First snow on the front-line. Christmas gifts for the Unknown Soldier. Fire destroys bank notes: it’s wiser to put them in the bank. Women practising fencing.
A recording of 'variations' from Cinderella, performed by The Scottish Ballet. The location of the performance is unknown, but the date on the tape is given as 28 July 1980.
Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy-Aosta, Second Duke of Aosta, visits the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and lays a wreath at the war memorial.
The film emphasises the pre-war uniqueness of Britain, rich, insular, with a strong trading position and a free democracy united under the constitutional monarchy. The only pre-war violence comes in t...
Preserved part of the film, filmed on Trupalsko field near Nis, is composed of only several frames – Prince Arsen Karadjordjevic watches the onrush of the Serbian Calvary; military trumpet player an...
The battlefield forms part of the British reserve line, and is still under intermittent German shellfire. The British assembly trenches, one with a very clean white cross "To An Unknown British Hero" ...
Footage of postwar life in Europe: the streets of Munich in Ruin, the post-WWII displaced persons’ camps, Dachau Concentration Camp in Germany, American soldiers, JDC (aka Joint) officials, Jewish r...
A young man, Allan Gray, arrives at a countryside inn. At the very same evening an unknown man pays him a visit and asks him for help to save a young girl who is in great danger. As it turns out the g...
On the set of “A Short Film About Killing” (1987), dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski. Film crew at work on set. From left: unknown person, first assistant camera Henryk Jedynak, cinematographer Sławomir...
On the set of “Short Working Day” (1981), dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski. From left: unknown person and actor Tadeusz Bartosik. Photo: Romuald Pieńkowski, black and white negative, 35 mm format
On the set of “Short Working Day” (1981), dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski. From left: unknown person, actor Tadeusz Bartosik and assistant director Teresa Violetta Buhl. Photo: Romuald Pieńkowski, bla...
Film still from “Personnel” (1976), dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski. From left: unknown person, actors Włodzimierz Boruński and Juliusz Machulski. Photo: Stefan Kurzyp, black and white negative, 6x6 ...
Film still from “Personnel” (1976), dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski. From left: unknown person and actor Włodzimierz Boruński. Photo: Stefan Kurzyp, black and white negative, 6x6 format
On the set of “Personnel” (1975), dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski. From left: unknown person and the director. Photo: Stefan Kurzyp, color negative, 35 mm format
On the set of “Personnel” (1975), dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski. From left: actor Tomasz Lengren, director Krzysztof Kieślowski and an unknown person. Photo: Stefan Kurzyp, color negative, 35 mm for...
Film still from “The Scar” (1976), dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski. From left: unknown person and actor Franciszek Pieczka. Photo: Romuald Pieńkowski, transparency 6x6 format
Commentary on the film and its subject matter (the tribute to Unknown Soldiers lost in World War I).
Notes on 2 documentary films portraying the countrywide tributes to the Unknown Soldiers lost in World War I.