Most Viewed Year 1917 - 75

Farmer Leo Bannister is obsessed with his neighbor Auriole Praed, but she finds him too strong. She travels to Paris and marries a young painter, but...

Running four reels, How Uncle Sam Prepares illustrated the measures taken by the United States in the months prior to its inevitable entry into WWI.

An experimental short film by Luis Camas.

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Casey takes a beating from apartment tenants Mr. and Mrs. Little, so in revenge, Casey disguises himself as the woman who Mr. Little expects to meet...

Women of the Kingdom of Dahomey (now Benin) are shown creating pottery.

Footage from Northern Sweden.

Documentary short.

Documenting the tenth of twelve battles near the Isonzo River bordering Italy and Austria-Hungary. World War One.

Filmed by American cinematographer Merl la Voy with the French forces in 1916 on the battlefields of the Somme and Verdun. Footage originally...

Queen Mary serves at a soup kitchen in Stepney. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".

Soldiers in France demonstrate the workings of a tank to Queen Mary. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".

Queen Mary and Princess Mary visit women workers at Woolwich dockyard. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".

Ester escapes an orphanage and finds employment with Dr. Hoff and later with dramatist Hugo Mayerling. After reading a play of his she succeeds on...

A series of war pictures, "Germany and Its Armies of To-day," has been brought to this country by the Germanic Official War Film, Inc., and are now...