A rear view, from a sandbagged bunker, of a flame-projector nozzle angled upwards from a solid base. Pipes lead back to fuel cylinders in the bunker. These are operated by a civilian and an Army offic...
I. 'BLESSING THE SHELLS. A French Priest blesses the shells as they are loaded into the famous seventy-five' (sic) guns used by the French Artillery.' Bearded priest holding a crucifix, makes a benedi...
I. 'BARRAGE FIRE. Owing to the wonderful accuracy and rapidity of fire, the French 75 m/m gun is extreamely (sic) useful for 'barrage fire' in preventing trench raids.' Rear 3/4 and rear view of 75mm ...
I. 'DIFFICULTIES OF TRANSPORT. Some of the troubles to be overcome by the transport to keep in touch with the advancing troops.' Wagons, carts, 18-pounder artillery and a convoy of motor lorries pass ...
I. 'LONDON FLOWER FAIR. Lord Charles Beresford receives Royal party at British Ambulance Society's function in Trafalgar Square.' Admiral Lord Beresford in formal civilian dress talks with ex-Queen Am...
In July 1922, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his crew set out on the Maud in an attempt to reach the North Pole by drifting the Arctic Ocean. They also brought along equipment to collect data i...
Family sends daughters off to school. One of them - Elvyra goes to first grade. Vilnius 5th orphanage‘s first-grade pupils with flowers in the school yard. The school‘s eleventh-grade pupils prese...
As the first Douglas Fairbanks-Allan Dwan collaboration for Artcraft Pictures, A Modern Musketeer (1917) is significant as the link between Fairbanks's contemporary comedies and the later costume film...
2. Episode: A Staircase - About Time 2
Czechoslovak soldiers arriving at that time Masaryk Railway Station
Evelyn Hamann with her long-time partner Vicco von Bülow aka Loriot
A drama about a famous actor who, while studying the role of Hamlet, begins to think that Yorick's skull is that of his one-time friend and rival in love; this suggestion excites him so much so that h...
The story is an adaptation of a Prague legend about Petr Parléř, architect to Charles IV who was entrusted with the task of building a Gothic cathedral in Prague, a magnificent example of the archit...
Young Frantík, living with his guardian, befriends Martička, the daughter of factory owner Simon. Frantík's mother, however, comes to take her son back with her and puts him in a children's home wh...
While a group of children is playing by the railroad station, a tragic accident occurs during which Vašíček's legs are crushed by a train. After a complicated operation Vašíček is moved to Jedli...
"The plot is set sometime during the 14th or 15th century and is based on the old chivalrous legends which are now gone forever. It tells of a beautiful girl whose father, a prince, forces her to marr...