A nicely pieced together short film of the Great War. The movie begins with footage of Franz Ferdinand’s funeral, jumps to scenes showing how excited everyone was in all the various European capitols to hear that the war has at last come; next we see the troops in training, the first marches and the last image shows the “Taxis of the Marne” – entirely accompanied by the appropriate music of the day. Well done.
A collection of Old footage of the real ship its self and the 1912 version of the story on film with some music dubed into it.
A time-lapse sequence of the Grand Review of the Army, taken in May 1865 after the end of the Civil War. Assembled from still photos and animated. A “movie” made in 1865!
1937-05-10 The Luftschiffbau Zeppelin 129 Hindenburg burning: unidentified color newsreel excerpt.
The Glass Character makes it’s debut in “Over the Fence”, released on September 9, 1917.
A truly remarkable animated short film made recently that depicts well the alternating boredom and terror of World War I trench warfare. The animator is a French film student. Not to be missed.
May 1942: The first thousand-bomber raid, the target was Cologne, Germany.1,047 Allied aircraft were dispatched, this number being made up as follows:1 Group – 156 Wellingtons3 Group – 134 Wellingtons, 88 Stirlings = 222 aircraft4 Group – 131 Halifaxes, 9 Wellingtons, 7 Whitleys = 147 aircraft5 Group – 73 Lancasters, 46 Manchesters, 34 Hampdens = 153 aircraft91 (O. T. U.) Group – 236 Wellingtons, 21 Whitleys = 257 aircraft 92 (O. T. U.) Group – 63 Wellingtons, 45 Hampdens = 108 aircraft Flying Training ,nd – 4 WellingtonsAircraft totals: 602 Wellingtons, 131 Halifaxes, 88 Stirlings, 79 Hampdens, 73 Lancasters, 46 Manchesters, 28 Whitleys = 1,047 aircraft
Some Nazi newsreel footage from the closing weeks of the war in which fanatical Hitler Youth members talk about the roll they played in the destruction of several enemy tanks.
Color footage from a contemporary TV documentary concerning Hermann Goering: his ego, his accomplishments, his failings, his alliances, his excesses and his downfall.
A segment from a 1979 documentary by Patrick Montgomery. This small segment concerns von Stroheim’s first big break in Hollywood.
Medal of Honor Citation: “Edward V. Rickenbacker, Colonel, specialist reserve, then first lieutenant, 94th Aero Squadron, Air Service, American Expeditionary Forces. For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action against the enemy near Billy, France, 25 September 1918. While on a voluntary patrol over the lines Lieutenant. Rickenbacker attacked seven enemy planes (five type Fokker protecting two type Halberstadt photographic planes). Disregarding the odds against him he dived on them and shot down one of the Fokkers out of control. He then attacked one of the Halberstadts and sent it down also…” Medal of Honor citation, awarded 6 November 1930.
The U.S. Government narrator erroneously states that America entered the war as a result of the 1915 sinking of the “Lusitania”, rather than the unrestricted U-Boat warfare policies of the German Navy.
The Glass Character makes it’s debut in “Over the Fence”, released on September 9, 1917.
