Lefrancois, a father of six, is a soldier. His seventh child is on the way and will be named Victory. Lefrancois cannot remember why he tied a knot in his handkerchief. Although he has received the Wa...
In Courbevoie (Delage factory), workers machining, countersinking, and drilling mechanical parts for weaponry and airplane engines. In Paris (Gaumont), workers manufacture rifle covers and boosters. W...
The Public Health Department was created to put reception and counseling facilities into place--with the American Committee's help-- for parents in difficulty. An American Committee nurse, assisted b...
At the Mailly camp in 1916, Generals Marouchevsky, Lokhvitsky, Gilinsky and Prince Peter of Montenegro inspect the 3rd brigade of the Russian expeditionary force. In Semipalatinsk (Kazakhstan) in 1919...
The main stages of Marshal Foch's life from 1913-1929: in 1913 in Nancy, during the Great War, with General Weygand at the end of the conflict, at the victory celebrations, traveling in Europe and the...
The year is 1915. The French air force, fighting on the front lines, is divided into bomber, reconnaissance, and fighter plane squadrons. Before taking off, the pilots responsible for bombing enemy li...
During World War I, cities and villages in north-eastern France have been destroyed by the hundreds and people are living in the ruins. Brave women continue to distribute milk. In the schools, childre...
During World War I, the Americans support the Allies. In order to prevent people from dying of hunger, they send goods to France, then Belgium. Tons of flour and wheat are unloaded from barges, as wel...
On the set of “Personnel” (1975), dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski. Scene in the theater. From left: actors Andrzej Siedlecki, unknown person and Juliusz Machulski (standing). Photo: Stefan Kurzyp, blac...
Film still from “The Double Life of Veronique” (1991), dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski. From left: unknown person, actress Ir?ne Jacob in a singing scene at the Karol Szymanowski Philharmonic in Krakó...
On the set of “The Double Life of Veronique” (1991), dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski. From left: unknown person, actress Ir?ne Jacob and the director shoot a scene at the Karol Szymanowski Philharmonic...
On the set of “The Scar” (1976), dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski. From left: unknown person, actors Andrzej Skupień and Joanna Orzeszkowska, assistant director Krzysztof Wierzbicki and actor Jan Skotn...
On the set of “The Scar” (1976), dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski. From left: unknown person, cinematographer Sławomir Idziak and actor Franciszek Pieczka, center, facing forward. Photo: Stefan Kurzyp,...
On the set of “Personnel” (1975), dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski. Film crew at work on set. From left: crew members Mieczysław Sitarz, Ryszard Jaworski, Henryk Strzebiecki, an unknown person, directo...
Commentary on the film and its subject matter (the tribute to Unknown Soldiers lost in World War I).
Notes on 2 documentary films portraying the countrywide tributes to the Unknown Soldiers lost in World War I.