Tonbild zur Arie "Mag der Himmel dir vergeben" aus dem dritten Akt von Friedrich von Flotows Oper "Martha". Tonbild ist eine Bezeichnung für frühe Kinofilme mit Synchronton (aufgezeichnet und abgesp...
Die 25-jährige Inga ist in einem kleinen Dorf in Mecklenburg aufgewachsen. Als sie wenige Monate alt war, ist ihre Mutter Anne bei einem Badeunfall in der Ostsee ertrunken – so haben es ihr zum...
Dokumentarfilm über die politischen Aktionen der Kunst- und Musikszene in Kairo nach dem "ägyptischen Frühling" im Jahr 2011. Die Entmachtung von Präsident Mubarak wirkte für die meisten Künstle...
Nach einem Schneesturm im französischen Zentralmassiv findet die Polizei ein verlassenes Auto und steht bald vor einem Rätsel, denn die Besitzerin ist unauffindbar. In der Nähe befindet sich ein Ge...
Wie jedes Jahr fahren sechs Jugendliche aus einem Harzer Dorf für ein paar Tage in eine abgelegene Hütte im Wald, um inmitten der Natur Gemeinschaft und Freizeit zu erleben. Diesmal aber entwickelt ...
Bei einem Autounfall verliert der junge Theaterregisseur Jakob sein Augenlicht. Zunächst wird er mit seiner völlig neuen, beschwerlichen Lebenssituation nur sehr schlecht fertig. Auf seine Hilflosig...
Romantic adventure film in which Betty, who dreams about pirates, and her father, a gullible professor, are tricked by a bunch of real pirates. They are rescued by a young man who has a crush on Betty...
Five reels of stockshots of the Western Front, with no apparent theme or linking sequence. The majority of the material for all but the final reel comes from IWM 191 BATTLE OF THE SOMME. The majority ...
A camel train approaches and enters the city. A panorama of the city taken from the sea. Tiffin (compressed camel or horse fodder) being unloaded from ships lying out to sea by surf boats. The men wor...
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 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...
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...
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...
Subtitled "The work of the Department of the Director General Voluntary Organisations including the Camps Library". Introductory shot of the Director General Sir Edward Ward seated in his office in Sc...