A propaganda film “dedicated to the heroes of the naval war”. The film is composed of original English and German footage taken from World War One as well as re-enactments of studio footage.
French war propaganda film. Family drama that takes place in Alsace, which was placed under German rule. The marriage between the newly weds Jacques, who is French, and Gretchen, who is German, is cha...
Official film of the days of the March on Rome and the born of Fascism.
The cartoon figure of an artist draws a globe, from which a Turk has been kicked, heading into space towards the sun and the stars, asking himself "Is this what William meant by a place in the sun?"
The film depends for its effect on stop-action camera tricks. It opens with 'President Kruger' of the Transvaal Republic gloating over a bust of himself. Beside him, a large placard reads "On Majuba D...
British soldiers are engaged in a fire-fight at close range with Boers on high ground above them. One of the Boers gets close enough to a British soldier to touch him before falling hit. The Boer asks...
A young girl works cleaning the kitchen floor of a house. When she has finished she tosses the soap and cloth into the sink, which is full of water. The cook tells her, gently, that the soap will wast...
The artist's hand draws the London skyline and lookouts perched on the housetops. The night sky rapidly fills with Zeppelins.
Fragment of an animated cartoon on Zeppelins over London, about 1916.
An illustrative part: soldier on fainting horse with the slogan: "Remember your brothers on battlefield!"
An ilustrative part: Unknown soldier chokes Austrian eagle.
An illustrative part: Poster with the slogan: "Czechoslovaks! Join our free Colors!" and flags with provincial emblems.
An illustrative part: Poster with the slogan: "The God´s fighters - Czechoslovak army in France" and soldier on horseback with Hussite flag.
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.
Rundschau, Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie, IV,1, (1914/1915), S. 34-41. Berichte über Firmen, die mit Pathé Frères in Verbindung stünden und deshalb boykottiert we...
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...
Propaganda-Filme, Der Kinematograph, 571, (1917), S. 19-20. Deutsche Propagandafilme seien noch immer den feindlichen unterlegen. Man müsse zu denselben Waffen greifen, wie es die Feinde tun und die ...
Julius Sternheim, Propaganda-und Aufklärungsfilme, Der Kinematograph, 592, (1918), S. 12-14. Propagandafilme müssten maßgeblich eine Botschaft verfolgen, was sie oftmals zwangsläufig langatmig mac...
Notes on film’s potential in depicting reality with emphasis on some reels on WWI.