The stage-like set is the interior of an eighteenth century drawing room (note the placard "Lumière" on the right). A wizard mixes and pours powders into a bowl on a pedestal. This changes into a hun...
This film shows the construction of a big concrete dam in as part of a water power plant in Tunhovd and Nore in Norway.
The film shows the launching of a ship made of armoured concrete at Porsgrunds cementstøperi AS. The ship is launced with the keel turning upwards and turned when it is sea-borne. This event attracts...
Misdaaddrama waarin Minnie's verleden haar achterhaalt. Ze ontvlucht Jim om aan zijn slechte invloed te ontkomen. Jim schiet bij een inbraak een man neer en eist dat Minnie hem helpt vluchten. De man ...
Sociaal drama waarin Mario de schuld op zich neemt van de fraude van zijn aanstaande schoonvader. Hij wordt wegens goed gedrag eerder uit het tuchthuis (Eric County) vrijgelaten. Vervolgens reist hij ...
Na aankomst op het station wordt de burgemeester per koets naar het stadhuis gebracht. Verder beelden van het publiek op het plein, de fanfare in de muziektent en de versierde straten.
Komedie over bedriegen en bedrogen worden. De danseres Lena wint veel geld en vertrekt daarop naar een mondaine badplaats. Daar ontmoet ze de berooide kunstschilder Gustaaf. Beiden denken in elkaar ee...
Non-identified fragment of a documentary about Italian naval operations, showing a battleship, navy officers on the deck, a submarine charging torpedoes and a seaplane landing on the sea. It has no ti...
01 - Estero Rotative di giornali e titoli sugli avvenimenti che stanno sconvolgendo l’Europa dell’est: in Polonia la rivolta degli studenti contro il regime, in Cecoslovacchia le dimissioni ...
Spanish writers and personalities devoted to their hobbies: reading, walking, painting or visiting a museum.
Between 28-30 December 1917, Padua suffered three air raids by Austrian aircraft. After the first, The Times of London reported:"December 29. : Yesterday evening at 9 p.m. enemy airmen, true to their...
The workforce is mainly women working at benches or on production lines. They test rubber mouthpieces for leaks with a probe. They test the expiratory valves in the same manner. The corrugated tubes a...
The curtain goes up on the cartoon to introduce the two characters. They set out on patrol from a police station. The dog sees a cat and chases it over rough ground and through a sewer pipe. The handl...
Ambitious spanish-french co-production (costed one million pesetas in those years) based on the life of Christopher Columbus.
Spendid shots of the famous waterfalls filmed on the Canadian side and distributed at the time by the Belgian Cingraphique University, founded in 1926 and specialised in the distribution of documentar...
Melodrama, about a father and son sharing the love for the same charming girl. A dramatic night storm leads to jealousy and loss of honor.
"King And President - The King of the Belgians and President Poincaré leaving Furnes after an inspection of the French Cavalry in the market square".
"The Retreat From Ghent - Belgian cavalry and artillery falling back on Bruges".
Newsreel item on snow conditions in Flanders, showing the cameraman's car stuck in a snowdrift, and soldiers having a snowball fight, Western Front, January 1918.
Short newsreel item on Venice during the First World War, focusing in particular on Venice's canal network, used to transport men and munitions.
A collection of fragments of British and Australian aviation film of the First World War period.
VICTORY - GOD BLESS THE BRITISH ARMY THAT HAS SAVED OUR HOMES AND OUR ALL!: Stock footage of mortar launcher, bi-plane, and tanks. AND OUR INDOMITABLE SONS OF THE SEA WHO HAVE SAVED US AND OUR ALLIES ...
The assembly groups the films into episodes as follows: (Reel 1) Salonika, the voyage to Egypt, the ceremony of the drums, the aeroplane flight; (Reel 2) the horse show, scenes at a 'cactus patch' loc...
British and Belgian troops on dockside at Ostend. "Trekking To Safety - British and Belgian troops watch the departure of the refugees from Ostend" - one shot only after this title.