A Vickers Virginia bomber is launched from the catapult. On the second launch the camera shows the view from the front of the bomber as it flies forward out of the catapult.
Newsreel item on expe...
The aircraft comes in to land at Cranwell and taxies to a halt. The crew members, Squadron Leader A G Jones-Williams and Flight Lieutenant N H Jenkins, are congratulated on their flight, which took 50...
The Germans lost eleven Zeppelins in the course of the raid, five of them over France. First, the wreck of one of the airships is inspected by French soldiers, while two of the aircraft which shot it ...
Very brief film of Hawker Harts or Demons of 23 Squadron RAF taking off from a grass airstrip, England, 1935-1937.
I. 'FUNERAL OF FIREMAN HERO: J.S. Green whose fearless bravery was instrumental in saving 22 lives from a fire caused by a Zeppelin raid on the London District'. Brass-helmetted firemen carry the coff...
I. 'KING ALBERT'S CAVALRY: Cavalry keeping fit for the time when their service will be required to drive the Hun invader out of Belgium'. The cavalry are seen in action, galloping uphill and across op...
I. 'CROSSING THE VISTULA: The ruins of a bridge blown up by the Russians before retreating from the Germans'. The cantilevered bridge has collapsed in the centre and lies sprawled across the river. Th...
I. 'NAVAL BOMBARDMENT IN THE BOSPHORUS: An unique film showing the destructive power of Naval guns. Taken on board a Russian destroyer engaged in shelling the Turkish positions. Bluejackets bringing u...
The battle of Zborov: A soldier gives to smell a rotten can to his sleeping friend.
The battle of Zborov: Several soldiers in the trench with stuffy noses. One of them holds a rotten can.
The battle of Zborov: Several soldiers sit in the trench.
The batttle of Zborov: A board with the slogan in Austrian trenches - "Wer diese Stellungen erstürmt vernichtet Österreich."/ "A conqueror of this position will defeat Austria".
The battle of Zborov: Several soldiers hidden in the trench.
An office with two sitting Russian generals (on the left Rudolf Medek - author of the synopsis). Tomeš registers himself as a volunteer.
A documentary part: First days of the independent Czechoslovak Republic - František Udržal speaks to the gathering of people in front of the monument of Jan Hus.
Bárta (laborer) in the uniform of Czechoslovak volunteer from France.