Cinema of WWI

Young Lord Billy sniffs out sneaky German marauders in this flag-waving war drama - thrills for British boys, 1919-style.

Pioneering visual graphics – with added cotton wool – recreate an incendiary WWI incident involving a stricken British submarine.

An introduction to the wonders of the automobile for curious WWI enlisties.

Humour and adventure as the returning heroes of an English village recount their exploits in the Mesopotamian war.

Inventive WWI propaganda in which a rejected volunteer foils a German plot to blow up Parliament.

Lightning sketch propaganda stirs outrage about Reims bombing, and features a British bulldog eating the German sausage

In Flanders fields - this educational compilation of WWI footage tries to teach the most important lesson of all: never again

A humble scrub is all it takes to get these French troops in a lather.

Soldiers show off a fine crop of sprouts, grown at the Army Service Corps depot at Osterley Park in Hounslow.

This moving scene of wounded WWI fighters in a London park reminds us of the real costs of combat.

Dramatisation of the popular conspiracy theory surrounding the mid-WWI death of Lord Kitchener.

Ear-to-ear grins prove that an army marches on its stomach in this poignant film of young WWI reservists at a field kitchen far from home.

British troops try to coax and cajole their pack animals on to a military supply train, but they're stubborn as mules...

Three cheers for Maurice Samuels, as a Chiswick tram driver receives a medal for bravery at the Western Front at Ypres.

Moving record of relatives waving a fond farewell to departing loved ones during WWI.

Casualties from the Battle of Neuve Chapelle enjoy their recuperation in Kent.

A fleeting (sorry) but reassuring glimpse of a flotilla of Royal Navy destroyers on the skyline during WWI.

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.

Brigades of stretcher-bearers and Cyclist Corps soldiers straighten their spines for parade. But who? And where?

Poignant scenes capture a moment’s relaxation for a Canadian cavalry unit on Salisbury Plain.

Welcome help from the Empire! And Pathé's newsreel cameraman is on the spot.

A handsome steam launch ferries the future PM downriver to the luxury yacht 'Enchantress'.

Stirring scenes in Trafalgar Square as Labour MP Will Thorne rallies recruits for the war effort.

This intriguing and beautifully-shot newsreel features sea-faring heroes, feisty females and a generous lick of paint for a Mississippi steamship.

A military legend on location, and some vertiginous thrills from a balloon.

Skilled artist Lancelot Speed brings his cartoons to life to mock the German navy at the start of WWI.

The nation's menfolk try anything to avoid being 'called up' in this raucous WWI comedy.

Charming tale of East End lovers divided by a not so lucky windfall, with beautiful scenes in the Kent hop fields.

Take your seat for an Armistice concert by military bands playing a medley of songs commonly sung during WWI.

Moving family drama of the life of a working-class Hackney couple over 40 years, inspired by the famous music hall song

Graduates of machine gun school mix with the great and the good of WWI in this eclectic mix of newsreel from WWI and after