A collection of fragments of British and Australian aviation film of the First World War period.
Subtitled "The work of the Department of the Director General Voluntary Organisations including the Camps Library". Introductory shot of the Director General Sir Edward Ward seated in his office in Sc...
VICTORY - GOD BLESS THE BRITISH ARMY THAT HAS SAVED OUR HOMES AND OUR ALL!: Stock footage of mortar launcher, bi-plane, and tanks. AND OUR INDOMITABLE SONS OF THE SEA WHO HAVE SAVED US AND OUR ALLIES ...
The assembly groups the films into episodes as follows: (Reel 1) Salonika, the voyage to Egypt, the ceremony of the drums, the aeroplane flight; (Reel 2) the horse show, scenes at a 'cactus patch' loc...
Four reels of very jumbled material, mainly out-of-focus or of poor quality. The first reel is mainly of fragments from the Western Front 1916-1918 taken by British official cameramen, the remainder f...
The film appears to be of the intervention in North Russia, but varies in quality from slightly out of focus to completely blurred.
Blurred and unviewable film of the British intervention in Nort...
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 ...
Czechoslovak volunteers on a small station in Siberia.
Czechoslovak volunteers on a small station in Siberia.
Czechoslovak volunteer on the hay wagon at the train station in Siberia.
A train with cattle arrives at the slaughterhouse in Prague.
Unloading of pigs from train at slaughterhouse in Prague.
Inhabitans of Prague on the way to reclaim food.
Food reclaim with the use of food stamps.
Controlled distribution of food.
Gefahren bei der Aufnahme von Schlachtenfilms, Der Kinematograph, 443, (1915), S. 19. Die Annahme, dass viele Kriegsaufnahmen gestellt seien, sei unzutreffend. So sei einem Kameramann der Firma Messte...
Dr. N. Hansen, Der Film im Dienste der Gesundheit und Sicherheit des amerikanischen Volkes, Der Kinematograph, 645, (1919). Bericht über den großangelegten Einsatz der Filmtechnik in den USA.
Die Liquidation der "Bufa", Lichtbildbühne, 50, (1918), S. 9-10. Reportage anlässlich der geplanten Auflösung des Bild-und Filmamtes. Zusammenfassung ihrer Leistung, die mit ihrem Gründer verglich...