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....
Hermann Häfker, Kinematographie und Krieg, Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie, IV,1, (1914/1915), S. 1-3. Der Krieg sei der Sache der Kinoreform förderlich, weil die aus...
Waldner, Dagmar. "Kino und Wahlagitation." Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie III,7 (1913/1914): 174. Bericht über den Einsatz des Films, um die Wähler über die Notwend...
Große Protest-Versammlung, Der Kinematograph, 678, (1920), S. 3. Aufruf zu einer Protestveranstaltung gegen die Verstaatlichung der Kinos.
Kurbelmann im Kriegsdienst, Der Kinematograph, 436, (1915), S. 21-24. Aus der Wiener Arbeiter-Zeitung zitierter Bericht über die Erlebnisse eines Kriegsfilmers.
Rennert, Malwine. „Gabriele d'Annunzio als Filmdichter.“ Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie, III, 9/10 (1913/1914): 210-213. Rennert lobt den Film über alle Maßen, w...
O. Verf.. „Ein Kinematographengesetz in Württemberg.“ Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie, III, 3/4 (1913/1914): 73. Jeder Film, der öffentlich vorgeführt werde, mü...