The Higher Invention Committee watches a Renault tank, armed with a 75mm gun, navigate rough terrain. Jules-Louis Breton gets to sit in the tank beside a soldier in charge of handling the gun;
The Higher Invention Committee tests the solidity of the manganese helmets thought up by Doctor Pollack.
In 1917, during World War I, rationing forces Parisians to wait in line to get coal, while the winter is particularly harsh.
Jean and Suzette, two orphans, are raised by the inn-keeper Frantz Hobscher who mistreats them. When World War I is declared, the imperial authorities order Hobscher to trick spies into thinking he's ...
Parade of French and allied troops under the Arc de triomphe and on the Champs-Élysées. The signing of the Treaty of Versailles: delegations arriving by car, a crowd on the terrace, troops on the Ch...
Troop movements by bike, horseback, and foot as the maneuver warfare begins again. Cannons are shooting despite a fire. A convoy of trucks and troops advances toward the lines. Shots are fired by a 75...
A woman learns, by letter, that her husband has died gloriously on the battlefield, struck by an enemy bullet while filming news footage on the front. As she weeps and worries about the future of her ...
After having created laws on practicing physical culture, the government, in collaboration with the American Committee, brings in American experts who adapt their principles to the French system. In J...
Still from "Der Feind im Land"
Still from "Der Geiger von Meißen"
Still from "Der Schwur der Renate Rabenau"
Lyda Salmonova, Paul Wegener
Paul Wegener
Still from "Der Film von der Königin Luise. 2. Abteilung: Aus Preußens schwerer Zeit"
"Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam" (1920)
Film poster
B.T., Messters Kriegskinos, Der Kinematograph, 437, (1915), S. 19. Meldung, dass die Firma Messter die Erlaubnis bekommen habe, regelmäßig an der Westfront Filmaufnahmen zu machen.
Häfker, Hermann. "Sind die 'kleinen' Kinotheater der Reform schädlich?" Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie III, 3/4 (1913/1914): 58-60. Häfker geht davon aus, dass die ...
Nordisk Films GmbH, Jede Woche neue Kriegs-Aufnahmen, Der Kinematograph 406, (1914), S. 3. "Jede Woche abwechselnd neue Kriegsaufnahmen vom Westen und Osten (eigene Expeditionen)".
E. Osten, Kinematographie des Krieges, Erste Internationale Filmzeitung, 9.Jg., Nr.21, (1915), S. 16-18. Bericht über den Einsatz aus dem Flugzeug aufgenommener Filme zur Aufklärung feindlicher Stel...
Eiko Film. „"Eiko-Woche“ ist die beste Kriegsberichterstattung" Der Kinematograph 404 (1914): 1.
Rundschau, Bild & Film. Zeitschrift für Lichtbilderei und Kinematographie, IV,1, (1914/1915), S. 34-41. Berichte über Firmen, die mit Pathé Frères in Verbindung stünden und deshalb boykottiert we...