1918 Movies

Trieste, Italian again, welcome for the first time his King.

This silent film follows a black soldier from his letter of induction to his arrival overseas.

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

A Italian documentary short from 1918.

Documentary (part of the Following the Flag to France series) on the arrival in France of the first half-million American troops in the First World Wa...

Based on a well-known Japanese folk tale about an honest fisherman who is invited to an underwater castle after saving a sea turtle on a beach from bu...

At the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute in Bologna and the Codivilla Heliotherapy Institute in Cortina d'Ampezzo, prosthetics, care and rehabilitation ar...

A 1918 short western

Silent footage of an anti-gas drill, including clearing trenches with Ayerton fans.

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

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

Documentary/travelogue exploring the sights and people of the Virgin Islands.

French film released in1918.

A silent romantic drama that persuades soldiers to buy life insurance.

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

A footage from Gaumont Graphic Newsreel shows a tent of the Turkish Red Crescent.

Der Feind hört mit is a propaganda film showing the unintentional effects of a negligent comment made by one German radio operator which causes the lo...