The black-and-white film "Putti" is a collaborative work of the so-called amateur film studio of the Kulturbund Dresden from 1952, in which Ernst Hirsch acted as cameraman and the later DEFA director ...
The city of Dresden was bombed by the Allies during the night of the 13th to the 14th of February 1945. Canadian army captures Kleve on February 26th.
This series includes twelve films that report on economic successes and progress in various countries of Euopa. All but the film on France have been preserved. © 2002 Linda R. Christenson
A "School for Officers" is established at the historic "Ecole Militaire" in Paris. Staff officers and senior officials from all 14 NATO countries are trained with the aim of forming an effective defen...
The documentary black-and-white footage by Ernst Hirsch shows Sorbian Easter riders on their procession from Bautzen to Radwor/Radibor in April 1954. The film also shows securing work on the roof of t...
A documentary film made on the occasion of the opening of the V. I. Lenin Museum in Prague with the participation of President Klement Gottwald and the government. Thanks to various reconstructions th...
An animated film that tells the story of the Marshall Plan's economic reconstruction aid in the form of a fable. Emphasis is placed on breaking down trade barriers and building a community market. © ...
The film was shot on the occasion of the 4th World Festival of Youth and Students 1953 in Bucharest. It tells the story of a high school graduate who is supposed to work in production in a socialist y...
The documentary shows the efforts to rebuild, firstly in a temporary and then in definitive, the principal railway stations and lines to reconnect physically and economically the entire country.
Algiers solemnly welcomed the bodies of 135 Algerian fighters who fell in the battles of Italy, France and Germany during the WWII.
Report on the construction of the future "Palais des festivals" which will host the ceremonies and screenings of the next Cannes International Film Festival.
The trial of Marshal Pétain for high treason lasts four weeks in July and August 1945. The last days of the trial: the witnesses, the closing speech of the prosecutor, the pleadings of the lawyers, t...
At the start of the new school year, report on the construction of new schools and on the installation of temporary classrooms in prefabricated barracks to face the increase in the number of children.
Millions of Europeans, refugees and deportees, return to their homeland. The film shows the Americans' organized transfer of displaced persons, as well as the arrival in the Soviet zone of hundreds of...
A documentary film drawing attention to the dangers of pickpockets in public places - at a fair, in a cinema and on a tram. It uses reenactment, but pretends to be a hidden camera that observes what i...
The black-and-white film by Ernst Hirsch from 1959 was a commissioned production for the GDR's Deutsche Fernsehfunk. It shows the path that the art treasures, e.g. of the Green Vault and the Picture G...
The film opens with a cableway trip. We travel along the Sorrentine Peninsula. The images of some panoramic views of the coast follow the daily images of the tourists walking on the streets or women w...
On the 150th anniversary of the Carabinieri Service, this documentary commemorates the service’s history, founded on the motto “For Centuries Faithful”. A celebration of Carabinieri histor...
Magical Mystery – or: The Return of Karl Schmidt Adaptation of Sven Regener's eponymous novel. Germany in the mid-1990s: Karl Schmidt is released from a psychiatric clinic: The artist, once an avid ...
Magical Mystery – or: The Return of Karl Schmidt Adaptation of Sven Regener's eponymous novel. Germany in the mid-1990s: Karl Schmidt is released from a psychiatric clinic: The artist, once an avid ...
Documentary on the 20th anniversary of the Symphonic orchestra.
Une visite aux différentes demeures de la Reine Elisabeth de Belgique. La visite commence au Château de Stuyvenbergh, demeure de la Reine. La jardin, les fleurs, un petit bâtiment devant lequel se ...
Buiten de openingstitel heeft de gevisioneerde kopie geen verdere verklarende titels. "BRUXELLES, La Manifestation en faveur du maintien de l'Université Française de Gand." Rijkswachters hebben zich...
Newsreels from May 1949
Newsreels from May 1949