Im Stil eines Großstadtmärchens angelegte Komödie über einen Mann namens Cowboy, der versucht, in Berlin-Kreuzberg im Auftrag einer Weltatemagentur selbst gemachtes, levitiertes Wasser zu verkaufe...
Tel Aviv, Israel: Viviane Amsalem will sich von ihrem Mann scheiden lassen. Das Problem bei der Sache: In Israel werden Ehen nicht zivilrechtlich geschlossen, folglich gibt es auch keine herkömmliche...
Auf beruflicher Ebene ist der Maler David Andernach ganz oben angelangt –da gerät sein Leben durch ein tragisches Unglück aus den Fugen: während er seine Geliebte zu einem Schäferstündchen ...
Dokumentarfilm über ein groß angelegtes und ambitioniertes Landwirtschaftsprojekt des britischen Prinz Charles. Gemeinsam mit dem Farm-Manager David Wilson versucht der zukünftige König von Englan...
Morris ist 13 Jahre alt und stammt aus Amerika. Er ist schwarz, übergewichtig – und er lebt in Heidelberg, wo er unter seinen Altersgenossen als Außenseiter gehänselt wird. Der Grund für den Umz...
Während einer Mission zum Mars muss die aus drei Personen bestehende Crew feststellen, dass ein blinder Passagier an Bord ihres Raumschiffes ist: Der Ingenieur Michael blieb beim Start zwar nicht abs...
Der Tod des berühmten Theaterautors Antonie d’Anthac trifft seine Freunde wie ein Schock. Kurz nach dem traurigen Ereignis erhalten einige von ihnen eine mysteriöse Einladung in das Landhaus des V...
The assembly groups the films into episodes as follows: (Reel 1) Salonika, the voyage to Egypt, the ceremony of the drums, the aeroplane flight; (Reel 2) the horse show, scenes at a 'cactus patch' loc...
British and Belgian troops on dockside at Ostend. "Trekking To Safety - British and Belgian troops watch the departure of the refugees from Ostend" - one shot only after this title.
Documentary about gold extraction methods in the Aruwimi River area. All the various stages are illustrated. Rivers and rocks are first explored and then drilled. Once raw materials are sorted accordi...
An unidentified (and unfortunately incomplete) exotic melodrama, tends towards De Mille's The Cheat. Considered by specialists as a German film.
I. Spanish language version of a newsreel item on the city and cathedral at Amiens after the German failure to capture the city, 5th-7th April 1918. II. Spanish language version of a newsreel item on ...
From 1891 to 1945, a popular form of iconography thrived next to the official one documenting Italy’s political and social life. This alternative iconography can be found in humorous and satir...
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.
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.
I. RAMC men help refugees in a street in Douai to load both themselves and their belongings into a British Army lorry. As the last one is loaded the tailboard is closed up and the people wave as the l...
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...
I. French language version of a newsreel item on British soldiers chasing and catching turkeys for Christmas at a French farm while the farmer's wife watches, December 1917. II. French language versio...
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...
i. AMERICAN MISSION IN LIVERPOOL AND LONDON. DR PAGE WITH DELEGATES WHO WILL TELL U.S. OF OUR WAR WORK. U.S. Ambassador W.H. Page and his group embark from ship in Liverpool. They talk with women work...
Short reportage about seaplanes, stationed on an aircraft carrier. On the ship the seaplanes are repaired and getting ready. The seaplane is being lifted on board and takes off. Subsequently aerial sh...