A short domestic comedy in which a clock-repairer's brother-in-law causes havoc by getting the Burgh Council to deliver the town hall clock to the house for repair.
A Scottish women's act of charity inadvertently sends a disabled Indian beggar boy on a difficult, spiritual journey from the streets of Mumbai to an ancient hilltop temple.
Ramsay MacDonald unveiling the Burns Memorial at Dumfries. Filmed for Gaumont British News. [see also ref. 0547]
A modern fairytale. Eleven year old Gemma is a captive, like the animals which fill the menagerie which is her home.
Alex is a dreamer, Mari is a realist: two Highland lovers living in a caravan in the West of Scotland. Trout is a kooky tale of what happens when a bizarre chain of events shakes up their quiet life.
Cannonman tells the story of Dafyd, a downtrodden circus performer trying desperately to break free from the shackles of his tyrannical bearded wife.
An instructional safety film showing schoolchildren how to cross the road safely.
Short sequence of amateur footage of Coatbridge Town Hall being destroyed by fire.
I. Spanish language version of a newsreel item on King George V and Queen Mary visiting wounded survivors of the Zeebrugge raid, probably at Chatham, April 1918. II. Spanish language version of a news...
Aan boord van een Duits oorlogsschip.
The film gives a vivid and lively picture of landscape, buildings, industry and everyday life in the small city of Sandefjord in the southern parts of Norway.
"USA Excursion Steamer Disaster" (208-2) "Rescuers working on the «Eastland» which capsized in the Chicago River", with the loss of over one thousand lives."Training mules for the Army" (208-2) "Mr ...
On the staging and filming of a party on the allied armies in the WWI.
The film shows a gathering in the city of Lillehammer in Norway by farmers from Gudbrandsdalen. We also visit several places in Gudbrandsdalen before returning to the farmers' association's gathering ...
Between 28-30 December 1917, Padua suffered three air raids by Austrian aircraft. After the first, The Times of London reported:"December 29. : Yesterday evening at 9 p.m. enemy airmen, true to their...
Filmportret van Gouda: typerende gebouwen, stadsbeelden en een kijkje in de kaarsenindustrie.
"The Retreat From Ghent - Belgian cavalry and artillery falling back on Bruges".
Newsreel about a group of youngsters flying over Brussels and the World's Fair.
Documentary about urbanism and aesthetics in architecture. This film is a part of the trilogy 'Urbanisme'.
A collection of fragments of British and Australian aviation film of the First World War period.
The American Committee's health department brings the medical authorities' and parliamentary circles' attention to the state of children's public health in the disaster-stricken Aisne region. Seventee...
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 past recaptured by Aldo Palazzeschi. The moody and sardonic spirit of his early youth, ironic comments about experiences with "crepuscolarism" and "futurism". His poetry carefully captures w...