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The Flood of Wetzlar 1920 The Wetzlar Flood Disaster of 1920. The film shows the old Lahn Bridge at high water and a view from the bridge down the river. The street Am Mühlgraben is flooded. In the Langgasse, people carry each other so that they don't…

With this filmic documentation, Oskar Barnack paid tribute to the Lumière brothers by also recording workers leaving a factory. In Barnack's case they were workers exiting the Leitz factory in Wetzlar. Since the 1910s, Oskar Barnack, the inventor of t…

Documentation of the celebration of the laying of the foundation stone for a "Taunus recreation home" in Oberjosbach, Hesse, on May 21, 1914, showing the celebrating crowd consisting of festively dressed adults and children. Various associations…

March of French soldiers into the camp. The soldiers who got off the train are escorted to the camp by the gendarmerie and the Landsturm. One can see the gendarme Wallenreich. Since the 1910s, Oskar Barnack, the inventor of the Leica, has captured events …

Documentation of the model flight competition in Frankfurt am Main, probably the event organized by the Frankfurter Flugmodell-Verein (at that time the presiding club of the Verband deutscher Modellflugvereine) from May 17-21, 1914. The competition took p…

The "Reich Banner Black-Red-Gold, Federation of Republican War Participants" was founded in Magdeburg in February 1924 as a non-party alliance of the SPD, the liberal German Democratic Party and the Catholic Centre Party. The Reich Banner saw it…

Report retracing the military campaigns of the Belgian colonial troops in Africa through geographical maps and title cards.

Report on the total devastation and destruction of Nieuwport. Although former streetnames are being mentioned, nothing seems to be recognizable any longer since the complete city is destroyed during the First World War.

Documentaire directed by Henri Storck. The film follows several groups of tourists on a visit to different sites in Belgium, the Netherlands and France. The groups tours with buses of the Ostend Department of British Travel (= British Traval Office Ostend…

A short report on the strategic importance of the trenches near the village of Cernay. These started in the outskirts of Reims and ran through houses and gardens to get to the frontlines of the battlefield.

Veurne remains the only Belgian town unoccupied by the Germans during World War I. Three items shot in Veurne: troops marching on the market square, paviours working on a construction site and the famous procession for penitents.

Documentary on the history of aviation.

German propaganda documentary about the operations of the U-35, a German U-boat during World War One. This is a French version, together with the British version, released in november 1918.

Tribute to former mayor of Brussels: Adolphe Max.

French newsreel, released by the army and showing activities on the Western Front, including images of the captured fort of Kawak of Constantinople (Istanbul) and the French troops parading for the first time in the German cities of Aachen, Wiesbaden and …

Short excerpt from a five-part series about the daily work on the farm. The clip briefly shows a manure wagon, followed by running piglets that are afterwards fed on the yard.

Report on Leopoldville, former capital of Belgian Congo.

Field Marshal Blasius Dani von Gyarmata and Magyarcseke. 2. General Major Johann Boerin von Polichna. 3. Lieutenant Field Marshal Paul Edler von Nagy. 4. Lieutenant Field Marshal Dr. jur. Karl Bardolff. 5. Oberst A…

Schönbrunn Palace. 2. Emperor Franz Josef I. at a Corpus Christi procession. 3. Emperor Franz Josef I. on a tour of inspection in St. Pölten. 4. Emperor Franz Josef I. at the wedding of Archduke Karl Franz Josef and Archduch…

Between 29th and 30th May 1915 a 5cm artillery battery was brought into position. 2. The enemy’s strongholds were bombarded non-stop with cannon fire for 2 days. In the background one can see the castle and exploding grenades. 3. Alth…

The imperial villa and the park. 2. The Emperor departs for the hunt. 3. Arrival of the most esteemed hunting guests at Steinkogel. 4. The aged Emperor in traditional Ischl dress on his way to the hunting spot. 5. …

Vienna: The latest portrait of His Majesty the Emperor produced by a member of the academy, Mr. Tom von Dreger. 2. His Majesty inaugurates the Künstlerhaus exhibition building. 3. Bad Ischl: The Emperor returns to continue his summer …

Intertitle: The airship is brought out of the hangar. Image: „L 60“ and „L 35“ are pulled out of the airship hangar and brought to the take-off site. 2. Intertitle: Ascension. Image: Ascension of the airship. 3. Intertitle: On the journey. Image: The ai……