to the attackers, which causes their deat...
Version with French language subtitles of part of IWM 17 the NEW CRUSADERS Men of 1/8th Battalion, the Hampshire Regiment, 54th (East Anglia) Division, on Samson Ridge, resting and eating. Some of the...
"USA Excursion Steamer Disaster" (208-2) "Rescuers working on the «Eastland» which capsized in the Chicago River", with the loss of over one thousand lives."Training mules for the Army" (208-2) "Mr ...
A 3-D documentary on WWI which combines historical footage, tinted stereoscopic images, film fragments, diary entries and letters from the front into a collage. Several narrators recite the historical...