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...
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...
Colonel Samson is not clearly visible in the film. The DH4, fitted with floats and no wheels, taxies through the water behind a Felixstowe flying boat, which takes off ahead of it. The DH4 then thrott...
Three Australian officers stand with a Belgian officer as escort on the balcony of the prison where Nurse Cavell was held. Next, they stand by the plaque in the prison yard marking the place where she...
Views of Baghdad and Babylon in Mesopotamia and of Baalbec on the Palestine Front, 1918.
(Reel 1) The arsenal entrance in Beresford Square, with the internal train taking the workers to various departments. Women and boys in the Tailors' Shop make gloves, felt "buttons" for 15-inch shells...
I. A long sequence of 2/4th Battalion, the Dorset Regiment, with its band leading, marching into Bethlehem (poor quality film). II. Allenby's visit to Bethlehem, 25 December 1917. He can be seen among...
Amateur footage of the last day of tram services on the streets of Glasgow, and the evening display of Glasgow's historic trams.
An officer, possibly Major-General H B de Lisle, presenting medals to a kilted battalion, who then march past. A pan over a group from the battalion sitting and smoking. They are possibly the Canadian...
A camel train approaches and enters the city. A panorama of the city taken from the sea. Tiffin (compressed camel or horse fodder) being unloaded from ships lying out to sea by surf boats. The men wor...
I. RAMC men help refugees in a street in Douai to load both themselves and their belongings into a British Army lorry. As the last one is loaded the tailboard is closed up and the people wave as the l...
As producer, actor and filmmaker, Richard Massingham managed to combine his passion for film and medical science.
A young girl works cleaning the kitchen floor of a house. When she has finished she tosses the soap and cloth into the sink, which is full of water. The cook tells her, gently, that the soap will wast...
A Royal Engineers sergeant shows how to load two carrier pigeons into a small wicker basket for transport. At the Rosyth seaplane base Felixstowe F2A flying boats and Short 184 seaplanes ride at ancho...
(Reel 1) King George V and General Sir Herbert Plumer, commanding Second Army to which the two divisions were attached, are greeted by 30th (Old Hickory) Division commander, Major-General Edward M Lew...
Made for screening at the 1925 World Educational Congress Edinburgh, the film gives a survey of the educational opportunities offered in Edinburgh from infants up to senior pupils.
50th anniversary exhibition of consumer cooperative Elanto at the Exhibition Hall in Helsinki. President Ståhlberg statue competition. Ernst Josephson exhibition at Ateneum Art Museum, the National G...
Marathon walk, Finland v. Sweden at Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Football match, Finland v. Brazil, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Finland’s first cat show at Kunsthalle Helsinki. Padasjoki Natural Park....
Funeral of Unto-Pekka Matikainen, the Finnish soldier who was killed in Cyprus, at the Hietaniemi cemetery. Press conference of the national peatland forest competition at Oulunsalo in Helsinki (KOP b...
Soviet Deputy Prime Minister Anastas Mikoyan in Finland, part II: Reception at the Soviet Embassy. Premiere of Soviet film Grand Prix held at Capitol Cinema. Icebreaker Leningrad is launched at the Hi...
The British ambassador presents his credentials to the President of the Republic. Hyvinkää Church (designed by Aarno Ruusuvuori) is inaugurated. Railway museum at the Helsinki Railway Station. Stati...
Maaseudun Kukkasrahasto Foundation’s sketches for standardised youth centre buildings. Art by Timo Sarpaneva. Minister for Foreign Affairs Ahti Karjalainen returns from the United States to settle t...
Local museum in Hauho. Exhibition ‘Someone is waiting for your letter’. American artist Mr Leaf visiting the WSOY publishing company. New first-class grill restaurant Ostia in Helsinki. Polish sea...
‘Building the summer’ exhibition in Helsinki. 45th anniversary of the Finnish Air Force. 310th anniversary of the Viipurilainen osakunta student nation. Cinema organisation Filmiaura’s press con...