All Films

King Nikola of Montenegro

1918 • 1 min

King Nikola in exile in Neuilly-sur-Seine, two years after he was forced to flee Montenegro following 61 years as the very visible ruler of his people.

How Money Is Made in the Netherlands

1918 • 24 min • Netherlands

The film shows the fast and efficient production process at the Rijks Munt in Utrecht, with footage of melting, casting, punching, rolling, and minting coins.

Monster Demonstration on Monday November 18, 1918 on the Malieveld in The Hague

1918 • 1 min • Netherlands

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.

Women Farm Workers

1918 • 1 min • United Kingdom

These Land Girls are firm friends - and just as good at farm work as the men they replaced during WWI.

The Premier at Neath

1918 • 4 min • United Kingdom

The sun shines down when PM Lloyd George is in town.

Visit from the Mother-in-Law

1918 • 16 min • Denmark

The newly married couple Clara and Georg are enjoying a quiet afternoon at home when a telegram arrives, announcing the imminent arrival of Clara’s mother. While Clara excitedly rushes off to go shopping, Georg takes a stiff drink to fortify himself for the impending meeting with his mother-in-law. He falls asleep in an armchair, and all his prejudices manifest in a strange dream. (stumfilm.dk)

Unclaimed Goods

1918 • 50 min • United States of America

A girl's father cannot afford a train ticket, so he ships his daughter by Wells Fargo & Co. Express. He loses his money to a villain and cannot claim his "shipment." The villain attempts to claim her, but the Wells Fargo agent foils the plot and claims her himself.

Friend Husband

1918 • 50 min • United States of America

Dorothy Dean, a wealthy young woman with modern ideas, abhors the institution of marriage but discovers that she must be wed in order to receive a wealthy relative's inheritance. Through Judge Roan, the family lawyer, Dorothy meets Don Morton, who agrees to accept a $10,000 check to marry her and then leave her in peace. After the ceremony, however, Dorothy's new husband takes her to a lonely island retreat where he tries unsuccessfully to win her love.

Armistice

1918 • 1 min

People celebrate Armistice Day in Paris, France.

Uplotneniye

1918 • 56 min • Russia

In order to seal one of the rooms of Professor relocated from raw basement working with his daughter. Flats start attending the factory workers. Guests are becoming more and more, and the professor begins to read popular lectures in the workers' club. Between the younger son of a professor and his daughter working there is a feeling and the characters decide to get married ...

A Black Sherlock Holmes

1918 • 21 min • United States of America

Detective Knick Garter and his sidekick Rheuma Tism are called for help by their friend, inventor I. Wanta Sneeze.

Battle Of The North Sea

1918 • 6 min

An animated silent film on the battle of Jutland, plus the sinking of the Hindenburg.

Il canto della fede

1918 • 28 min

A patriotic drama played by one of the most beloved actresses of early Italian cinema: Mary Cléo Tarlarini is Mary, a high society lady who devotes all her dedication to the Italian patriotic cause, overseeing a war hospital and supporting the refugees. Luciano dello Stelvio, a young officer, falls in love with her, but after torments and family misunderstandings, he will sublimate his feelings in the love for his Country and will depart for the war, praised by Mary and by her daughter Emma, who had initially suspected them of having an affair.

Tongues of Flame

1918 • 50 min • United States of America

A jealous dance-hall girl kills her lover. She escapes from the sheriff who is taking her to jail and hides out in the forest with a recluse who lives in a hollowed-out redwood.

Kapten Grogg och fru

1918 • 9 min • Sweden

Captain Grogg and Madam tragicomically depict Grogg's miserable marriage with Sylfidia. Everything goes smoothly. Sylfidia turns down on every life mission from Grogg's side. After killing his wife by mistake, he walks out of his marriage by leaving the frame.

Bobby Bumps' Disappearing Gun

1918 • 4 min • United States of America

Bobby and Fido, hidden behind a snow bank, have a contraption that folds down and expands upwards. It is gradually revealed to be a snow ball gun. It is replete with a scope that Fido looks through to comment on their aim ("too high," "too low"). They successfully knock the top hat off a passing gentlemen two times in succession. Then they hit a washer woman in the head. She pursues them, getting pelted as she approaches the snow bank. Bobby and Fido take flight, pulling the gun on a small cart behind them. The washer woman runs after them. They climb a hill leaving marks in the snow. The washer woman follows.

Egrets

1918 • 2 min • Germany

A depiction of an egret mother feeding her babies.

Utrecht

1918 • 19 min

A 1918 city movie about Utrecht

Among the Glaciers and Snow at the Tonale Pass

1918 • 33 min

War documentary filmed in Val Camonica (Brescia)

Montaggio di riprese dal vero

1918 • 25 min

The print is without intertitles and shows images dedicated to various aspects of the First World War and military life. It is a collation of sundry material belonging to different documentaries; for instance, images may be recognized that are also present in "Tra i ghiacci e le nevi del Tonale" [lit. tr. Among the glaciers and snow at the Tonale pass]. Even the quality of the material, unfortunately often poor, varies a lot between one fragment and the next.

Dio segno i confini d'Italia

1918 • 27 min

War documentary produced by the Cinematographic Section of the Royal Italian Army.

Japan in Feast

1918 • 17 min

An actuality film showing a Buddhist festival in Kyoto. The procession includes Buddhist monks, geishas, and others dressed coordinately to the Japanese tradition.

Glass Industry in Leerdam

1918 • 15 min • Netherlands

The Dutch factory shown in the film manufactures e.g. lightbulbs, street lamps, bowls, and cups. Various facets of the production process are captured: melting, glass-blowing, heating, cooling, decorating, modelling, grinding, and glazing.

Royal Stearine Candle Factory Gouda

1918 • 26 min • Netherlands

Corporate film of the Stearine Candle Factory in Gouda, Netherlands. Images of the building complex and the production process.