Documentary filmed in Felanitx (Mallorca) in Pedro Escribano's lime kiln. A fire is lit in the lime kiln and the process continues by observing the changes of colour of the stones. At the end, the sto...
A compilation reel. Features fairground attractions taken around 1948, such as fortune teller, coconut shy and merry-go-round, followed by a snapshot of workmen in the fields enjoying a break. The r...
Report by Bill Tennent on Bond Car.
Finlandia Newsreel 101 is a concise and action-packed selection of interesting topics of the preceding 100 newsreels made in 1943–49: from the visits of Josephine Baker and the Soviet cultural deleg...
Finnish Waffen-SS volunteers return to Finland after serving in the German Army. Apple trees in bloom. In 1942, the people of Finland saved more than 3,200 million FIM.
In 1900, a gang of bandits abducts a young bourgeois (Kostas Arzoglou) and flees to the mountain, expecting ransom money in return for his freedom. The youth develops a friendship with the gang chief ...
This documentary, filmed in Turkmenistan, attempts to trace a historical connection between Greek civilization and the eastern world, through a tour of archaeological sites, historical findings, tradi...
Shots of an Army Field Hospital in the WW1, World War One. Wounded soldiers and those after treatment smoke and play cards.
A drama about a famous actor who, while studying the role of Hamlet, begins to think that Yorick's skull is that of his one-time friend and rival in love; this suggestion excites him so much so that h...
The story is an adaptation of a Prague legend about Petr Parléř, architect to Charles IV who was entrusted with the task of building a Gothic cathedral in Prague, a magnificent example of the archit...
Young Frantík, living with his guardian, befriends Martička, the daughter of factory owner Simon. Frantík's mother, however, comes to take her son back with her and puts him in a children's home wh...
While a group of children is playing by the railroad station, a tragic accident occurs during which Vašíček's legs are crushed by a train. After a complicated operation Vašíček is moved to Jedli...
"The plot is set sometime during the 14th or 15th century and is based on the old chivalrous legends which are now gone forever. It tells of a beautiful girl whose father, a prince, forces her to marr...
A female artist is troubled that she cannot finish her painting of the wandering Jew Ahasuerus. So she sends her obedient husband to find a model. After a careful search the husband eventually finds s...
The designer Hartwig goes on holiday to the Krkonoše mountains where his father works as a postman. The latter falls ill and Karel carries out his work in his stead. The Prague builder Werner, who is...
The coquettish Eva fires love into a captain's heart, the she rejects him and he tries to kidnap her. In the end, he renounces his love. Eva enters a convent and the captain tries to find her. Eva is ...