Kurt Blum and Fritz Maeder are loading a 35mm camera.
I. Captain Paul Daum, commanding the French 28ième Escadrille, attached to 79th Division, posed in his Salmson 2A2 aircraft at Rumont on 18th October. A posed group of officers of the escadrille. Lef...
The short video shows three young women posing in front of the camera in the Porta Palazzo Market, located in Piazza della Repubblica. The video is a copy from the film print held by the Museo Naziona...
Troops repairing bridges throw rocks to splash the camera. Varennes (where, in July, 3rd Division earned the title 'Marne') showing extensive damage. An American discovering a German booby trap (acted...
A pretty girl, smiling at the camera and at the public writes “Buonasera” (Good evening) on the chalkboard. The “number”, performed to say goodbye to the public at the end of the screening, c...
The film documents the ascent of the Dente del Gigante (mountain in the Mont Blanc massif). The great ability of Mario Piacenza (April 1884 - Biella, April 16, 1957), together with the particular moun...
The Stock Exchange in London "closes its doors" in 1914 - a crowd is clustered around it. "Germany mobilises," a pre-war German training exercise with the troops in Prussian blue, not field grey: a 77...
In 1911 Mario Piacenza climbed the top of Mount Cervino with some partners. Apart from the back pack, he was carrying the film camera and the tripod. Considering the conditions of the shots, the quali...