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...
Hammering nails into flagpole of Czech legion and ceremonial blessing of the flag (28th September 1914) in Kiev.
Ceremonial blessing of the flag (28th September 1914) of Czech legion in Kiev.
Wide shot of an office. Standing from left to right are: Dr. Šrámek (actor: František Smolík), an Austrian colonel (actor: Jaroslav Marvan), a military guard, Lieutenant Rjepkin (actor: Vladimír ...
Wide shot of an officer. Lieutenant Rjepkin (actor: Vladimír Borský) is standing on the left. Dr. (actor: František Smolík) is standing behind a desk on the right with his back to Rjepkin. An Aust...
Wide shot of a corridor. Corporal Bartoněk (actor: Jiří Vondrovič) is standing on the right with an arm in a cast and bandaged eyes. Infantryman Tlamicha (actor: Theodor Pištěk) is standing next...
First Lieutenant Liška (actor: František Kreuzmann) is lying on a hospital bed with his leg in a cast and smoking. An Austrian officer is sitting to the right of him and peeling something. In the ba...
O. Verf.. "Kino und Schule." Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie III,6 (1913/1914): 150. Der Kinoausschuss für Berliner Schulen habe seine Arbeit aufgenommen und veranstal...
Will Scheller, Über den Einfluss des Krieges auf die Filmkunst in Deutschland, Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie, IV,10, (1914/1915), S. 197-200. Der Krieg habe die Film...
R. Genenncher, Der Film als Agitationsmittel, Der Kinematograph, 628, (1919), S. 7-8. Der Gebrauch des Films zur Propagierung politischer Ansichten sei an und für sich eine Vergewaltigung der Kunst. ...