The general area of Ypres. Filmed from just outside the town itself, shells falling on buildings on the outskirts. Two Mark V tanks, one Male, one Female, both carrying soldiers, move over open countr...
The town is shown from a distance, then in close-up. The suburbs are burnt out and deserted. The main square is relatively undamaged. The collegiate church and the Church of Saint Martin show consider...
The canals running through the town are undamaged but the main girder bridge has been brought down. British soldiers of II Corps wait in the main square.Civilians watch while the British, of 40th Divi...
The map, in stop-frame action, shows the German invasion of France and Belgium in 1914, followed by a more detailed version of the Allied advance to victory between July and November 1918. The Allied ...
The body of Marshal Foch lies in state at the Invalides. King Albert of Belgium and then a crowd of people file past to pay their last respects. For the procession the streets are lined with soldiers....
(Reel 1) It is 1914 and the outbreak of the war. Mr Smith, a prosperous businessman, is starting to lose staff who have volunteered for the Army and he refuses women replacements. He also prevents his...
Medium shot of Thornycroft V Class destroyer steaming at speed. Medium long shot off port quarter of two battleships - the nearest is HMS Canada preceded by an Iron Duke flying a kite balloon. Long sh...
(Reel 1) Opening pan across fleet anchorage (note HMS Neptune). The King is seen onboard a succession of battleships, watching marchpasts of the crews - HMS Queen Elizabeth (Colossus Class in backgrou...
Die Kommunalisierung, Der Kinematograph, 672, (1919), S. 32-33. Plädoyer gegen die Pläne der Verstaatlichung aller Kinos. Die Verstaatlichung schade nur dem Staat, blähe die Bürokratie unnötig au...
Warstat, W.. „Kino und Schule. Von Prof. Dr. A. Sellmann.“ Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie III,5 (1913/1914): 116-117. Der Rezensent sieht die Verwendung von Filmen...
Kriegsecho in der Kinomusik, Der Kinematograph, 411, (1914), S. 18-19. Bericht über die musikalische Untermalung von Kriegsaufnahmen durch die Kinoorchester, die oft als störend empfunden würden.
R.Genenncher, Der Aufklärungsfilm, Der Kinematograph, 669, (1919), S. 16. Der Aufklärungsfilm habe seine Hochzeit hinter sich. Dem eigentlich hohen und lobenswerten Anliegen des Genres habe es gesch...
Felix, F.. „Die Kinematographie der Töne.“ Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie III, 3/4 (1913/1914): 78-79. Meldung über erste Versuche, Film-und Tonaufnahmen zu sync...