The First World War

The First World War 1934

1

Produced by the Fox Movietone News arm of Fox Film Corporation and based on the book by Lawrence Stallings, this expanded newsreel, using stock-and-archive footage, tells the story of World War I from inception to conclusion. Alternating with scenes of trench warfare and intimate glimpses of European royalty at home, and scenes of conflict at sea combined with sequences of films from the secret archives of many of the involved nations.

1934

Frost

Frost 2017

5.09

Rokas and Inga, a couple of young Lithuanians, volunteer to drive a cargo van of humanitarian aid to Ukraine. They cross the vast snowy lands of the Donbass region, drifting into the lives of those affected by the war.

2017

The Senator Was Indiscreet

The Senator Was Indiscreet 1947

5.40

A bumbling, long-winded and crooked Southern senator, considered by some as a dark horse for the Presidency, panics his party when his tell-all diary is stolen.

1947

Kino-Pravda No. 1

Kino-Pravda No. 1 1922

5.60

Dziga Vertov-directed Soviet newsreel covering: Starving children / Requisitioning of valuables possessed by the Russian Orthodox Church / Fundraising flights in support of the hungry / Trial of the Socialist Revolutionaries.

1922

Ladies Crave Excitement

Ladies Crave Excitement 1935

4.50

Bored rich girl hooks up with news photographer, gets caught up in his adventures.

1935

Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin

Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin 1925

5.20

Dziga Vertov-directed Soviet newsreel made to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of Vladimir Ilich Lenin (21st January 1924 - 1925) drawn from 'The Final Journey', a Pravda feuilleton written on the occasion of Lenin's funeral by the man who had introduced Vertov to cinema, Mikhail Koltsov. Contains: First anniversary of Lenin's death: 1. Assassination attempt on Lenin and Soviet Russia's progress under his leadership / 2. Lenin's illness, death and funeral / 3. The year after Lenin's death

1925

Sharpshooters

Sharpshooters 1938

1

Ace newsreel cameraman is working in a mythical European country when the king is assassinated. He gets his negatives out of the country and finds the young crown prince who is also in danger.

1938

A Trip Down Memory Lane

A Trip Down Memory Lane 1966

5.90

A Trip Down Memory Lane is a 1965 experimental collage film by Arthur Lipsett, created by editing together images and sound clips from over fifty years of newsreel footage. The film combines footage from a beauty contest, religious procession, failed airflight, automotive and science experiments, animal experimentation, skyscraper construction, military paraphernalia, John D. Rockefeller and scenes of leisure, Richard Nixon and scenes of war, blimps and hot air balloons, and a sword swallower. Lipsett envisioned his film as a kind of cinematic time capsule for future generations.

1966

The Ship That Wouldn't Die!

The Ship That Wouldn't Die! 1945

7.00

This short film focuses on the USS Franklin, an aircraft carrier that in March 1945 suffered heavy bombing damages and a massive toll on servicemen before returning to the U.S.

1945

The Battle of France

The Battle of France 1964

1

A montage of newscasts tracing the events of the "damned war" and the German invasion of 1940.

1964

Story of the Unknown Soldier

Story of the Unknown Soldier 1932

7.70

For Histoire du soldat inconnu (Story of the Unknown Soldier) Storck watched newsreels for the whole of 1928, the year when 60 nations signed a pact outlawing war, and juxtaposed this heart-warming utopia with the signs of a forthcoming conflict (this was in 1932) – burgeoning nationalism, police brutality, excessive colonialism, bellicose politics. Ferocious editing sarcastically juxtaposes these good intentions with the political farce of speeches and parades, all to the tune of factory chimneys collapsing in slow motion and the exhumed body of an “unknown soldier”. —cinematek.be

1932

Soviet Tajikistan: Arrival of the first train in Dushanbe

Soviet Tajikistan: Arrival of the first train in Dushanbe 1929

8.00

On September 11, 1929, the first Termez-Dushanbe train arrived at the newly built station in the Tajik capital. However, not only the train was the first that day - the shots of the arrival of the locomotive, as well as people waiting for it with excitement, became the basis of the first Tajik film.

1929

Salamanca

Salamanca 1929

6.00

A walk through the landscapes of the province of Salamanca, Spain, as well as a testimony of the daily life and customs of its inhabitants.

1929

Barcelona

Barcelona 1929

6.00

A walk through the landscapes of the province of Barcelona, Spain, as well as a testimony of the daily life and customs of its inhabitants.

1929

Capital Stirred by Biggest Hooch Raid

Capital Stirred by Biggest Hooch Raid 1923

1

Several prohibition agents display cans and bottles of seized liquor for the camera. They are then shown dumping the goods at a junk yard.

1923

Shooting the Century

Shooting the Century 1998

1

A two-part history of the newsreel co-produced by the BBC and the CBC.

1998