Dokumentarfilm über Leben und Werk der Künstlerin Hanne Darboven. Sie wurde 1941 als Tochter der bekannten Hamburger Kaufmannsfamilie Darboven (u.a. J.W. Darboven Kaffee) geboren und studierte an de...
Seit den 1910er Jahren hat Oskar Barnack, der Erfinder der Leica, mit seiner selbstkonstruierten Filmkamera Geschehnisse rund um Wetzlar im Bild festgehalten. Er dokumentierte Flutkatastrophen, Stadtf...
Tonbild zum Duett "Das süße Mädel" (auch "So g'wachsen wie a Bamerl") aus dem Ersten Akt von Heinrich Reinhardts erster Operette "Das süße Mädel". Bei ihrer Uraufführung 1901 war die Operette e...
Die Brüder Gabriel und Elias könnten unterschiedlicher kaum sein: während Gabriel als Uni-Professor ein grundsolides Leben führt, denkt der Tagedieb Elias nur an sein Vergnügen und an Frauen. Dan...
Der alte Bauer Pettersson ist genervt, weil sein Kater Findus ununterbrochen auf seiner neuen Matratze herumspringt. Um endlich wieder Ruhe zu haben, baut er dem Kater ein eigenes kleines Haus, nur zu...
French language version of a newsreel item on British troops sitting and eating bread and jam "with proverbial coolness", Western Front, May 1918.
"King And President - The King of the Belgians and President Poincaré leaving Furnes after an inspection of the French Cavalry in the market square".
Newsreel item showing British soldiers eating bread and jam "with proverbial coolness," Western Front, May 1918.
"The Retreat From Ghent - Belgian cavalry and artillery falling back on Bruges".
Newsreel about a group of youngsters flying over Brussels and the World's Fair.
Documentary about urbanism and aesthetics in architecture. This film is a part of the trilogy 'Urbanisme'.
The past recaptured by Aldo Palazzeschi. The moody and sardonic spirit of his early youth, ironic comments about experiences with "crepuscolarism" and "futurism". His poetry carefully captures w...
A collection of fragments of British and Australian aviation film of the First World War period.
Barbarians outside: yesterday as today. Who have centuries of civilization gone by for? Not even appearance has altered the Norman in his barbarism. This great work from the Ambrosio hotbed admi...
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.
An unidentified news report about various aspects of the First World War. Great emphasis is being placed on the British Army and the recruitment of soldiers.
The film reconstructs the repulse of a German column charge by British rifle and field artillery fire in the centre of the battlefield, and then the defence of Nimy bridge on the left by 4th Royal Fus...
Animation film by Dusan Vukotic, one of the major Croatian animators and co-founder of Zagreb Film. A charming story about an old magician and all sorts of magic creatures that end up in the world of ...
Ralph and Edith Norton, two Protestant missionaries from Philadelphia, came to Britain for a period of three years to provide assistance to refugees and wounded Belgian soldiers from the war zone. Mon...
Subtitled "The work of the Department of the Director General Voluntary Organisations including the Camps Library". Introductory shot of the Director General Sir Edward Ward seated in his office in Sc...