The Higher Invention Committee watches a Renault tank, armed with a 75mm gun, navigate rough terrain. Jules-Louis Breton gets to sit in the tank beside a soldier in charge of handling the gun;
The Higher Invention Committee tests the solidity of the manganese helmets thought up by Doctor Pollack.
In 1917, during World War I, rationing forces Parisians to wait in line to get coal, while the winter is particularly harsh.
Jean and Suzette, two orphans, are raised by the inn-keeper Frantz Hobscher who mistreats them. When World War I is declared, the imperial authorities order Hobscher to trick spies into thinking he's ...
Parade of French and allied troops under the Arc de triomphe and on the Champs-Élysées. The signing of the Treaty of Versailles: delegations arriving by car, a crowd on the terrace, troops on the Ch...
Troop movements by bike, horseback, and foot as the maneuver warfare begins again. Cannons are shooting despite a fire. A convoy of trucks and troops advances toward the lines. Shots are fired by a 75...
A woman learns, by letter, that her husband has died gloriously on the battlefield, struck by an enemy bullet while filming news footage on the front. As she weeps and worries about the future of her ...
After having created laws on practicing physical culture, the government, in collaboration with the American Committee, brings in American experts who adapt their principles to the French system. In J...
Medium shot of Lieutenant Rjepkin (actor: Vladimír Borský) and Nurse Mathilde (actress: Adina Mandlová) standing in a small room. The nurse is in uniform and holds the button on Rjepkin's coat. In ...
Medium shot of three privates: Tlamicha (actor: Theodor Pištěk), yawning Sakař (actor: Jindřich Plachta), and smiling Vyskočil (actor: Břetislav Hrstka).
Medium close-up of the wounded Corporal Bartoněk (actor: Jiří Vondrovič) with bandaged eyes and an arm in a cast with Nurse Tonička (actress: Truda Grosslichtová, in profile).
Medium shot of an operating room. Standing around the lying patient are Dr. Klíma (actor: Karel Veverka), a nurse (actress: Míla Mellanová), Dr. Šrámek (actor: František Smolík), and another nu...
Wide shot of a hospital corridor with Dr. Šrámek (actor: František Smolík), nurse Mathilde (actress: Adina Mandlová), and Lieutenant Rjepkin (actor: Vladimír Borský). Other patients can be seen...
Wide shot of a hospital room during doctor's rounds. In the centre, a Muslim patient in a robe and with a fez on his head sits on a bed. To the left of him stands a group of five doctors with doctors ...
Wide shot of men sitting at a table in a hospital room. Sakař (actor: Jindřich Plachta) is standing at the head of the table with raised arms, speaking to the group. Sitting to the left of him is Vy...
Wide shot depicting the activity in front of a stopped train. Combat medics are carrying Lieutenant Rjepkin (actor: Vladimír Borský) from the train on a stretcher; Rjepkin is covered with a blanket....
Dr. Weiser, Der Ernemann-Kinox im Felde, Der Kinematograph, 438, (1915), S. 21. Bericht über die Eröffnung eines Feldkinos. Beigefügt ist ein Bild des Kinos mit seinen Besuchern. Der Verfasser kün...
O. Verf.. "Das Kinoplakat." Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie III, 3/4 (1913/1914): 70. Meldung über die zunehmende Hebung des Niveaus von Kinoplakaten. Statt auf grelle...
L. B., Berliner Filmneuheiten, Der Kinematograph, 686, (1920), S. 21-22. "Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari" wird als bahnbrechendes Werk beschrieben, dass beweise, wozu die Filmkunst imstande sei. "Der Re...
Neuheiten auf dem Berliner Filmmarkte, Der Kinematograph, 416, (1914), S. 19-20. Rezension der Kinoneuerscheinungen. Die Zahl der rezensierten Unterhaltungsfilme (in denen Soldaten zwar dargestellt we...
O. Verf.. „Das Programm in Kriegszeiten.“ Der Kinematograph 405 (1914): 8. Obwohl viele Kinos geschlossen hätten, würden die Besucherzahlen in den Kinos immer weiter zunehmen. Dies sei insbesond...
Rosenthal, Alfred. „Kinovorstellungen in Vereinen.“ Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie III,8 (1913/1914): 198-200. Ratgeber mit Vorschlägen, wie Filmvorführungen in ...
Spectator. "Der heutige Stand der Kinoreform." Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie III, 3/4 (1913/ 1914): 49-56. Der Autor warnt vor den Gefahren, die vom Kino ausgingen un...