Départ des Souverains russes pour Versailles

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In the Turmoil of the Russian Revolution

2017 marks the centenary of one of the most significant events of the 20th century - the Russian Revolution. Using the private journals of Pierre Gilliard, tutor to the Romanov children, this film is an intimate and eye-opening account of the Russian Imperial family in those days of turmoil. How did they get through their days? How did they perceive their lives as their world crumbled around them?

Ivan the Terrible

Ivan, first tsar of Russia. History will remember him as "the Terrible. Russian people love him for centuries. He liberates Russia from foreign oppressors, demands absolute obedience and loyalty in order to radically modernise Russia? Ivan IV, Grand Duke of Moscow, first Tsar of Russia by the grace of God. A madman? A sadist?

Tsar to Lenin

A documentary film account of the Russian Revolution, based on archival footage.

Mazar Sharif

An Iranian diplomat who miraculously survived Taliban's raid on the Iranian consulate in Mazar E Sharif (Afghanistan) narrates his 19 days of hide and escape to reach Iran's borders meanwhile on the other side, the Iranian troops are preparing for retaliation.

Loading rubble

Short documentary film produced by Eugène Pirou.

Man Inflating a Woopie Cushion

Actuality of a man inflating a woopie cushion in his home.

Carnival at Nice

Shot at the Carnival celebration in Nice

Charge oblique

Part of a series of military views produced by Eugène Pirou

Corrida

Not much is known about this film except that it was shot with the Cinématographe Joly-Normandin. Presumably produced by Eugène Pirou

Avenue de l'Opéra

Shot in the summer of 1896 in Paris

Avenue du Bois du Boulogne

Shot in the avenue between the Bois du Boulogne and the Arc-de-Triomphe

Automobiles et cycles (Porte Maillot)

Shot between Bois de Boulogne and Porte Maillot

Le Ballet des petits incroyables

Short film of children dancing produced with the Cinématographe Joly-Normandin

The 13th Hussars on the march through Dublin streets

According to Denis Condon, the march was situated on Blackhorse Avenue (north of North Circular Road), with McKee barracks in the background. Restored in 35mm by Cinemateca Portuguesa – Museu do Cinema e Filmoteca Española, with the support of Photographia Museu Vincentes (Funchal, Madeira)

Arrival of a train at Asnières station

One of the many arrivals of a train filmed in the first years of cinema, this version was shot in Asnières-sur-Seine by Henri Joly with the Cinématographe Joly-Normandin.

Défilé d'un régiment (musique en tête)

Military parade shot with the Cinématographe Joly-Normandin

Enfants au bois

Shot with the Cinématographe Joly-Normandin

Sleeping Car to Trieste

Spies pursue a stolen diary aboard the Orient Express.

The White Warrior

The story of Hadji Murad, a 19th-century Chechen chieftain who led his warriors in a fight against the invading forces of the Russian Czar.