Histoire du soldat inconnu

  • Other title(s): Geschiedenis van de onbekende soldaat
  • Genre: Experimental film
  • Year: 1932-1959
  • Description: Storck watched all news items of the year 1928: the year when sixty countries signed an agreement outlawing war (Kellogg-Briand Pact). Subsequently, he juxtaposed this heart-warming utopia with the presages of what was to come (1932): burgeoning nationalism, repressive law enforcement authorities, unrestrained colonialism and bellicose politics. Ferocious editing sarcastically juxtaposes these good intentions with the political farce of speeches and parades, all to the tune of factory chimneys collapsing in slow motion and the exhumed body of an 'unknown soldier'.
  • Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / World War, 1914-1918 -- Battlefields / Civilians in war / Nationalism / Patriotism / Politics and war / Armed Forces Mobilization / Military ceremonies, honors, and salutes / World War, 1914-1918 -- Monuments / World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations / Soldiers / War victims / War casualties / Buildings -- War damage / Submarine warfare / World War, 1914-1918 -- Biological warfare / World War, 1914-1918 -- Art and the war / World War, 1914-1918 -- Propaganda / Première Guerre mondiale / Eerste Wereldoorlog / Europe / Europa / guerres / oorlogen / victime de guerre / oorlogsslachtoffer / marine de guerre / oorlogsvloot / dommages de guerre / oorlogsschaden / traités / verdragen / nationalisme / nationalisme / répressions / repressies / tombes / graven / cadavres / lijken / colonialisme / kolonialisme / fouilles / opgravingen / discours / toespraken / défilés / défilés / cormorans / aalscholvers / 1914 / 1914 / 1915 / 1915 / 1916 / 1916 / 1917 / 1917 / 1918 / 1918 / 1928 / 1928
  • Provider: Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique
  • Rights: In Copyright / Fonds Storck
  • Colour: Black & White
  • Director: Storck, Henri
  • Sound: Without sound