Patrol in the Desert Shades of Lawrence of Arabia in a worn but often beautiful film of WWI desert exercises in Egypt. Non-Fiction 1915 3 mins Outposts of Empire British troops try to coax and cajole their pack animals on to a military supply train, but they're stubborn as mules... Non-Fiction War 1915 1 mins Anti-German War Cartoons Follow the lightning-quick hand of the artist behind a series of comic cartoon sketches poking fun at the enemy during WWI. Trick film 1915 5 mins Preston and District Roll of Honour, 6th, 7th, 5th Series A rare surviving WWI memorial film, featuring poignant images of men killed or injured serving in the armed forces. Non-Fiction Roll of Honour film 1915 14 mins Little Pippin An abandoned baby girl is found in an apple barrel and adopted by a humble grocer in this sentimental wartime fiction. Drama 1915 14 mins In Ancient Sussex Attractive travelogue exploring famous old Sussex landmarks, taking in views including Chichester, Lewes, Arundel and Bosham. Non-Fiction 1915 7 mins Alexandra Rose Day in Sheffield A rare film of Sheffield in 1915 with well-to-do women of the city out selling flowers on the streets to raise money for Alexandra Rose Day, and visiting recently wounded soldiers. Non-Fiction 1915 5 mins Preston and District Roll of Honour, 10th Series Moving record of relatives waving a fond farewell to departing loved ones during WWI. Non-Fiction Roll of Honour film 1915 2 mins E13 Avenged Pioneering visual graphics – with added cotton wool – recreate an incendiary WWI incident involving a stricken British submarine. Animation & Artists Moving Image Documentary 1915 1 mins Conscription The nation's menfolk try anything to avoid being 'called up' in this raucous WWI comedy. Comedy War 1915 8 mins Recruiting for the 5th Essex High-spirited and eager Essex lads go through their paces in a rush to serve for King and Country. Non-Fiction 1915 5 mins Heart of a Coster Follow the sibling rivalries of two cockney costermongers in this only surviving reel of a dynamic drama. Drama 1915 12 mins War Time Weddings The daughter of famed actor-manager Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree gets hitched to a military Captain during WWI. Non-Fiction 1915 1 mins Pimple's Uncle This daft comedy stars funny-duo Fred and Joe Evans in a battle to secure an inheritance from an insane uncle. Comedy 1915 14 mins Scottie and the Frogs A mischievous youth causes havoc with his amphibian-assisted antics. Comedy 1915 7 mins First World War Cartoon - Joffre A cartoonist sketches out the grim stalemate of WWI through the metaphor of football. Trick film 1915 1 mins Eyes of the Fleet: A Destroyer Flotilla Scouting A fleeting (sorry) but reassuring glimpse of a flotilla of Royal Navy destroyers on the skyline during WWI. Non-Fiction War 1915 0 mins Dicky Dee's Cartoons No.3 An edible bomb is cooked by the Kaiser in this fun WWI cartoon, which mixes propaganda with fantasy as a boy's dreams turn into nightmares. Animation & Artists Moving Image 1915 5 mins Rogues of London Charismatic silent star Fred Paul is cast against type as a real rotter preying on innocents in the big city, in an enjoyably lurid London melodrama. Drama 1915 51 mins John Bull's Animated Sketchbook No. 4 An animated recreation of the sinking of the Lusitania is the centrepiece of this pioneering mix of comedy, satire and outrage in cartoon propaganda. Animation & Artists Moving Image 1915 5 mins Salving a Steamer “Chicago’s Titanic” the S.S. Eastland, a Great Lakes passenger ship in which 844 people lost their lives, is brought up from the seabed. Non-Fiction 1915 1 mins More Canadians Coming! Welcome help from the Empire! And Pathé's newsreel cameraman is on the spot. Non-Fiction War 1915 1 mins The Man Who Came Back The son of a wealthy merchant fakes his own death to join up, but his heroic act at the Front is wrongly attributed to his cowardly cousin. 1914 14 mins Christmas Eve A heart-tugging moral melodrama with echoes of Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Drama 1915 17 mins A Pencil and Alick P.F. Ritchie More chalk-talker than pencil-pusher, this popular artist recreates his cartoons for the screen with flashes of added animation. Animation & Artists Moving Image 1915 7 mins Tommy's Tinder Box How to light your fag the old-fashioned way: tinder boxes are made for soldiers at the Front, replacing matches in the rain-soaked trenches. Non-Fiction War 1915 2 mins Asquith Wedding Violet Asquith, daughter of the Prime Minister Herbert Asquith, arrives at church to marry Maurice Bonham Carter. Non-Fiction 1915 1 mins In the Track of the Zepps Our chaps can do it again! Meet the brave men who tackled Zeppelin airships for a living during WWI. Non-Fiction War 1915 2 mins Wife the Weaker Vessel A henpecked husband plots revenge on his boastful bachelor friend by marrying him to a seemingly meek girl who turns out to be anything but. Comedy 1915 10 mins Kite Balloons A Lilliputian army battles with a giant wartime observation balloon before it's towed out to sea. Non-Fiction 1915 2 mins G.P. As Basil the Brainless The comic capers of upper-class wastrel Basil the Brainless - thrown out by his father and sent to the country, where he tries to get a job on a poultry farm... Comedy 1915 30 mins Russia's Idol Glimpses of Russia's doomed aristocracy - walking tall, before the revolution brought them low. Non-Fiction 1915 2 mins The Lure of Drink A lurid temperance tale warning of the evils of wicked women and the demon drink. Drama 1915 37 mins To Aid the Motherland Poignant scenes capture a moment’s relaxation for a Canadian cavalry unit on Salisbury Plain. Non-Fiction 1915 1 mins Peasantry around Smyrna before the War Spellbinding scenes of peasant life in the remote and rural villages of Western Anatolia, modern-day Turkey. Non-Fiction 1915 7 mins Russia's Great Haul Striking visual record of a prisoner-of-war camp on World War One’s Eastern Front. Non-Fiction 1915 4 mins Fight for the Dardanelles Witness the birth of motion graphics in news reporting amid the ongoing Gallipoli campaign during WWI. Animation & Artists Moving Image Documentary 1915 9 mins Vengeance of Nana Only a fragment survives of this lurid tale of an Indian girl's revenge against her English lover. Drama 1915 11 mins Nurse and Martyr The moving true story of wartime heroine Nurse Edith Cavell, recreated in the aftermath of her execution. Biopic War 1915 11 mins World War One Troops Inspection Brigades of stretcher-bearers and Cyclist Corps soldiers straighten their spines for parade. But who? And where? Non-Fiction 1915 1 mins Midnight Mail Knowledge of Morse code and having a train driver as a sweetheart come in handy in this ‘race to the rescue’ crime thriller. Crime 1915 9 mins Belgian Congo Native Troops World War One reportage from intrepid filmmaker Cherry Kearton - glimpsed in an early 'selfie'. Non-Fiction War 1915 1 mins British Nurses in Serbia Powerful newsreel images of displaced Serbians seeking help at a British military base during WWI. Non-Fiction 1915 1 mins Memorial Procession in English Country Town Top-hatted gents (one Japanese) parade through the streets of Stratford-upon-Avon to mark Shakespeare's birthday and St George's Day. Non-Fiction 1915 0 mins Seeing the New Year In A boisterous band of Allied troops makes merry in the face of an uncertain future. Non-Fiction War 1915 1 mins Citizen Army Inspected Colonel Lord Harris provides appropriate decorum and formality for a volunteer inspection in Beckenham during WWI. Non-Fiction 1915 1 mins Merrie Territorials Boisterous Territorial soldiers put on a show in Islington. Non-Fiction 1915 1 mins His Birthday Present Was the root of Kaiser Wilhelm II’s power his 'Imperial Moustache'? Animation & Artists Moving Image Non-Fiction 1915 1 mins More Ammunition Children witness soldiers stockpiling weapons for war in this edition of the Topical Budget newsreel. Non-Fiction 1915 1 mins Garibaldians Help Recruiting Warriors of 1867 at the Head of a Recruiting March Veterans of the 1867 Garibaldi campaign lead a WWI recruiting march in Walham Green near Fulham Broadway. Non-Fiction 1915 1 mins Munition Workers at Play A large crowd of munitions workers take a break from the factory to watch Arsenal beat Spurs 2-0 during the First World War. Non-Fiction 1915 1 mins Battlefield Romance Picturesque scenes as war-time sweethearts tie the knot at the beautiful Crabbet Park country estate. Non-Fiction 1915 1 mins On the March Soldiers troop down a leafy Surrey lane in this intriguing wartime newsreel item. Non-Fiction 1915 1 mins Ramsgate Zeppelin Raid. Showing Damage Done to the Bull and George Hotel. Public anxiety about war from the air is all too real for the people of Ramsgate in this newsreel footage of the aftermath of a Zeppelin raid. Non-Fiction War 1915 1 mins Ireland Welcomes O'Leary V.C. In Dublin the newsreel cameras capture a hero’s welcome for a decorated Irish Guardsman. Non-Fiction 1915 1 mins World War One Motor Ambulance Inspection A curious display of new ambulance vehicles specially built for war service. Non-Fiction 1915 1 mins Gaumont Graphic No. 438 War is declared in Italy, while a returning hero is welcomed in London. Non-Fiction 1915 1 mins German Trenches after Three Day's Bombardment All quiet on Germany's Western Front, but the ferocity of Allied artillery bombardment is plain to see in these eerie scenes of carnage. Non-Fiction 1915 1 mins Red Cross Barges Travelling with the Red Cross ambulance flotillas through Montereau in central northern France. Non-Fiction 1915 1 mins Heroes of Neuve Chapelle Casualties from the Battle of Neuve Chapelle enjoy their recuperation in Kent. Non-Fiction War 1915 1 mins Funeral at the Front Sombre and moving World War I newsreel story. Non-Fiction 1915 1 mins More Men Wanted An MP's stirring speech moves the crowd to rapturous applause and the occasional tear at a recruitment rally for Kitchener's New Army. Non-Fiction 1915 1 mins Gaumont Graphic No. 406 This intriguing and beautifully-shot newsreel features sea-faring heroes, feisty females and a generous lick of paint for a Mississippi steamship. Non-Fiction War 1915 5 mins Labour's Recruiting Appeal Stirring scenes in Trafalgar Square as Labour MP Will Thorne rallies recruits for the war effort. Non-Fiction 1915 1 mins Gaumont Graphic No. 433 Glory, injury, protest and death: aspects of war captured in a complete edition of the Gaumont Graphic newsreel. Non-Fiction 1915 4 mins Gaumont Graphic No. 440 A brave young soldier receives the Victoria Cross - just one stirring newsreel story on this complete WWI-era edition of Gaumont Graphic. Non-Fiction 1915 5 mins Frontiersmen Inspected by Sir Francis Lloyd Major-General Francis Lloyd, responsible for the defence of London during WWI, scrutinises a line of volunteers. Non-Fiction War 1915 1 mins French Machine Gun in the Wooded Country of the Argonne A small band of French soldiers take to the woods of the Argonne in this military exercise - probably staged for the camera. Non-Fiction War 1915 1 mins St George's Day at Stratford-on-Avon Proud locals hold a double celebration in Shakespeare's home town. Non-Fiction 1915 1 mins War Scenes in Italy In Milan's Piazza del Duomo a crowd gathers to hear news of Italy's entry into WWI. Non-Fiction 1915 1 mins Sharps and Flats The Bamforth Company translate their saucy seaside postcard humour into film comedy. Comedy War 1915 11 mins A Trip through Bosnia Peaceful Sarajevo and the picturesque Pliva Falls at Jajce Travelogue 1915 6 mins The Otter Pioneering early nature film with scenes of an otter swimming underwater Interest film 1912 8 mins Studdy's War Cartoons Animated WWI-era comic highlights from the innovative cartoonist George Studdy, creator of Bonzo the dog. Animation & Artists Moving Image Non-Fiction 1915 6 mins Jane Shore Early attempt at medieval epic with impressive locations Historical drama 1915 79 mins Lord Kitchener at the Guildhall The Great War Minister Received by the Lord Mayor at the Ancient City Hall for the Opening of a Three Weeks' Recruiting Cam Aign Warwick Bioscope Chronicle No. 261-2 Horatio Herbert Kitchener, the face of WWI, takes a break from pointing his finger to inspect recruits at London’s Guildhall Non-Fiction 1915 1 mins Women Work While Men Fight British women didn't sit idly at home while their men fought in WWI – they got stuck in to useful work Non-Fiction 1915 1 mins Pimple Has One The mischievous Pimple takes to the bottle in this entertaining comedy Comedy 1915 6 mins Music Hall Act Time for the Harlequinade: the traditional topsy-turvy act of the Christmas pantomime Trick film Variety show 1915 1 mins The Mystery of a London Flat A burglar confesses to killing a woman in this incomplete early crime drama. Crime 1915 11 mins Mysteries of London Romantic melodrama about a woman who loses both her parents and innocently falls in with a bad crowd. Crime Melodrama 1915 49 mins A Hero of the Trenches The first reel of a short film about two lonely people, a seamstress and a soldier, finding love over a shirt. War 1915 9 mins
