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....
Czechoslovak volunteers on a gun carriage of a long-range cannon during the battle of Terron.
Czechoslovak volunteers on a gun carriage of a long-range cannon during the battle of Terron.
Czechoslovak volunteers on a gun carriage of a long-range cannon during the battle of Terron.
A soldier on anti-gas overall during the battle of Terron.
Czechoslovak volunteers on trucks during the battle of Terron.
Intelligence service of Czechoslovak volunteers on French battlefield.
An oath of legion Nazdar in Bayonne.
Ceremonial blessing of the flag of Czech legion (28th September 1914) in Kiev.
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...