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....
Wide shot of a hospital corridor. Nurse Tonička (actress: Truda Grosslichtová) stands in the middle of the corridor clasping hands with Corporal Bartoněk (actor: Jiří Vondrovič), whose other arm...
Medium shot of several men sitting around a table with a half loaf of bread and a carafe of water. On the left sits Sakař (actor: Jindřich Plachta) with a bandaged neck. To the right sit Vyskočil (...
Wide shot of a corridor. Standing in front of the door to Dr. Šrámek's office are Nurse Mathilde (actress: Adina Mandlová) and Rjepkin (actor: Vladimír Borský) flanked by Austrian military guards...
View of an office. A colonel of the Austrian army (actor: Jaroslav Marvan) and Dr. Šrámek (actor: František Smolík) are standing at a desk. Behind Šrámek are two military guards (on the right, a...
Wide shot of an office. Dr. Šrámek (actor: František Smolík) is sitting at a desk and pointing at another doctor standing on the opposite side of the desk. Rjepkin (actor: Vladimír Borský) is st...
Wide shot of a corridor and a door with a sign indicating "MUDr. Fr. Šrámek." Standing in front of the door are nurse Mathilde (actress: Adina Mandlová), First Lieutenant Liška (actor: František ...
Lieutenant Rjepkin (actor: Vladimír Borský) is lying on a hospital bed in the foreground. Three figures are standing over him: Nurse Mathilde (actor: Adina Mandlová) on the left, and doctors Šrám...
View of a hospital room. In the centre of the image, cadet Severa (actor: Stanislav Strnad) is lying on a bed and hugging his mother (actress: Marie Ptáková), who is sitting next to him. Rjepkin is ...
Staat und Kino, Der Kinematograph, 514, (1916), S. 11-12. Erörterung der Idee, der Staat könne die Filmproduktion in seine Hände nehmen. Als Beispiel wird die Eisenbahn genommen, die auch zunächst...
Ludwig Brauner, Die kommende Geschmackswandlung, Der Kinematograph, 593, (1918), S. 15-16. Erörterung des Publikumsgeschmacks. Gegenwärtig sei vor allem Ablenkung vom Kriegsalltag gefragt, jedoch li...
"'Um das grosse Erbe'. Aufhebung eines Filmverbots", Der Kinematograph, 549, (1917), S. 11-14.
Universum Filmverleih, Söhne des Volkes, Der Kinematograph, 620, (1918), S. 3. "Der bisher unter dem Titel 'König des Lichts' angekündigte Film...der neue Film für die neue Zeit"
Neuheiten auf dem Berliner Filmmarkte, Der Kinematograph, 550, (1917), S. 15-17. Rezension aktueller Filme. Interessant ist, dass die russische Gesellschaft filmisch thematisiert wird. Karl Schneider,...
Arthur Loening, Ein Friedensfilm, Lichtbildbühne, 50, (1918), S. 40 & 56. Der Film greife die aktuelle Sehnsucht nach Frieden auf. Wie aber der Westfälische Frieden einen Machtzuwachs für Frankreic...
Deutsche Lichtbild Gesellschaft e.V., Der Friedensreiter, Der Kinematograph, 618, (1918), S.22-23.
Der deutsche Film für das Ausland, Der Kinematograph, 620, (1918). Es sei Aufgabe der deutschen Filmindustrie, den negativen Vorstellungen über Deutschland, die im Ausland im Krieg verbreitet worden...