The King and Queen arrive in Calais to start the visit. The King inspects war trophies at Bailleul with General Sir Herbert Plumer, then goes on to watch a tank demonstration and talk with a group of ...
A column of men from 1st Balloon Company, in the Meuse or Moselle region, march through a village. British "8-inch Naval rifles" (in fact 6-inch Mk VII guns) being fired by gunners of 27th (New York) ...
The daughter of the farmer András Balogh, Juli, is confused by the sight of a circus, she leaves her native village secretly and enters into an engagement with the dance master at a night club in the...
The squadron's tour takes in the principal ports of the Empire. At each port the ships of the squadron are thrown open to the locals. Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick L Field has his flag on board HMS Hood....
The footage, filmed on May 30, 1915, records a WWI intercession procession before the Inner City Parish Church, the Basilica, and the Parliament. The creators of the film concentrated on the famous pe...
The film emphasises the pre-war uniqueness of Britain, rich, insular, with a strong trading position and a free democracy united under the constitutional monarchy. The only pre-war violence comes in t...
(Reel 1) The training of a naval cadet - Pangbourne, HMS Worcester, HMS Medway. (Reel 2) Scenes from the building of a merchant vessel. Shots of a Standard Tanker being launched on the Clyde, female d...
I. The build-up to war from the earliest days of film record, showing the various crowned heads of Europe.II. The Balkan wars of 1912, the development of Germany's Navy, and the inauguration of Presid...
Three families on the villiage green after the mobilization. From the left Mrs. Bártová and her son, Bárta (laborer), Janda (smith) and Tomeš (farmer) pledge a loyalty to the idea of Slavonic unit...
Three families on the public green after mobilization. From the left: Mrs. Bártová, Bárta and his son, Janda and his family, Tomeš and his family. Travel packages in the foreground.