Young Espen has been wrongfully accused of a theft at school. Worried that no one will believe him, he runs away from home, boards a ship and experiences many adventures. When he later escapes the clu...
Young hairdresser Elisabeth Borg wins the lottery and treats herself to an Easter holiday at a mountain resort. Here she is subjected to the advances of a sly deadbeat, but is rescued by-and becomes e...
An uproarious comic, in which a novel duel by shrapnel is seen, the shells being strapped on the back of each combatant and hammers provided. The two have a most exciting time. Some clever trick...
The film shows a beautiful Winter's day in Nordmarka outside Oslo where people take the tram to the forest to go skiing and sledging.
From the centennial of the Norwegian constitution at Eidsvoll in 1914. King Haakon, Queen Maud and Crown Prince Olav are present.
In January 1916 there was a great fire in Bergen, where almost 400 buildings burned down and 2700 people lost their homes. The film shows the clean-up of the ruins.
Newsreel in three parts: a football match with female players, the autumn fashion from Paris, and the favourite sport of cowboys, which seems to be gymnastics.
Giuseppe Garibaldi was in America when he met and married Anita Ribeira. In 1848 Garibaldi decided to go back to Italy where war was imminent, and Anita followed him. In the fighting at Vascello...
Various clips from Oslo 1912-14. The opening of the 100th Anniversary Exhibition, May 15, 1914, with people waiting to get in. Market stalls and trade in Oslo city centre. The departure of one of The ...
Two events in the city of Kristiansand around 1918: A rich Norwegian emigrant returns from America, and a memorial for sailors killed in World War I is unveiled.
A patriotic film tinged with humor and sentimentalism. Stock footage (the crowded town, the departure of warships) and reconstructed war scenes in the desert are part of the second half about th...
Špilberk is a picturesque castle dominating the modern city of Brno (Czech Republic). Over the course of time it has been a fortress, prison, museum and a place for torture. During the Inquisit...
The documentary reconstructs World War I through the letters of fighting soldiers. Both the situations in Italy and in other warring nations are taken into consideration.
Baldevin and Simen become friends while at sea, only to go their separate ways. Many years later, Simen is married to a wealthy widow. When Baldevin arrives in town, Simen seeks to ensure his friend's...
The film reviews the history and art of Vienna and the empire of which it was the capital for centuries, ending with a vision of the contemporary city.
The documentary makes use of different testimonies of Art Nouveau, from a brief, initial summary of the artistic movement, to an interview with a person (Sergio Tofano) who lived during that era...
The melancholy story of a juvenile love in the early twentieth century Turin: the student Mario meets and gets engaged to the seamstress Dorina, his landlady’s daughter. A beautiful and bored lady d...
Bedrijfsfilm van Machine- en motorenfabriek v/h Thomassen & Co. De film toont hoe zware machines gemaakt worden.
Jan werkt bij een aardewerkfabriek en is op zoek naar het geheim van het oud Delfts glazuur. Zijn zoektocht wordt echter verstoord door het overlijden van zijn baas waarvoor hij ten onrechte verantwoo...
The melancholy story of a juvenile love in the early twentieth century Turin: the student Mario meets and gets engaged to the seamstress Dorina, his landlady’s daughter. A beautiful and bored lady d...
1. Intertitle: Filmed by the German „Lichtbild“ company, inc., Berlin SW 19, in the factories of the Fessler (Pforzheim) Brothers, Pforzheim. 2. Intertitle: The Fessler belt is a belt made of roll...
Newsreels from 1914 to 1934: Blizzard and snow clearing at Finse in 1916, a new swimming pool opens in Oslo in 1920, solar eclipse in 1927, flod in Lillestrøm in 1927, and finally the celebration in...
'ALLENBY WANTED IN CAIRO: Conqueror of Palestine who was called to Peace Conference in Paris and had to rush back to Cairo'. Brief close-up of Allenby, in uniform, posing for the camera.
Short fr...
Unedited footage. Incomplet. The departure of the Infantry Regiment of Chaves’ towards the train station to depart to Lisbon and further embarkment to Angola.