Romantic adventure film in which Betty, who dreams about pirates, and her father, a gullible professor, are tricked by a bunch of real pirates. They are rescued by a young man who has a crush on Betty...
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 ...
A camel train approaches and enters the city. A panorama of the city taken from the sea. Tiffin (compressed camel or horse fodder) being unloaded from ships lying out to sea by surf boats. The men wor...
Russian melodrama about the heroic deeds of a woman during the First World War.
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...
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.
An unidentified news report about various aspects of the First World War. Great emphasis is being placed on the British Army and the recruitment of soldiers.
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...
Animation film by Dusan Vukotic, one of the major Croatian animators and co-founder of Zagreb Film. A charming story about an old magician and all sorts of magic creatures that end up in the world of ...
Ralph and Edith Norton, two Protestant missionaries from Philadelphia, came to Britain for a period of three years to provide assistance to refugees and wounded Belgian soldiers from the war zone. Mon...
The film shows a beautiful Winter's day in Nordmarka outside Oslo where people take the tram to the forest to go skiing and sledging.
From the centennial of the Norwegian constitution at Eidsvoll in 1914. King Haakon, Queen Maud and Crown Prince Olav are present.
In January 1916 there was a great fire in Bergen, where almost 400 buildings burned down and 2700 people lost their homes. The film shows the clean-up of the ruins.
Newsreel in three parts: a football match with female players, the autumn fashion from Paris, and the favourite sport of cowboys, which seems to be gymnastics.
From the celebration of the Norwegian national day, the 17th of May, in the capital Kristiania, later named Oslo. The day is celebrated traditionally with choral singing, brass bands and children's ...
Giuseppe Garibaldi was in America when he met and married Anita Ribeira. In 1848 Garibaldi decided to go back to Italy where war was imminent, and Anita followed him. In the fighting at Vascello...
Comedy about soldier Tontolini who keeps his money in the sheath of his sword. When he wants to pay, and therefore pulls his sword, the police is called. Subsequently the misunderstanding is cleared u...
Drama in which Hélène, the owner of a large company, looses her memory and is taken in a working class family. She starts to work in her own factory, to find out that her employees are working under...