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 ...
Bárta (laborer) in the uniform of Czechoslovak volunteer from France.
Three Russian soldiers sit on the bench and sing.
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk - the 1st President of Czechoslovak Republic - contemplates.
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.
The battle of Zborov: Dead soldier and rifle with bayonet stuck in the ground.
Wounded Tomeš.
Austrian soldier with a rifle lying in the trench. A hand-grenade is in front of him.
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...
Stein, O. Th.. "Der Kinematograph als moderne Zeitung." Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie III, 2 (1913/1914): 25-28. Stein beschreibt die Wochenschau in den Kinos als sch...
O. Verf.. „Kinotheaterwesen und deutscher Einfluss im östlichen Mittelmeer.“ Der Kinematograph 374 (1914). Obwohl es im Rahmen des Bagdadbahnprojekts zur verstärkten Gründung von Kinos durch de...
O. Verf.. „Schliesst die Kinos nicht.“ Der Kinematograph 399 (1914): 3-4. Aufruf an die Kinoindustrie, die Kinos nicht zu schließen, da das Volk in Kriegszeiten Ablenkung brauche. Die Eintrittspr...
Die Schaffnerin der Linie 6. Ein neuzeitliches Lebensbild, Der Kinematograph, 464, (1915), S. 17-19. Werbung für einen Film, der die kriegsbedingte zunehmende Beschäftigung von Frauen in der Öffent...
Emscher, Horst: „Der Krieg und die deutsche Filmindustrie.“ Der Kinematograph 404 (1914): 5-6. Erörterung der wirtschaftlichen Lage der deutschen Filmindustrie. Entgegnet dem Vorwurf, dass die Be...
Sellmann, Adolf. "Neue Lehrhafte Filme (Von Mitte August bis Anfang Oktober)", Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie III, 1 (1913/1914): 20-22. A.S. stellt die neuesten Lehrf...