German naval officers, sailors and some soldiers wander through the streets of Ostend. A tram passes, pulling a line of freight carriages. At a tram stop a marching band leads a group of soldiers on b...
A collection of fragments of British and Australian aviation film of the First World War period.
The regiments are as follows. The Civil Service Rifles (a battalion of the Royal Fusiliers). The London Scottish (1/14th Battalion, the London Regiment). Pipers of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlander...
(Reel 1) Off the British coast, U-boat 32 attacks merchant ships. The German captain, Stackmeyer, is saluted by his Admiral, who warns that the blockade of Britain will be tightened; later, the U-boat...
It has been suggested that these fragments were shot during the second voyage of the German armed merchant cruiser SMS Moeve. They might be excerpts from the documentary Graf Dohna und seine Möwe (D ...
I. Nelson's Column decorated for a war bonds rally. II. Admiral Sturdee poses with vice-admiral's flag flown at the Battle of the Falkland Islands. III. Beatty and Rodman shake hands, posed between th...
Short war reportage about the German naval ship 'Möwe'. This ship holds up British ships, takes the crew aboard and destroys the vessels. Also ships from neutral countries are treated in this way.
Propaganda film describing the efficiency of the British naval airplanes and the training of cadets.
A propaganda film “dedicated to the heroes of the naval war”. The film is composed of original English and German footage taken from World War One as well as re-enactments of studio footage.
(Reel 1) Aerial view of Cranwell. Medium close-up of Commodore Luce; instruction of trainee ground crew and probationary flight officers; wireless school; gunnery practice with Maxim MG and Lewis on s...
The film has no plot or continuity. Almost all the first reel comes directly from IWM 236 A BOMBING TRIP OVER THE ENEMY LINES, showing Australian aircraft, and IWM 28 WITH THE AUSTRALIAN FORCES IN PAL...
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...
French and Serbian soldiers inspect and pull apart the wreckage of the Zeppelin. An unexploded bomb (?) lies in the marsh. On board one of the British ships which shot down the Zeppelin, a naval lieut...
The two destroyers escort the camera ship through the Channel. One comes in close on the port bow.
Newsreel item on two L Class destroyers in the English Channel, autumn 1914.
Newsreel item on a bombardment by the gunboat HMS Moth from the bank of the Euphrates, Mesopotamian Front, summer 1918.
Sequence showing attempts by an SS airship to cooperate with submarine K.5 - the airship repeatedly closes on and hovers over the after deck of the submarine while crewmen restrain it by catching hold...