In Blérancourt, a little town in Aisne where the Civil Security has been set up on the ruins of the chateau, American women raise the American flag. Mr. Fernand David, the Minister of Agriculture, an...
(Reel 1) The full map shows Europe from Dover east to Frankfurt, and Antwerp south to Orléans. In various stages the map shows the five main phase lines of the war: the furthest German advance of 191...
Suzanne and the prince of Sylvania fall in love with each other, but this is forbidden. Suzanne is thrown out of the house, gives birth to an illegitimate child, goes mad and dies before she can see h...
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...
(Reel 1) Trainees are shown various types of camera, the L-Type, the C-Type, and a recently-introduced camera which uses film instead of plates. They are taught elementary chemistry for developing and...
Medium shot of Thornycroft V Class destroyer steaming at speed. Medium long shot off port quarter of two battleships - the nearest is HMS Canada preceded by an Iron Duke flying a kite balloon. Long sh...
I. Queenstown. Low-angle medium shot from small craft crossing bows of three US destroyers moored together in the harbour with a paddle minesweeper - two of the ships are USS Duncan (46) and USS Stere...
First World War. The young Englishman Lieutenant Raleigh is transferred into the regiment of the disilliusioned Captain Stanhope. Stanhope harbours a secret love for Raleigh’s sister and so tries to...
Student Jiří Voldán, after the mobilisation order of 1914, is called up to serve in the Austro-Hungarian army to fight against Russia. With his Czech and Slovak compatriots, he decides to cross to ...