During the First World War, Vickers manufactured munitions and war materials needed for combat. In the workshops, shrapnel and shells are manufactured by workers, while women and young girls assemble ...
An indignant message of Bárta (laborer) to his friends Janda (smith) and Tomeš (farmer) before leaving for the front: "We are Czechs, we are Slavs! And they want to rush us against Slavs!"
(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...
Opening caption urges maximum effort "if the Hun is to be beaten". Panning medium shot across sheds. Scenes of shipyard activity. Medium shot from water as merchant hull is launched. Cartoon sequence ...
Opnamen van het huwelijk van Mina Prins en Eduard de Vries op 7 maart 1916, met veel aandacht voor ouders en gasten.
A common motto of the three friends before leaving for the front: "The world must protect democracy and small nations against "boots" of Prussian militarism!"
A message of Tomeš (farmer) to his friends after homecoming from the front and establishing of the independent Czechoslovak Republic: "None of us wants war! But woe to anyone who wants to hurt Czecho...
Popular Czech singer and actor Karel Hašler in the film "Písničkář/Ballad-Singer" (1932). Main character - a postal director Hala (Karel Hašler) hides his ardent patriotism beneath his shield as...
Albrecht Schuch in "Pfau - Bin ich echt?" (2024)
Petra Morzé (front fourth from left), Albrecht Schuch (front fourth from right) in "Pfau - Bin ich echt?" (2024)
Albrecht Schuch, Anton Noori (left to right) in "Pfau - Bin ich echt?" (2024)
Julia Franz Richter, Albrecht Schuch (left to right) in "Pfau - Bin ich echt?" (2024)
Albrecht Schuch (right) in "Pfau - Bin ich echt?" (2024)
Albrecht Schuch, Julia Franz Richter (left to right) in "Pfau - Bin ich echt?" (2024)
"Auf Umwegen" (2024)
German movie poster of "Auf Umwegen" (2024)
The first Norwegian film with international ambitions, Thin Ice is a story of young love, corporate ambition, and a daring nighttime caper. Tom, a strapping young student, gets his dream job as an adv...
From 1891 to 1945, a popular form of iconography thrived next to the official one documenting Italy’s political and social life. This alternative iconography can be found in humorous and satir...
Barbarians outside: yesterday as today. Who have centuries of civilization gone by for? Not even appearance has altered the Norman in his barbarism. This great work from the Ambrosio hotbed admi...
French language version of a newsreel item on British troops sitting and eating bread and jam "with proverbial coolness", Western Front, May 1918.
"King And President - The King of the Belgians and President Poincaré leaving Furnes after an inspection of the French Cavalry in the market square".
The young hothead Billy is drifting into a life of crime and has a violent quarrel with his girlfriend Nelly. The lay preacher John Redmond tells Billy his life's story. Many years before, he was a we...
Newsreel item showing British soldiers eating bread and jam "with proverbial coolness," Western Front, May 1918.
"The Retreat From Ghent - Belgian cavalry and artillery falling back on Bruges".