Panoramic shot over Santiago de Compostela. A crowd in the streets attends a procession followed by a parade of men with hats, women with veils, people with masks and music bands.
A young girl works cleaning the kitchen floor of a house. When she has finished she tosses the soap and cloth into the sink, which is full of water. The cook tells her, gently, that the soap will wast...
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...
A Royal Engineers sergeant shows how to load two carrier pigeons into a small wicker basket for transport. At the Rosyth seaplane base Felixstowe F2A flying boats and Short 184 seaplanes ride at ancho...
I. French language version of a newsreel item on British soldiers chasing and catching turkeys for Christmas at a French farm while the farmer's wife watches, December 1917. II. French language versio...
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...
Newsreel item on snow conditions in Flanders, showing the cameraman's car stuck in a snowdrift, and soldiers having a snowball fight, Western Front, January 1918.
Short newsreel item on Venice during the First World War, focusing in particular on Venice's canal network, used to transport men and munitions.
An unidentified news report about various aspects of the First World War. Great emphasis is being placed on the British Army and the recruitment of soldiers.
The film reconstructs the repulse of a German column charge by British rifle and field artillery fire in the centre of the battlefield, and then the defence of Nimy bridge on the left by 4th Royal Fus...
Animation film by Dusan Vukotic, one of the major Croatian animators and co-founder of Zagreb Film. A charming story about an old magician and all sorts of magic creatures that end up in the world of ...
Ralph and Edith Norton, two Protestant missionaries from Philadelphia, came to Britain for a period of three years to provide assistance to refugees and wounded Belgian soldiers from the war zone. Mon...
Korte film waarin een kind dat met soldatenpoppen speelt en in slaap valt. In de droom die daarop volgt komen de poppen, via animatie, tot leven.
Avonturenfilm waarin Lidia de hulp van filmheld Maciste inroept. Als haar moeder en zij worden ontvoerd weet Maciste hen te bevrijden.
Journaalitem over een modeshow ten behoeve van een tehuis voor blinde oorlogsslachtoffers. In een kamer showen enkele dames kleding en hoeden.
Circusdrama over de danseres Nelly die veel problemen met mannen heeft en op zoek is naar haar eigen geluk.
Melodrama waarin een stiefvader de erfenis van zijn twee stiefdochters in handen probeert te krijgen. Als de ene sterft en de ander zich opoffert komt hij tot inkeer.
Korte oorlogsreportage over het Duitse marineschip 'Möwe'. Dit schip houdt Britse schepen aan, neemt de bemanning aan boord en vernietigt de vaartuigen. Ook schepen van neutrale landen worden aangeho...
Beelden, uit 1914, van de fabricage van vliegtuigen: Een dubbeldekker wordt naar buiten gebracht en de motor wordt erop gemonteerd. Het vliegtuig kan geheel in onderdelen, als bouwpakket, vervoerd wor...
Jonas, the lord of the manor, and Ahti the Finn have been close friends for years. When Jonas's sister is attacked by a gypsy, Jonas and Ahti come to her aid, and the gypsy is badly beaten. Soon after...