A Bristol Fighter of 4 Squadron RAF spots two 'enemy' Whippet tanks taking up position to halt the advance of 1st (Guards) Brigade, 1st Division. Oblivious of this, the Guards move towards their objec...
Four officers round a planning table decide on the offensive. A regimental colonel receives his orders outside his dugout. The bombardment starts, from rifle grenades, 58mm Crapouillot mortars, 105mm ...
Anzac Beach in July 1915 (not "May, a month after the landing". See Notes - Summary). Men of the ANZAC Corps help build Watson's Pier. Further up the beach, caves and shelters have been dug into the h...
The inmates are all women, at least some permanently invalided. They work at tables with paints and paper making the flowers.Columns of Austro-Hungarian prisoners of war march, escorted by Russian hor...
First, the arrival by car and carriage of the various mourners at the west door of Sankt Stefan's Cathedral. Recognisable among the dignitaries arriving are Archduke Joseph, Archduke Friedrich, Archdu...
Soldiers start digging a trench system and wiring up the positions. Finned mortar bombs for a 58mm Crapouillot (?) are carried forward into a front-line trench and used to bombard the German positions...
The film starts with an order of the day, in French and Flemish, from King Albert to his soldiers dated 27th September, telling them that the time for the decisive attack has come. 75mm guns start the...
Kitchener, in civilian clothes, inspects a parade of Boy Scouts. Next he arrives by car in his blue Field Marshal's uniform to inspect a parade, probably of the London Regiment, outside the Guildhall....
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 Rohfilmsorge, Der Kinematograph, 456, (1915), S. 15. Bericht über die Auswirkungen des kriegsbedingten Rohstoffmangels auf die Filmindustrie.
Rheinische Filmgesellschaft , Aus eines Mannes Mädchenjahren, Der Kinematograph, 645, (1919), S. 5.
Rennert, Malwine. „"Schatten im Licht“, eine Schmähschrift gegen die Lichtbilderei M.Gladbach." Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie III,8 (1913/1914): 195-196. Rennert...
Schumacher, Carl. "Zur 'Kinodramatik'." Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie III, 3/4 (1913/1914): 63-64. Schumacher stellt die Abwesenheit von Dialogen als das Hauptproblem...
Der Soldat und das Kino, Der Kinematograph, 420, (1915), S. 11-12. In vielen Kinos würden Soldaten auf Heimaturlaub einen Großteil des Publikums bilden. Viele Kinobesitzer würden glauben, dass dies...