Flak fired at enemy aircraft; engineers surmount a watercourse with a makeshift bridge; detonation of a hand grenade; shell impacts in the forest (barrage); engineers mine an underground shelter; layi...
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 battle...
"Der Feind hört mit" is a propaganda film showing the unintentional effects of a negligent comment made by one German radio operator which causes the loss of many German lives. The slogan "Feind hör...
„The seeds of fruit must not be grounded“ – this quote by Goethe was often used by artist Käthe Kollwitz to argue for peace. Her work on her famous anti-war monument and thinking about how an a...
Film footage of unclear provenance from the First World War, showing French soldiers in various situations: marching and on parade, in trenches and other shelters, at fortification work and meetings. ...
G. W. Pabst’s anti-war classic tells the story of four German soldiers on the Western Front in France in the last year of the First World War. The Bavarian sees the war primarily as an adventure. Th...
Deutschland in der Vorkriegszeit: Landwirtschaft, Schwerindustrie, Hafenbetrieb; Rüstungsindustrie bei der Fa. Krupp, Bau von Geschützen und Einschießen auf dem werkseigenen Schießplatz; Flottenm...
Hybrid storytelling about the famous Belgian martyr, whose good intentions resulted in her own killing. The staged scenes are being interspersed with archival footage, mostly concerning several milita...
The batttle of Zborov: A board with the slogan in Austrian trenches - "Wer diese Stellungen erstürmt vernichtet Österreich."/ "A conqueror of this position will defeat Austria".
A soldier on anti-gas overall during the battle of Terron.