A collection of fragments of British and Australian aviation film of the First World War period.
Subtitled "The work of the Department of the Director General Voluntary Organisations including the Camps Library". Introductory shot of the Director General Sir Edward Ward seated in his office in Sc...
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...
Four reels of very jumbled material, mainly out-of-focus or of poor quality. The first reel is mainly of fragments from the Western Front 1916-1918 taken by British official cameramen, the remainder f...
The film appears to be of the intervention in North Russia, but varies in quality from slightly out of focus to completely blurred.
Blurred and unviewable film of the British intervention in Nort...
The regiments are as follows. The Civil Service Rifles (a battalion of the Royal Fusiliers). The London Scottish (1/14th Battalion, the London Regiment). Pipers of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlander...
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 ...
Mother of Jiří Voldán (actress: Marie Ptáková) between two policemen in uniforms. Behind her stands secret policeman.
A group of civilians and policemen. In the middle stands infantryman Kubík (actor: Václav Kubásek) on suit. Next to Kubík stands a woman on skirt and shawl.
Medium close-up of Nurse Mathilde (actress: Adina Mandlová), Lieutenant Rjepkin (actor: Vladimír Borský) in uniform, and his wife Lída (actress: Marie Rosůlková). The women are looking at each o...
Panorama of the city of Brno (one of the film's settings) with the cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul on the horizon.
Panorama of the city of Brno (one of the film's settings) with a railway station in the foreground and the top of Špilberk castle on the horizon. The cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul protrudes up o...
View of a doctor's office. Dr. Šrámek (actor: František Smolík) sits at a desk and Dr. Klíma (actor: Karel Veverka) sits opposite him with the newspaper Národní politika in his hand. On the des...
Wide shot of a standing train occupied by Russian officers and regular soldiers. A group of Austrian soldiers stands in front of the train. Several of them are wearing armbands of the Red Cross.
Medium shot of an operating room. Dr. Šrámek (actor: František Smolík) stands on the left with a syringe in his hand. Next to him are Dr. Klíma (actor: Karel Veverka) and Nurse Tonička (actress:...
Stern-Film, Alkohol, Lichtbildbühne, 49, (1918), S. 69.
O. Verf.. „Der Mangel an Aktualitäten.“ Der Kinematograph 400 (1914): 3-4. Artikel, der den Mangel an aktuellen Aufnahmen aus dem Krieg beklagt. Der Krieg sei die richtige Gelegenheit für die Pr...
Elster, Alexander. "Kinogewerbe und Kinokunst." Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie III,7 (1913/1914): 172-173. Die wirtschaftliche Lage des Kinogewerbes verhindere eine k...
Die Verfilmung von Königlichen Lazarettbesuchen in der "Eiko-Woche", Der Kinematograph, 441, (1915), S. 10. Bericht über die Absicht de Eiko-Woche, nicht nur Kämpfe zu filmen, sondern auch das mili...
Das neue Filmzensurgesetz, Der Kinematograph, 692/93, (1920), S. 15-17. Bericht über das am 15.4.1920 erlassene Filmzensurgesetz. Das Erlassen des Gesetzes bedeute einen schwarzen Tag für die deutsc...
Englische Beobachtungen im Berliner Kino, Der Kinematograph, 421, (1915), S. 27. Bericht, der aus der Londoner "Daily Mail" zitiert wird und die Eindrücke eines englischen Reporters von einer Wochens...