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 ...
An Austrian soldier in underwear, three Russian soldiers around him.
Reunion of families after war. In the middle stand Tomeš, Janda and Bárta in uniforms of volunteers. Women sit behind and sons talk with fathers.
Volunteer Bárta (laborer) encounters his wife.
Volunteer Janda (smith) in Italian uniform encounters his family after the end of the war.
Janda´s son in the apron and volunteer Janda in Italian uniform.
From the left: Volunteer Bárta in French uniform, volunteer Janda in Italian uniform.
Tomeš encounters his wife and son after the return from the war. Tomeš hugs his son. His wife stands nearby and smiles at Janda and Bárta.
From the left: Tomeš (Russian uniform), Bárta (French uniform) and Janda (Italian uniform). Volunteers rest during their coming home.
Die Kommunalisierung, Der Kinematograph, 672, (1919), S. 32-33. Plädoyer gegen die Pläne der Verstaatlichung aller Kinos. Die Verstaatlichung schade nur dem Staat, blähe die Bürokratie unnötig au...
Warstat, W.. „Kino und Schule. Von Prof. Dr. A. Sellmann.“ Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie III,5 (1913/1914): 116-117. Der Rezensent sieht die Verwendung von Filmen...
Kriegsecho in der Kinomusik, Der Kinematograph, 411, (1914), S. 18-19. Bericht über die musikalische Untermalung von Kriegsaufnahmen durch die Kinoorchester, die oft als störend empfunden würden.
R.Genenncher, Der Aufklärungsfilm, Der Kinematograph, 669, (1919), S. 16. Der Aufklärungsfilm habe seine Hochzeit hinter sich. Dem eigentlich hohen und lobenswerten Anliegen des Genres habe es gesch...
Felix, F.. „Die Kinematographie der Töne.“ Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie III, 3/4 (1913/1914): 78-79. Meldung über erste Versuche, Film-und Tonaufnahmen zu sync...