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...
Documentary in two parts about Amsterdam's ports Documentary about the activities in Amsterdam's ports. We see images of shipbuilding, of the shipping traffic on the IJ and the Amstel, and the transfe...
In preparion for war, German and French ships and hydroplanes are launched in Wilhelmshaven and Lorient. The war technology is depicted in an objective and proud manner, which today seems in stark con...
Spendid shots of the famous waterfalls filmed on the Canadian side and distributed at the time by the Belgian Cingraphique University, founded in 1926 and specialised in the distribution of documentar...
Melodrama, about a father and son sharing the love for the same charming girl. A dramatic night storm leads to jealousy and loss of honor.
Spanish writers and personalities devoted to their hobbies: reading, walking, painting or visiting a museum.
Melodrama about presumed adultery, jealousy and honour.
The film shows images from Rjukan and the surrounding area. We see narrow roads and sharp curves, the famous waterfall and the power plant, construction and industry, mountain dairy farming and reinde...
The Danish film journal FILMEN was published in the period 1912-1919 (24 issues per year). First published under the name "A/S Kinografen", then from 1913 under the name "Association of Cinema Theatre...
In montagna, davanti a un monumento ai caduti, si svolge una cerimonia degli alpini in cui le reclute (i “bocia”) rendono omaggio ai “veci” (reduci e caduti della prima guerra mondiale)....
Un maestro legge ai suoi allievi, seduti sotto i ponti della valle di Maddaloni (Caserta), alcuni passi tratti dalle “Noterelle d'uno dei Mille” di Giuseppe Cesare Abba. Quindi, attraverso m...
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 è famosa per il ponte, gli alpini e il monte Grappa, ma anche architettonicamente è un gioiello con le sue torri, i palazzi, gli affreschi. Qui la vita scorre tranquilla fra una partit...
L’arte dello scrittore Giovanni Comisso (Treviso 1895 - 1969) e il legame con la sua terra. È una notte di fine inverno del 1967, nella campagna trevigiana: i contadini preparano i falò per ...
Indagine su alcune persone originarie dell’Africa Orientale che vivono stabilmente in Italia: si rievoca il retroterra storico (il colonialismo fascista) e si sottolineano le ipocrisie nei lor...
Baron Felix and Madame Vera Wadjevska, a pair of con artists, have gotten their hands on a manor in Oslo, after stealing the deceased owner's identity papers while abroad. The dead man's nephew, Helge...
Il documentario è dedicato alle poesie patriottiche di Luigi Mercantini - “la spigolatrice di Sapri” e “l'inno a Garibaldi” - e agli episodi risorgimentali cui queste opere sono legate,...