In March 1925, His Royal Highness Prince Charles (son of King Ferdinand and royal heir to the throne of Romania) visits Bessarabia, a province that became a part of Romania in 1918. In Kishinev (Chisi...
In the Cadet Academy courtyard in Vienna drills are under way. The cadets present a selection of floor gymnastics. They exercise on apparatus: parallel bars, horizontal bars, vaulting horse, the rings...
I. 'STRICKEN SERBIA: Serbian wounded soldiers waiting at a base depot, before being transferred to a hospital ship'. Men gather by a building, most of them bandaged or carrying crutches. Men hand out ...
I. 'THE VICTOR OF JERUSALEM. General Sir Edmund Allenby who has rescued the Holy City from Turkish domination, reviews one of our mounted brigades.' Aids hold General Bailloud's horse as he mounts. MS...
I. 'VENICE IN ARMOUR. How the historic architecture of the beautiful city is protected against possible air raids.' HA pan over the Doges' Palace - the main staircase is heavily sandbagged and some of...
Austrian troops practise an attack in waves up a hillside, with some men acting as 'casualties' for the stretcher-bearers. A general view of the ground, below the snow-line, on the Italian Front. A mo...
The Honourable John R L French leaves Saint Paul's church, Knightsbridge, after the wedding ceremony with his bride, the former Miss Olivia John. The pair are later shown with Lady French (the Field M...
The children have had their school desks set out in the playground. A teacher chalks on a blackboard a "letter" for them to copy out to Mr Hoover, while he watches. The children cheer the US flag and ...
Before moving to the front: Janda (smith) and his wife.
Before moving to the front: Tomeš (farmer) and his wife.
Before moving to the front: Bárta (laborer) and his wife.
The face of Bárta´s wife after his return from the war. The woman cries and hugs her husband.
Jiří Voldán (actor: Vladimír Ch. Vladimírov) and his fiancée Maryša (actress: Suzanne Marwille) with the rifle.
Medium shot of Toman's wife Lída (actress: Marie Rosůlková), his son Vláďa (actor: Zdeněk Záhorský), and Dr, Šrámek (actor: František Smolík), who is shaking Vláďa's hand. Vláďa is wea...