1917 Movies

Documentary about military animals.

Early animated short by Gregory La Cava

George V and Queen Mary pay a morale boosting visit to the dry docks in the north-east of England in June 1917. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occas...

Short part of BFI collection "This Working Life: Steel".

A silent theatrical newsreel showing Red Cross work in the war and more.

The winter of 1917 was extremely cold, with some of the lowest average temperatures in history. The film shows the effects of this cold winter on dail...

A Italian documentary short from 1917.

General Nivelle gives the cross of war to Italian officers and soldiers Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta, Generals Nivelle, Cadorna and Porro...

Documentary which outlines some of the stages of the conflict.

Documentary on the then-new Chinese Republic, taken over a ten-year period. Footage includes races at Shanghai, imperial ceremonies at the national Te...

J. W. White's store is poorly-run and losing money. Things improve after he modernizes the store.

Directed by Beaumont Smith.

The America boat SS 'Frederik VIII' arrives in Copenhagen with Count Johan Heinrich Bernstorff.

Stanislaus Krestowsky lives in a border town close to Germany where he works as a day laborer. He hears about job opportunities at the coal-mine Cecil...

Princess Melani wants to find out more about her husband-to-be and impersonates a maid. Her fiancé pretends to be a secretary. An addlebrained servant...

On a military base, we follow the preparation of the Austrian planes and their takeoff to fly over and observe the Italian enemy. The pilot is equippe...