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...
Wide shot of a hospital corridor. Nurse Tonička (actress: Truda Grosslichtová) stands in the middle of the corridor clasping hands with Corporal Bartoněk (actor: Jiří Vondrovič), whose other arm...
Medium shot of several men sitting around a table with a half loaf of bread and a carafe of water. On the left sits Sakař (actor: Jindřich Plachta) with a bandaged neck. To the right sit Vyskočil (...
Wide shot of a corridor. Standing in front of the door to Dr. Šrámek's office are Nurse Mathilde (actress: Adina Mandlová) and Rjepkin (actor: Vladimír Borský) flanked by Austrian military guards...
View of an office. A colonel of the Austrian army (actor: Jaroslav Marvan) and Dr. Šrámek (actor: František Smolík) are standing at a desk. Behind Šrámek are two military guards (on the right, a...
Wide shot of an office. Dr. Šrámek (actor: František Smolík) is sitting at a desk and pointing at another doctor standing on the opposite side of the desk. Rjepkin (actor: Vladimír Borský) is st...
Wide shot of a corridor and a door with a sign indicating "MUDr. Fr. Šrámek." Standing in front of the door are nurse Mathilde (actress: Adina Mandlová), First Lieutenant Liška (actor: František ...
Lieutenant Rjepkin (actor: Vladimír Borský) is lying on a hospital bed in the foreground. Three figures are standing over him: Nurse Mathilde (actor: Adina Mandlová) on the left, and doctors Šrám...
View of a hospital room. In the centre of the image, cadet Severa (actor: Stanislav Strnad) is lying on a bed and hugging his mother (actress: Marie Ptáková), who is sitting next to him. Rjepkin is ...
Staat und Kino, Der Kinematograph, 514, (1916), S. 11-12. Erörterung der Idee, der Staat könne die Filmproduktion in seine Hände nehmen. Als Beispiel wird die Eisenbahn genommen, die auch zunächst...
Ludwig Brauner, Die kommende Geschmackswandlung, Der Kinematograph, 593, (1918), S. 15-16. Erörterung des Publikumsgeschmacks. Gegenwärtig sei vor allem Ablenkung vom Kriegsalltag gefragt, jedoch li...
"'Um das grosse Erbe'. Aufhebung eines Filmverbots", Der Kinematograph, 549, (1917), S. 11-14.
Universum Filmverleih, Söhne des Volkes, Der Kinematograph, 620, (1918), S. 3. "Der bisher unter dem Titel 'König des Lichts' angekündigte Film...der neue Film für die neue Zeit"
Neuheiten auf dem Berliner Filmmarkte, Der Kinematograph, 550, (1917), S. 15-17. Rezension aktueller Filme. Interessant ist, dass die russische Gesellschaft filmisch thematisiert wird. Karl Schneider,...
Arthur Loening, Ein Friedensfilm, Lichtbildbühne, 50, (1918), S. 40 & 56. Der Film greife die aktuelle Sehnsucht nach Frieden auf. Wie aber der Westfälische Frieden einen Machtzuwachs für Frankreic...
Deutsche Lichtbild Gesellschaft e.V., Der Friedensreiter, Der Kinematograph, 618, (1918), S.22-23.
Der deutsche Film für das Ausland, Der Kinematograph, 620, (1918). Es sei Aufgabe der deutschen Filmindustrie, den negativen Vorstellungen über Deutschland, die im Ausland im Krieg verbreitet worden...