A collection of fragments of British and Australian aviation film of the First World War period.
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...
VICTORY - GOD BLESS THE BRITISH ARMY THAT HAS SAVED OUR HOMES AND OUR ALL!: Stock footage of mortar launcher, bi-plane, and tanks. AND OUR INDOMITABLE SONS OF THE SEA WHO HAVE SAVED US AND OUR ALLIES ...
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...
Four reels of very jumbled material, mainly out-of-focus or of poor quality. The first reel is mainly of fragments from the Western Front 1916-1918 taken by British official cameramen, the remainder f...
The film appears to be of the intervention in North Russia, but varies in quality from slightly out of focus to completely blurred.
Blurred and unviewable film of the British intervention in Nort...
The regiments are as follows. The Civil Service Rifles (a battalion of the Royal Fusiliers). The London Scottish (1/14th Battalion, the London Regiment). Pipers of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlander...
Five reels of stockshots of the Western Front, with no apparent theme or linking sequence. The majority of the material for all but the final reel comes from IWM 191 BATTLE OF THE SOMME. The majority ...
Exterior view of a train. Six Russian soldiers (prisoners of war) with Asian features are sitting or standing in the train's open door. Some of the soldiers are holding bread in their hands and all ar...
Wide shot of a café filled with Austrian officers. Some are sitting at tables and others are standing in the background, most of them hold glasses in their hands. Nurse Mathilde (actress: Adina Mandl...
Wide shot of an office. Dr. Šrámek (actor: František Smolík) in the uniform of an Austrian officer sits at a desk and gazes at the nurse Mathilde (actress: Adina Mandlová), who is standing on the...
Medium shot of an Austrian soldier standing with an Austrian colonel (Jaroslav Marvan), Dr. Šrámek (František Smolík), and Lieutenant Rjepkin (Vladimír Borský). The soldier is pointing his bayon...
Wide shots of an office. A group of seven Austrian officers (fifth from left is actor Jaroslav Marvan) stand at the door and look at Dr. Šrámek (actor: František Smolík), who is standing behind a ...
Wide shot of a hospital room with a group of standing patients and three military privates. One of the privates, infantryman Tlamicha (actor: Theodor Pištěk), stands in the middle and conducts as th...
Wide shot of a church interior that has been converted into a military hospital. Wounded soldiers sit or lie on hospital beds lined up along the walls. Other patients sit at the two tables standing in...
Wide shot of a hospital room where doctors are making rounds. On the left are tables with bread and carafes of water. Chairs are standing around the tables. Five doctors stand in the middle of the roo...
Notes on the censorship of all films depicting themes related with WWI.
Reproduction of a law act of 1917 establishing to prior censorship of films related with WWI.
Commentary on the film and its subject matter (the tribute to Unknown Soldiers lost in World War I).
Notes on 2 documentary films portraying the countrywide tributes to the Unknown Soldiers lost in World War I.