(Reel 1) Training the New Army - "cheery non-slackers" undergo PT, drill and bayonet practice, mounting and sabre drill for cavalry. (Reel 2) Manufacture of a 15-inch naval gun and firing trials. (Ree...
Iason arrives in Greece and goes to the house of his friend Michalis Drakakis. Here live his wife Mairi with her sister Magda and a sailor, Kosmas, who is a smuggler of whiskey and who supports the wo...
Amateur footage of British troops in Norway at the end of WW2, relaxing at a fjord and taking part in the National Day parade? after the liberation of Norway.
One day, on the island of Lesbos, a shepherd by the name of Lamonas finds an abandoned little boy sucking milk from the teats of a goat. The shepherd calls the boy Dafnis and takes him as his own chil...
A partisan fighter saves 70 villagers from the firing squad during the German occupation. When he falls into a gorge trying to escape his pursuers, the villagers consider him dead and erect a statue i...
As indicated by the title, this is an obvious melodrama, where a beautiful rich girl (Miranda), departs from family norms and traditions by falling in love with a poor singer – obliging her to leave...
It is Christmas Eve and Martha, Eleni's grandaughter, is sent out to beg in the streets, is hit by a car and seriously injured. Martha’s grandmother, Eleni, is Mrs. Olga’s maid from Southern Epir...
A widow (Irene Papas) becomes much closer to her son (Stratos Tzortzoglou), thanks to a series of events and incidents in which the most unlikely characters are involved. The mother falls in love, aft...
Romantic adventure film in which Betty, who dreams about pirates, and her father, a gullible professor, are tricked by a bunch of real pirates. They are rescued by a young man who has a crush on Betty...
Close-up of a sergeant holding a football marked 2Y&L. Pan over the men of the battalion, lying, sitting or standing informally, with two Lewis machine guns in the front row. Two lance-corporals sitti...
Holidaymakers setting out from Glasgow, and travelling by train and steamer down the coast to Rothesay and Ettrick Bay. Includes tracking shots from tram in Sauchiehall Street.
A demonstration on how to use a Seine net for trawling. This film was planned by the Marine Laboratory Aberdeen, as part of their research programme on the efficiency of fishing gear. "Grateful ackn...
A look at the social and economic changes in Scotland during the 1950s, after the upheaval of the war. From the restoration of Iona Abbey to the development of new industries.
News report on the ceremonies concerning the funeral of King Albert I.
Nella pianura padana, sull’argine del Po, un uomo e una donna davanti al desco sono tristi perché senza figli. Quando la sera la donna mette i piselli in pentola ecco che dall’acqua sbuca u...
01 All’interno della Basilica di San Pietro a Roma, si concludono i lavori del Concilio Vaticano II. La Basilica è gremita di gente, e gli alti prelati della Chiesa Cattolica, in prima fila, ...
"Montage de morceaux d'actualités "Gaumont" concernant l'aviation du début des années '10"
The film shows traditional farm life i the 1950s in a rural village in Western Norway before the land reallocation.
Images of Tübingen: images of the 30th Liederfest of a Swabian choral society in Tübingen. Another pageant on 30 July 1910. Elephants of Circus Charles bathing in the river Neckar. Another pageant. ...
Film about the history of Belgium, made to be shown in the Belgian pavillion during the 1937 World Fair in Paris.
A visual travel diary on the expedition led by Brondeel in 1934. This expedition to Belgian Congo, by truck, became a testimony to the social conditions of Africans during the colonial era.