Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy sightseeing in Edinburgh where they visit the castle and make an appearance on stage at the Playhouse Cinema.
Emperor Wilhelm II and empress Victoria of Germany on horses, escorted by horsemen, on their way to a parade at the Tempelhoferfeld in Berlin.
I. The film contrasts quotes from a German newspaper given as 'Westphalia Daily News' reporting the damage or destruction of prominent landmarks in the centre of London with film of those places taken...
Family Christmas from the mid 1960s.
I. Columns of British companies march into the city on 18th October. They are Liverpool Irish, otherwise 8th Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment) of 57th (West Lancashire) Division. The men carry fl...
A poster lists the various "Electoral Districts in Canada". Polling took place between 1 and 17 December. Men of 7th Brigade, Canadian 3rd Division read the poster. The brigade is 49th (Edmonton) Batt...
The film opens with an unrelated scene of Australian troops exploding a shell or mine in a training exercise. 1st Spahi Cavalry Regiment 'charges' the camera. One of the men demonstrates steadiness by...
(Reel 1) Food, fodder and equipment are unloaded at a railhead freightyard, and put into motorised and horse-drawn vehicles for the trip up to Mount Tonale and the River Piave valley. The convoys move...
News item on the visit of Grand Duchess Joséphine Charlotte of Luxemburg to Brussels.
Promotional film for the Xaveriuskring Koninklijke Harmonie at Carloo-sint-Job.
News report on the World Fair in 1935 in Brussels.
Bishop Ordination in St. Gallen on 16.10.1938, all sequences show different people from the church, i.e. Cardinal Pacelli / later Pius XII, walking down a forecourt, that is bordered by other guests.
01 – Iniziativa (Gorizia, 1/10/1971) Gruppi di giovani scendono dagli autobus all'aeroporto di Gorizia e vanno a raggiungere in pista un velivolo per iniziare le lezioni di cultura aeronautica...
Un'inchiesta sul mondo del fotoromanzo: dopo alcuni esempi di romanzo illustrato d’appendice ottocentesco, individuato come origine del fotoromanzo, vengono mostrate copertine di varie testate...
“Gamba di Legno” è il nome con cui vengono chiamati i tram su rotaie a vapore di Milano. Tale nome deriva da un incidente verificatosi nei primi anni di utilizzo del mezzo, quando un tranvi...
Porto Ulisse non esiste sulle carte geografiche: è un villaggio di pescatori che sorge sulla riva di Ognina alla periferia di Catania. Qui, secondo le leggende locali, approdò Ulisse per cerca...