The young hothead Billy is drifting into a life of crime and has a violent quarrel with his girlfriend Nelly. The lay preacher John Redmond tells Billy his life's story. Many years before, he was a we...
On the staging and filming of a party on the allied armies in the WWI.
Napoleon is called up to the army, and says goodbye to Sally, and to the people in the film studio. He leaves. But Sally quickly chases after him, and together they arrive at "Fort Skiddoo". The chaot...
Between 28-30 December 1917, Padua suffered three air raids by Austrian aircraft. After the first, The Times of London reported:"December 29. : Yesterday evening at 9 p.m. enemy airmen, true to their...
Spanish writers and personalities devoted to their hobbies: reading, walking, painting or visiting a museum.
Documentary about the annual kermis and cattle-market in Anderlecht.
The film reviews the history and art of Vienna and the empire of which it was the capital for centuries, ending with a vision of the contemporary city.
The documentary makes use of different testimonies of Art Nouveau, from a brief, initial summary of the artistic movement, to an interview with a person (Sergio Tofano) who lived during that era...
A trip to Trieste and its surroundings following the tracks of three great writers: Scipio Slataper, Italo Svevo and Umberto Saba.
Images of Fiume (today Rijeka, Croatia) during the celebration of the city’s transfer to Italy at the end of the First World War. It begins with views of the city from the sea and of the port ...
In November 1917 there was a meeting in Kristiania (Oslo) with the three Scandinavian kings: Sweden's King Gustav, Denmark's King Christian, and Norway's King Haakon. The film shows the arrival of th...
A documentary about the life of the Alpine troops during winter: competitions on the snow have a military character. There are downhill, cross-country and relay races in addition to the sled eve...
Near the bridges of Valle di Maddaloni (near Caserta), a teacher reads an excerpt from G.C. Abba’s “Noterelle di uno dei Mille” to a group of children. The excerpt is about the battle of t...
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...
En frygtelig forbryder hærger byen dobbelt frygteligt, fordi han intet sted efterlader noget spor, der kan give politiet nogetsomhelst vink med hensyn til, hvem han er, hvordan han ser ud, eller hvor...
Faktuel film om dyrkning af den danske jord. Lidt om uddanelsen af landmanden. Landbruget er kun lidt mekanisk drevet, men hovedsageligt er redskaberne drevet af hesteforspand.Afslutningsvist ses for...
Johannes Wolfgang og hans hustru Helene lever i stor fattigdom. Han er violinbygger af profession, men skønt han - hjulpet af sin gamle far - slider i det fra morgen til aften, vil forretningen ikke ...
Syge- og ulykkesforsikringsagent Schwindelmeyer er en meget smart herre, og hans hustru, Fru Adelaide, står ikke tilbage for ham i smartness. Da Schwindelmeyer hurtig er bleven klar over, at det er e...
Inspektør Groot for tugthuset modtager svar på en ansøgning, han har indsendt til Justitsministeriet. Han er en ivrig repræsentant for den moderne straffepleje og har ansøgt ministeriet om tillad...
Det er i efteråret engang i 1800-tallet. Ejeren af gæstgiverstedet, Hotel "Paradis", i den lille by Kirchhausen, Heinrich Schultze, befinder sig i en meget trykket økonomisk situation, da han ikke ...