Documentary dedicated to the artillery assigned to the Italian troops in Africa, shot by Luca Comerio in 1912, while the war in Libya was underway. The video is a copy from the film print preserved in...
Luca Comerio is perhaps the greatest documentary filmmaker in Italian silent cinema. War films have an important place within his immense production, in particular the ones dedicated to the Italo-Turk...
Clay pits were operative near Cefalù in the 1910s. This brief documentary shows us the different stages of the manufacturing process: from the hard job of extracting and transporting it to the artisa...
The golden hollow is the site where the city of Palermo rises, with its most famed beauties are shown to us thanks to static takes, slow tracking and “split screen” shots inspired by picturesque p...
A documentary set in Italian-speaking Switzerland, whose beauties are revealed through “phantom rides” on the Brunate Cremagliera railway, through sunsets in backlight on Lake Como and footage of ...
Documentary dedicated to the submarines assigned to the Italian Military Navy, shot by Luca Comerio in 1912, while the war in Libya was underway. The drills shown take place near the port of Taranto. ...
The panoramic shot opening the film pinponts the true protagonists at once: the canals, water harnessed within circuits planned by man in order to wrench land from the sea. The camera travels at water...
Episode of the series produced by Comerio dedicated to the Italo-Turk war. It features the departure of Lt. Paolo Solaroli’s body from Africa to Italy. The video is a copy from the film print preser...
From the left: Tomeš (Russian uniform), Bárta (French uniform) and Janda (Italian uniform).
American soldiers sent to France march with the American flags in the streets of Paris.
Mobilization in Germany. German soldiers wave from the windows of the train before leaving for the front.
Czechoslovak volunteers on a small station in Siberia.
Czechoslovak volunteers relax - a run competition.
Technical troops maintained in good repair railway tracks - covering the underside of rails.
A monument with a stone lion - a symbol of Czech statehood- on the grave of fallen volunteers.
Welcome of the President T.G. Masaryk after his arrival in the country. On the monument of Jan Hus is a banner with the slogan "People of Jan Hus".
Julius Urgiss, Hindenburg, dem Förderer der Lichtbildkunst, Der Kinematograph, 561, (1917), S. 12-13. Lob des Generalfeldmarschalls für seinen Einsatz zugunsten des Mediums Film. Hervorgehoben wird ...
Deutsche Lichtbild Gesellschaft e.V., Die Arbeit unserer Heimarmee, Der Kinematograph, 566, (1917), S. 11.
Argus, Neuheiten auf dem Berliner Filmmarkte, Der Kinematograph, 586, (1918), S. 28ff. Besprochen werden gleich zwei Propagandafilme zur achten Kriegsanleihe. "Lloyd George in Berlin" wird als äußer...
Messter Film GmbH, Luftkämpfe. Ein Tag bei einer Jagdstaffel im Westen, Der Kinematograph, 557, (1917), S. 3.
Neuheiten auf dem Berliner Filmmarkte, Der Kinematograph, 473, (1916), S. 17-20. Bericht über Neuerscheinungen auf dem Filmmarkt. Bei zwei der behandelten Filme handelt es sich um Krimis, vier Komöd...
Argus, Neuheiten auf dem Berliner Filmmarkte, Der Kinematograph, 581, (1918), S. 28-29. "Edelsteine" wird als erstes besprochen und als psychologisch tiefgründiges Werk bezeichnet. An dritter Stelle ...
Kriegsanleihe-Filme, Der Kinematograph, 561, (1917), S. 14. Da "Der feldgraue Groschen" einen so durchschlagenden Erfolg hatte, seien noch weitere Filme zur Kriegsanleihe gedreht worden. "Hann, Hein u...
Propaganda-Filme, Der Kinematograph, 571, (1917), S. 19-20. Deutsche Propagandafilme seien noch immer den feindlichen unterlegen. Man müsse zu denselben Waffen greifen, wie es die Feinde tun und die ...