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...
Czechoslovak volunteers on a gun carriage of a long-range cannon during the battle of Terron.
Czechoslovak volunteers on a gun carriage of a long-range cannon during the battle of Terron.
Czechoslovak volunteers on a gun carriage of a long-range cannon during the battle of Terron.
A soldier on anti-gas overall during the battle of Terron.
Czechoslovak volunteers on trucks during the battle of Terron.
Intelligence service of Czechoslovak volunteers on French battlefield.
An oath of legion Nazdar in Bayonne.
Ceremonial blessing of the flag of Czech legion (28th September 1914) in Kiev.
O. Verf.. "Kinematographische Landesreklame." Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie III,6 (1913/1914): 150. In Italien werde der Film als Werbemittel zur Ankurbelung des Tour...
Berthold Baer, Wie lange noch ?, Der Kinematograph, 415, (1914), S. 21-22 Klage über einseitig deutschenfeindliche Kriegsberichterstattung in amerikanischen Kinos. Forderung nach deutschen Aufnahmen,...
Mit der Kamera in der Schlachtfront.“ Der Kinematograph 397 (1914): 7. Werbeanzeige, die die Bedeutung der Filmaufnahmen gerade angesichts des drohenden Krieges hervorhebt.
Hellwig, Albert. „Die Plakatzensur in Preussen.“ Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie III,5 (1913/1914): 104-106. Rekapitulierung der Rechtslage zu Filmplakaten.
O. Verf.. „Mars regiert die Stunde.“ Der Kinematograph 397 (1914): 5-8. Aufruf an die Kinoindustrie, sich angesichts des Krieges in die Dienste des Vaterlandes zu stellen. Vorschlag, möglichst ak...
Hermann Häfker, Berliner Höhe, Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie, IV,6, (1914/1915), S. 127-129. Das Kino sei auf einem Tiefpunkt angelangt. Kriegsfilme wie der besproc...