Scenes of rural life in Picardie at the beginning of the century: the destruction of shells in open fields, sowing, plowing with a multifurrow plow, harvesting with a sickle, a graduation ceremony, th...
Lefrancois, a father of six, is a soldier. His seventh child is on the way and will be named Victory. Lefrancois cannot remember why he tied a knot in his handkerchief. Although he has received the Wa...
In Courbevoie (Delage factory), workers machining, countersinking, and drilling mechanical parts for weaponry and airplane engines. In Paris (Gaumont), workers manufacture rifle covers and boosters. W...
The Public Health Department was created to put reception and counseling facilities into place--with the American Committee's help-- for parents in difficulty. An American Committee nurse, assisted b...
At the Mailly camp in 1916, Generals Marouchevsky, Lokhvitsky, Gilinsky and Prince Peter of Montenegro inspect the 3rd brigade of the Russian expeditionary force. In Semipalatinsk (Kazakhstan) in 1919...
The main stages of Marshal Foch's life from 1913-1929: in 1913 in Nancy, during the Great War, with General Weygand at the end of the conflict, at the victory celebrations, traveling in Europe and the...
The year is 1915. The French air force, fighting on the front lines, is divided into bomber, reconnaissance, and fighter plane squadrons. Before taking off, the pilots responsible for bombing enemy li...
During World War I, cities and villages in north-eastern France have been destroyed by the hundreds and people are living in the ruins. Brave women continue to distribute milk. In the schools, childre...
Film still from “The Scar” (1976), dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski. From left: unknown person and actor Franciszek Pieczka. Photo: Romuald Pieńkowski, transparency 6x6 format
Film still from “The Scar” (1976), dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski. From left: unknown person and actor Franciszek Pieczka. Photo: Romuald Pieńkowski, transparency 6x6 format
On the set of “The Scar” (1976), dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski. From left: unknown person and actor Franciszek Pieczka, standing. Photo: Romuald Pieńkowski, transparency 6x6 format
Film still from “The Scar” (1976), dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski. From left: unknown person and actor Franciszek Pieczka, center. Photo: Stefan Kurzyp, black and white negative, 6×6 format
On the set of “The Scar” (1976), dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski. From left: director Krzysztof Kieślowski, cinematographer Sławomir Idziak and unknown person. Photo: Stefan Kurzyp, black and white n...
On the set of “The Scar” (1976), dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski. From left: actor Franciszek Pieczka, assistant director Marek Piestrak and unknown person. Photo: Stefan Kurzyp, black and white negati...
Film still from “The Scar” (1976), dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski. From left: unknown person, actors Stanisław Michalski, Stanisław Igar and Jan Skotnicki. Photo: Stefan Kurzyp, black and white nega...
On the set of “Personnel” (1975), dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski. Scene in the theater. Actors Juliusz Machulski, Michał Tarkowski and an unknown person (standing). Photo: Stefan Kurzyp, black and wh...
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.