The film emphasises the pre-war uniqueness of Britain, rich, insular, with a strong trading position and a free democracy united under the constitutional monarchy. The only pre-war violence comes in t...
(Reel 1) Training the New Army - "cheery non-slackers" undergo PT, drill and bayonet practice, mounting and sabre drill for cavalry. (Reel 2) Manufacture of a 15-inch naval gun and firing trials. (Ree...
The wife of Lőrinc Gáthy (Mr. Wickfield in the Croatian version) dies in childbirth. A female relative offers to take care of the motherless child and the household, but Gáthy declines the offer be...
I. The build-up to war from the earliest days of film record, showing the various crowned heads of Europe.II. The Balkan wars of 1912, the development of Germany's Navy, and the inauguration of Presid...
(Reel 1) The training of a naval cadet - Pangbourne, HMS Worcester, HMS Medway. (Reel 2) Scenes from the building of a merchant vessel. Shots of a Standard Tanker being launched on the Clyde, female d...
View of a restaurant filled with guests, primarily Austrian officers. Nurse Mathilde (actor: Adina Mandlová) is sitting in the centre background and behind her are seated musicians playing instrument...
Medium shot of an Austrian soldier, Dr. Šrámek (actor: František Smolík), Nurse Mathilde (actress: Adina Mandlová), and other doctors standing by a desk in an office.
Wide shot of an Austrian soldier, Dr. Šrámek (actor: František Smolík), Nurse Mathilde (actress: Adina Mandlová), and other doctors standing by a desk in an office.
Medium shot of two nurses. Tonička (actress: Truda Grosslichtová) is holding a wash basin with a sponge and Mathilde (actress: Adina Mandlová) is washing the face of a lying patient. In the backgro...
Wide shot of a café. Austrian officers sit around tables on the right and left (second from left is actor Jaroslav Marvan). Dr. Šrámek (actor: František Smolík) is standing next to the table on t...
View of a hospital room. Infantryman Sakař (actor: Jindřich Plachta) is lying on a bed with a bandaged neck and closed eyes. Leaning over him to the left is infantryman Tlamicha (actor: Theodor Piš...
In the foreground, Lieutenant Rjepkin is lying on a hospital bed. Two doctors and Nurse Mathilde (actress: Adina Mandlová) are standing over him. Dr. Klíma (actor: Karel Veverka) has a stethoscope i...
Medium shot of Nurse Mathilde (actress: Adina Mandlová) in civilian clothing and Dr. Šrámek (actor: František Smolík) in an officer's uniform. They are standing in a corridor.
Die grosse Wette. Ein phantastisches Erlebnis aus dem Jahre 2000, Der Kinematograph, 476, (1916), S. 17.
Argus, Neuheiten auf dem Berliner Filmmarkte, Der Kinematograph, 562, (1917), S.18-27. Die Messter-Film-Aufnahmen vom Luftkämpfen stehen an erster Stelle und werden als sensationell bezeichnet.
Universum Filmverleih, Der ewige Frieden Pax Aeterna, Lichtbildbühne, 48, (1918), S. 68
Neutral Film, Die Welt ohne Hunger, Lichtbildbühne, 48, (1918), S. 3.
Der Lustspielfilm, Der Kinematograph, 490, (1916), S. 17-18. Bericht über die große Zahl an Komödien, die in den letzten Monaten erschienen seien.
Arthur Loening, Ein Friedensfilm, Lichtbildbühne, 50, (1918), S. 40 & 56. Der Film greife die aktuelle Sehnsucht nach Frieden auf. Wie aber der Westfälische Frieden einen Machtzuwachs für Frankreic...
Deutsche Lichtbild Gesellschaft e.V., Der Friedensreiter, Der Kinematograph, 618, (1918), S.22-23.
Der deutsche Film für das Ausland, Der Kinematograph, 620, (1918). Es sei Aufgabe der deutschen Filmindustrie, den negativen Vorstellungen über Deutschland, die im Ausland im Krieg verbreitet worden...