During World War I, a steam tractor is transporting howitzer munitions when it gets stuck in a muddy forest. The soldiers carry the shells the rest of the way, guided by railroad tracks.
Soldiers from the Russian army have set up an encampment and are eating on the outskirts of a forest, in thick snowfall. Near a village, cannons are fired. Men, women, and children, on their way into ...
May 1916. A large detachment of prisoners arrives at the Souilly (Meuse) camp. The detachment stands out, with prisoners from Alsace, Poland and Denmark. Featuring: A panorama of the camp and its wall...
After a panorama of the village of Fleury, a 75 mm battery takes some shots. An infantry makes headway in the countryside. Then, English generals inspect a battalion of chasseurs à pied (light infant...
During World War I, in Reval on November 10, 1915, Tsar Nicolas II inspects a submarine crew.
November 11, 1915, in Riga (?), Tsar Nicolas II inspects regiments of Siberian skirmishers who then march past the Emperor, performing a few acrobatics with their horses. At the end, the imperial fami...
In July 1916, the 1st corps of the colonial army is deployed and seizes an observation post from the Germans on the front at the Somme. The general has come to take stock of the cannons taken from the...
Raymond Poincaré visits Russia from July 13 to 23, 1914. Arriving in a yacht, the Tsar and Raymond Poincaré inspect the troops, greet the Empress, then attend a parade of artillery, Cossacks, and th...
On the set of “Personnel” (1975), dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski. Scene in the theater. From left: actors Andrzej Siedlecki, unknown person and Juliusz Machulski (standing). Photo: Stefan Kurzyp, blac...
Film still from “The Double Life of Veronique” (1991), dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski. From left: unknown person, actress Ir?ne Jacob in a singing scene at the Karol Szymanowski Philharmonic in Krakó...
On the set of “The Double Life of Veronique” (1991), dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski. From left: unknown person, actress Ir?ne Jacob and the director shoot a scene at the Karol Szymanowski Philharmonic...
On the set of “The Scar” (1976), dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski. From left: unknown person, actors Andrzej Skupień and Joanna Orzeszkowska, assistant director Krzysztof Wierzbicki and actor Jan Skotn...
On the set of “The Scar” (1976), dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski. From left: unknown person, cinematographer Sławomir Idziak and actor Franciszek Pieczka, center, facing forward. Photo: Stefan Kurzyp,...
On the set of “Personnel” (1975), dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski. Film crew at work on set. From left: crew members Mieczysław Sitarz, Ryszard Jaworski, Henryk Strzebiecki, an unknown person, directo...
Commentary on the film and its subject matter (the tribute to Unknown Soldiers lost in World War I).
Notes on 2 documentary films portraying the countrywide tributes to the Unknown Soldiers lost in World War I.