Records a trip to South Africa made by Nat and Nettie McGavin. Includes places such as Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, Sea Point, Pretoria, the Vaal River, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and the Victori...
I. A long sequence of 2/4th Battalion, the Dorset Regiment, with its band leading, marching into Bethlehem (poor quality film). II. Allenby's visit to Bethlehem, 25 December 1917. He can be seen among...
The workforce is mainly women working at benches or on production lines. They test rubber mouthpieces for leaks with a probe. They test the expiratory valves in the same manner. The corrugated tubes a...
Three Australian officers stand with a Belgian officer as escort on the balcony of the prison where Nurse Cavell was held. Next, they stand by the plaque in the prison yard marking the place where she...
Colonel Samson is not clearly visible in the film. The DH4, fitted with floats and no wheels, taxies through the water behind a Felixstowe flying boat, which takes off ahead of it. The DH4 then thrott...
Street scenes in Bethlehem, the Church of Saint Mary, the Gardens of Gethsemane, the Via Dolorosa, the Holy Sepulchre, the Valley of Kidron and (in silhouette) a tree where, according to legend, Judas...
The divisional commander, Brigadier-General F S Meighan, shows the journalists around the training area. (Very broken film, extremely hard to follow.) The men are engaged in various kinds of training:...
(Reel 1) King George V and General Sir Herbert Plumer, commanding Second Army to which the two divisions were attached, are greeted by 30th (Old Hickory) Division commander, Major-General Edward M Lew...
Hans Albers, Hilde Hildebrand (left to right) in "Große Freiheit Nr. 7" (1944)
Hans Albers in "Große Freiheit Nr. 7" (1944)
Reportage over de begrafenisplechtigheid van Koningin Astrid, voorafgegaan door een terugblik op enkele hoogtepunten in haar leven. Koningin Astrid sterft op 29-08-1935 in Küssnacht am Rigi in Zwitse...
Documentaire film die aan de hand van gespeelde scènes toont hoe het Belgisch rechtssysteem in elkaar zit. Elke Belg heeft, reeds van bij de geboorte rechten maar ook plichten. Dit geldt zowel voor o...
["PREMIERE PARTIE"] Het oorspronkelijke begin van de film ontbreekt blijkbaar, de documentaire vat dadelijk aan met de voorstelling van de piloot en mecanicien. We volgen de constructie van het vliegt...
Documentaire in Zweden gemaakt voor een Belgisch publiek, naar aanleiding van het plotse overlijden van Koningin Astrid. Er wordt begonnen bij de geboorte van Astrid: bewegend beeld van een kasteel wa...
Keizer Wilhelm II en Keizerin Victoria van Duitsland te paard, begeleid door ruiters, op weg naar een parade op het Tempelhoferfeld in Berlijn.
I. The film contrasts quotes from a German newspaper given as 'Westphalia Daily News' reporting the damage or destruction of prominent landmarks in the centre of London with film of those places taken...
A group of about eight men and women picking grapes in a vineyard - the atmosphere is relaxed and cheerful, with only an overseer figure taking the task completely seriously; a close-up of a girl with...
I. Columns of British companies march into the city on 18th October. They are Liverpool Irish, otherwise 8th Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment) of 57th (West Lancashire) Division. The men carry fl...
A poster lists the various "Electoral Districts in Canada". Polling took place between 1 and 17 December. Men of 7th Brigade, Canadian 3rd Division read the poster. The brigade is 49th (Edmonton) Batt...
The film opens with an unrelated scene of Australian troops exploding a shell or mine in a training exercise. 1st Spahi Cavalry Regiment 'charges' the camera. One of the men demonstrates steadiness by...
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy sightseeing in Edinburgh where they visit the castle and make an appearance on stage at the Playhouse Cinema.