A collection of fragments of British and Australian aviation film of the First World War period.
Just outside the old city walls of Rome, we find a mass of washed-out houses and bumpy streets arranged in a geometrical pattern that makes them anonymous and depersonalized. The documentary fil...
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...
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...
British and Belgian troops on dockside at Ostend. "Trekking To Safety - British and Belgian troops watch the departure of the refugees from Ostend" - one shot only after this title.
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...
On the staging and filming of a party on the allied armies in the WWI.
Newsreel in three parts: a football match with female players, the autumn fashion from Paris, and the favourite sport of cowboys, which seems to be gymnastics.
From the celebration of the Norwegian national day, the 17th of May, in the capital Kristiania, later named Oslo. The day is celebrated traditionally with choral singing, brass bands and children's ...
Giuseppe Garibaldi was in America when he met and married Anita Ribeira. In 1848 Garibaldi decided to go back to Italy where war was imminent, and Anita followed him. In the fighting at Vascello...
Komedie over soldaat Tontolini die zijn geld bewaart in de schede van zijn zwaard. Als hij wil betalen en daarom zijn zwaard trekt wordt de politie erbij gehaald en vervolgens wordt het misverstand op...
Drama waarin Hélène, de eigenaresse van een groot bedrijf, haar geheugen verliest, opgenomen wordt in een arbeidersgezin en in haar eigen fabriek gaat werken, om er zo achter te komen dat haar perso...
Young Alexander Snobman is the son of the town's richest sausage maker, and the neighbour of Philip Helt, an up-and-coming engineer. Both of the young gentlemen are captivated by the dancer Eva Sommer...
A British film recording the visit of King George V, accompanied by his son Prince Albert (later George VI), on a tour inspection of several British battleships in an unnamed location (possibly ...
The film shows a journey in Troms in Northern Norway, from Sjøvegan by the sea to waterfall and salmon ladder in Malangen.
Emperor Wilhelm II visited Norway and the city of Kristiansund around 1913, and the film shows the arrival of a huge German warship. Life in the harbour and on the fjord, people at work on a farm, ...
Georges Lordier would direct more than 300 songs on film. Here about a soldier, falling in love with a girl. He flirts with her and later, on his room, he dreams about her while writing a letter.
Hollandia Film-fragmenten uit de films OORLOG EN VREDE 1914 (Maurits H. Binger, 1918) en BLOEDGELD (Fred Goodwins, 1921).
Achtervolgingsdrama waarin twee ontvoerde mensen, werknemers van een diamantslijperij, achter hun ontvoerders, een mijneigenaar en zijn geliefde, aan gaan.
Melodrama waarin de rijke arrogante George geld zal geven aan de arme Frank en Jane, als hij een nacht met Jane door mag brengen. Jane gaat hier op in omdat ze met het geld haar zieke man probeert te ...
A documentary film on recent Norwegian history (1905-1955). Spanning from the break with Sweden and arrival of the new king Haakon VII, to the promise of things to come through such new fields as spac...
(Reel 1) The arsenal entrance in Beresford Square, with the internal train taking the workers to various departments. Women and boys in the Tailors' Shop make gloves, felt "buttons" for 15-inch shells...
Romantische film gesitueerd in een oer-Hollands polderlandschap. Een jonge boer en boerin beleven romantische momenten op het platteland. De jonge boer vraagt de ouders van het meisje de hand van hun ...