(Reel 1) Off the British coast, U-boat 32 attacks merchant ships. The German captain, Stackmeyer, is saluted by his Admiral, who warns that the blockade of Britain will be tightened; later, the U-boat...
This documentary puts together different moments of Pier Antonio Quarantotto Gambini’s poetic journey, pausing on the only work in verse by this writer from Trieste, “Racconto d'amore” (Lo...
News items West Flanders. Amongst others, a visit by King Baudouin to Nieuwpoort, West Flanders, laying wreaths at the statue of his grandfather King Albert I, shaking hands with veterans and speakin...
I. Newsreel item on a long mule train, with Indian Army drivers, in the deserts of Palestine, late 1917.II. Brief newsreel item on a long line of limbers and GS wagons making their way forward down a ...
I. French language version of a newsreel item on the funeral of Baron Manfred von Richthofen ('the Red Baron') at Bertangles, Western Front, 22nd April 1918. II. French language version of a newsreel ...
I. Newsreel item showing the remains of the Cloth Hall and water tower at Ypres, Western Front, March-April 1918. II. French language version of a newsreel item on the Earl of Scarborough inspecting 1...
I. Spanish language version of a newsreel item on King George V and Queen Mary visiting wounded survivors of the Zeebrugge raid, probably at Chatham, April 1918. II. Spanish language version of a news...
Mister Pijp is called up for a renewed service. Comical and romantic intrigues follow when his fianceé goes with him in disguise.
A trip to Trieste and its surroundings following the tracks of three great writers: Scipio Slataper, Italo Svevo and Umberto Saba.
Images of Fiume (today Rijeka, Croatia) during the celebration of the city’s transfer to Italy at the end of the First World War. It begins with views of the city from the sea and of the port ...
A documentary about the life of the Alpine troops during winter: competitions on the snow have a military character. There are downhill, cross-country and relay races in addition to the sled eve...
Near the bridges of Valle di Maddaloni (near Caserta), a teacher reads an excerpt from G.C. Abba’s “Noterelle di uno dei Mille” to a group of children. The excerpt is about the battle of t...
Documentary about the town of Amerongen 'Amerongen: a previously unknown Dutch village, but since 1919 ... a famous royal resort'. With this text, filmmaker Willy Mullens begins this short promotional...
Bassano (province of Vicenza, Veneto) is a small city famous for its bridge, alpine soldiers, grappa and Monte Grappa. It is an architectural gem: towers, palaces, frescoes, streets with old-fas...
An evening at winter’s end: in Veneto, in the countryside of Treviso (in Zero Branco) the farmers have prepared bonfires for the feast of bread and wine, a propitiatory rite for a good year. T...
An investigation of Africans who have permanently settled in Italy: an Afro-Italian who participated as a lieutenant colonel in the first Italian invasion of Africa; an Ethiopian marshal who liv...
The past recaptured by Aldo Palazzeschi. The moody and sardonic spirit of his early youth, ironic comments about experiences with "crepuscolarism" and "futurism". His poetry carefully captures w...
From private wedding festivities at a wooden villa in the city of Fredikstad.
A commercial for Rex Margarine with the Greek philosopher Diogenes as the main character.
Just outside the old city walls of Rome, we find a mass of washed-out houses and bumpy streets arranged in a geometrical pattern that makes them anonymous and depersonalized. The documentary fil...
Emperor Wilhelm II and empress Victoria of Germany on horses, escorted by horsemen, on their way to a parade at the Tempelhoferfeld in Berlin.
The first Norwegian film with international ambitions, Thin Ice is a story of young love, corporate ambition, and a daring nighttime caper. Tom, a strapping young student, gets his dream job as an adv...
From 1891 to 1945, a popular form of iconography thrived next to the official one documenting Italy’s political and social life. This alternative iconography can be found in humorous and satir...
Barbarians outside: yesterday as today. Who have centuries of civilization gone by for? Not even appearance has altered the Norman in his barbarism. This great work from the Ambrosio hotbed admi...