Cinematic Era: 1918 Vintage

Footage of soldiers playing baseball in the Strand, London.

People celebrate Armistice Day in Paris, France.

The Man with the Crooked Eyes is a unfinished 1918 Portuguese silent film made for Lusitânia Film and directed by José Leitão de Barros, starring Filipe Melo. This was restored and edited together in 2007 using all existing raw footage.

Benjamin Brodsky takes a 5800 mile trip through Japan in 1918, filming people and places.

A man invents a device to make elevators stop even with the floor, and for this boon to mankind, he reaps riches and respect.

Aftermath of the Halifax Explosion. Scenes of wreckage and lifesaving efforts.

1918 travelogue.

1918 travelogue.

1918 travelogue.

A rare documentary about a Swedish brigade that participated alongside the White forces in the Finnish Civil War in the spring of 1918. In the film, Mannerheim bids farewell to the Swedish brigade, which also participated in the great victory parade. The brigade moved by rail to Turku and from there by ship to its homeland.

A look at the manual production of fans, from basic construction to the painting of motifs and their folding into their typical shape.

The arrival of General Mannerheim with the Finnish Civil Army on 16 May 1918

Footage of the city of Wetzlar in Hesse at the end of the war in November 1918. Among other things, Braunfelser Straße and Silhöfertorstraße can be seen. Buildings are decorated with wreaths and garlands made of pine branches. A sign reading "Welcome home to the undefeated" is stretched across the street. Men and soldiers walk sporadically through the streets, later joined by women, children, and troops returning home. Army vehicles are parked at the side of the road. Horse-drawn carts. Some small children run alongside the troops or watch them.

Footage from the Büblingshausen prisoner-of-war camp. Ukrainian soldiers march to the flag dedication ceremony. They are dressed in new Ukrainian-style uniforms and wear karakul hats, accompanied by a Ukrainian orchestra. The soldiers march with their luggage to the train station to return to their homeland. At the end, filmed with other footage, the film shows the Ukrainian memorial, which was erected on August 16, 1919, on the wall of the Old Cemetery in Wetzlar. Several versions of this film exist.

Filmed on the beaches and in a mansion in the then 'flourishing' Copacabana, it starred a caricaturist and several figures from the journalism of that time.

Film shot on May 16th 1917 for the Rockefeller Foundation's anti-tuberculosis propaganda campaign in France

A documentary on the German Imperial Army troops' involvement in the Finnish Civil War

Family pressuring man to get rich on Wall Street, man dancing for Cartoons oy after buying “Bettin’em Brass, laying on ground after finding out bottom has fallen out.

Documentary film of Finnish civil war.

Footage of the public declaration of support to Queen Wilhelmina that took place a week after SDAP leader Troelstra had declared the revolution in the Netherlands in the wake of the First World War.

News reel from the first World War.

José Nepomuceno‘s documentary on the funeral of President Sergio Osmeña’s wife.

Documenting the lives of ex-soldiers at a rehabilitation centre.

Mechanical drawings are used to explain how motion picture machines work.

The royal family contributes to the war effort by harvesting turnips in the grounds of Buckingham Palace. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".

Queen Mary inspects women farm hands on parade at Buckingham Palace. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".

Beyer ad by Pinschewer.

The lives of some inhabitants living in the eastern mountains of Tennessee and in the 'moonshine country' of northern Georgia and Kentucky.

French film released in1918.