Two events in the city of Kristiansand around 1918: A rich Norwegian emigrant returns from America, and a memorial for sailors killed in World War I is unveiled.
A patriotic film tinged with humor and sentimentalism. Stock footage (the crowded town, the departure of warships) and reconstructed war scenes in the desert are part of the second half about th...
Špilberk is a picturesque castle dominating the modern city of Brno (Czech Republic). Over the course of time it has been a fortress, prison, museum and a place for torture. During the Inquisit...
The documentary reconstructs World War I through the letters of fighting soldiers. Both the situations in Italy and in other warring nations are taken into consideration.
Baldevin and Simen become friends while at sea, only to go their separate ways. Many years later, Simen is married to a wealthy widow. When Baldevin arrives in town, Simen seeks to ensure his friend's...
The film reviews the history and art of Vienna and the empire of which it was the capital for centuries, ending with a vision of the contemporary city.
The documentary makes use of different testimonies of Art Nouveau, from a brief, initial summary of the artistic movement, to an interview with a person (Sergio Tofano) who lived during that era...
A trip to Trieste and its surroundings following the tracks of three great writers: Scipio Slataper, Italo Svevo and Umberto Saba.
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.
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 ...
The film shows a gathering in the city of Lillehammer in Norway by farmers from Gudbrandsdalen. We also visit several places in Gudbrandsdalen before returning to the farmers' association's gathering ...
I. Newsreel item on a long mule train, with Indian Army drivers, in the deserts of Palestine, late 1917.II. Brief newsreel item on a long line of limbers and GS wagons making their way forward down a ...
Documentary about the annual kermis and cattle-market in Anderlecht.
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...
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...
Dokumentarfilm über die Arbeit des Amerikaners Kenneth Feinberg, ein Rechtsanwalt und Mediator, dessen Spezialgebiet Entschädigungszahlungen sind. In dieser Funktion war er in einige der wohl größ...
Früher war Jochen Falk einer der besten Agenten der DDR, heute führt er ein geruhsames Leben als Pensionär. Umso erstaunter ist er, als plötzlich die von ihm verachteten "Amateure" vom BND vor sei...
Seit sie ein Kleinkind war, lebt die 14-jährige Jeanne mit zahlreichen anderen Kindern und Jugendlichen in einer Kommune auf einem Bauernhof. Eltern gibt es dort nicht, denn "die Kleinfamilie ist der...
The family of Travis had already broken up years ago. Since then he has seen neither his wife Jane nor his son Hunter. Indeed, after the separation, Travis himself disappeared for four years without a...
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The video shows the first five minutes of the film.
Zum Gedenken an die Deportation der Juden aus Berlin versammelt sich im Jahr 2005 eine Gruppe Menschen am Berliner S-Bahnhof Wannsee. Unter ihnen Nina und Ruth, die 1943 ab Grunewald nach Ausschwitz t...
Der Dokumentarfilm erzählt die wahre Geschichte von Ieva Lesinska alias Evelyn Dorn: Als die 19-jährige sowjetische Studentin Ieva im Jahr 1978 ihren Vater besuchen will, der in New York bei der UNO...