Promotional documentary on missionary work in Belgian Congo. Commissioned by the Priests of the Sacred Heart, who are trying to recruit new missionaries for the Belgian colony of Congo.
War-time report, probably broadcasted in July-August 1919.
News report about the memorial service, held in Bruges and Antwerp, following the repatriation of the remains of Charles Fryatt, an English captain accused, condemned and shot by the Germans for pirac...
Various newsreel items. Among others, general Gouraud makes a speech during a memorial service of the First World War at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Paris.
Documentary about the life of King Albert I of Belgium. The film is entirely composed of archival footage.
Biography about Adolphe Max (1869-1939), former mayor of Brussels. In 1914 he was arrested and imprisoned because of his resistance against the German oppressor.
Coverage on the visit of Danish King Christian X to Belgium a few months before the start of World War One.
Retrospect on some of Cardinal Mercier's public attendances, followed by a report on Cardinal Mercier's funeral.
Wounded soldiers rest on camp beds in front of the hospital building.
Wounded soldiers eat in a hospital room.
A military doctor shows a wounded soldier to a Red Cross delegation.
Requisition of horses.
Conscripts in the assembly camp.
Wide shot of a hospital room. A standing First Lieutenant Schranel (actor: Vladimír Pospíšil-Born) shakes hands with First Lieutenant Liška (actor: František Kreuzmann), who is sitting on a bed w...
View of a dance café. Several couples are dancing on the left, including First Lieutenant Schranel (actor: Vladimír Pospíšil-Born) and Nurse Mathilde (actress: Adina Mandlová). To the right of th...
Notes on the censorship of all films depicting themes related with WWI.
Reproduction of a law act of 1917 establishing to prior censorship of films related with WWI.
Commentary on the film and its subject matter (the tribute to Unknown Soldiers lost in World War I).
Notes on 2 documentary films portraying the countrywide tributes to the Unknown Soldiers lost in World War I.
Rennert, Malwine. "Kleopatra, Herrin des Nils; Die letzten Tage von Byzanz." Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie III, 3/4 (1913/1914): 65-68. Rennert lobt „Kleopatra“ f...
Warstatt, Willi. "Das künstlerische Problem in der Photographie und in Der Kinematographie. II." Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie III, 2 (1913/1914): 32-34. Warstatt be...