The general area of Ypres. Filmed from just outside the town itself, shells falling on buildings on the outskirts. Two Mark V tanks, one Male, one Female, both carrying soldiers, move over open countr...
The town is shown from a distance, then in close-up. The suburbs are burnt out and deserted. The main square is relatively undamaged. The collegiate church and the Church of Saint Martin show consider...
The canals running through the town are undamaged but the main girder bridge has been brought down. British soldiers of II Corps wait in the main square.Civilians watch while the British, of 40th Divi...
The map, in stop-frame action, shows the German invasion of France and Belgium in 1914, followed by a more detailed version of the Allied advance to victory between July and November 1918. The Allied ...
The body of Marshal Foch lies in state at the Invalides. King Albert of Belgium and then a crowd of people file past to pay their last respects. For the procession the streets are lined with soldiers....
(Reel 1) It is 1914 and the outbreak of the war. Mr Smith, a prosperous businessman, is starting to lose staff who have volunteered for the Army and he refuses women replacements. He also prevents his...
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...
(Reel 1) Opening pan across fleet anchorage (note HMS Neptune). The King is seen onboard a succession of battleships, watching marchpasts of the crews - HMS Queen Elizabeth (Colossus Class in backgrou...
Girl and boy in folk costumes embrace each other on the meadow. Behind them stands the President of the Czechoslovak Republic Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk.
Girl and boy in folk costumes embrace each other on the meadow. Behind them stands the President of the Czechoslovak Republic Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk.
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 ...
A group of civilians and policemen. In the middle stands infantryman Kubík (actor: Václav Kubásek) on suit. Next to Kubík stands a woman on skirt and shawl.
Jiří Voldán (actor: Vladimír Ch. Vladimírov) and his fiancée Maryša (actress: Suzanne Marwille) with the rifle.
Austrian military band
A group of Russian soldiers with fur hats, rifles and bayonets.
Mother of Jiří Voldán (actress: Marie Ptáková) in the female prison. Another women sit on the bed. At the door stands a soldier.
K.W., Kino, Krieg und Kirche, Der Kinematograph, 465, (1915), S. 15-16. Bericht über die preußische Generalsynode, in der das Kino als verderblich angegriffen wurde. Der Verfasser entgegnet, dass di...
National Film G.m.b.H. "Wir Barbaren", Der Kinematograph, 439, (1915), S. 20-22. Rezension einer Komödie, die die französische Propaganda gegen Deutschland aufgreift.
Joniak, Nikolaus: „Der Kino und die Mässigkeitsbewegung.“ Der Kinematograph 395 (1914). Das Kino sei nicht nur kein Feind der Sittlichkeit, sondern stehe sogar der Trunksucht als Quelle aller mor...
Kriegsbilder-Revuen, Der Kinematograph, 419, (1915), S. 13. Die Aufnahmen, die das Volk vom Krieg zu sehen bekomme, seien oft nicht informativ genug, weil sie aus Zensurgründen gekürzt seien. Es sei...
Jean Th. Lommen, Film- und Kinoschund, Der Kinematograph, 690/91, (1920), S. 35-41. Die Presse äußere sich vor allem negativ über den Film. Die Kritik der Kinogegner richte sich vor allem gegen Kri...
Stein, O. Th.. "Der Kinematograph als moderne Zeitung." Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie III, 2 (1913/1914): 25-28. Stein beschreibt die Wochenschau in den Kinos als sch...
O. Verf.. „Kinotheaterwesen und deutscher Einfluss im östlichen Mittelmeer.“ Der Kinematograph 374 (1914). Obwohl es im Rahmen des Bagdadbahnprojekts zur verstärkten Gründung von Kinos durch de...
O. Verf.. „Schliesst die Kinos nicht.“ Der Kinematograph 399 (1914): 3-4. Aufruf an die Kinoindustrie, die Kinos nicht zu schließen, da das Volk in Kriegszeiten Ablenkung brauche. Die Eintrittspr...