Balkan war

1912-1923, , 10’, colour

A selection of news from the Balkan War sourced from a compilation that appeared in archives last year.

Belgrade

1922’, 13’, colour

Scenes from the capital of the Kingdom of Serbia, the nation state created in the wake of World War I.

The old Arab streets of Cairo

1913, france, 2’, colour

The streets of Cairo, the bazaar area and a funeral procession; the footage was colored using the stencil system developed by Pathé in the early 20th century.

Charlie in turkey

1919, usa, 9’, b&w

Pat Sullivan is better known as creator of Felix the Cat, but in this cartoon he has Charlie jump on a magic carpet, fly to Baghdad and kidnap a woman from the harem.

The events in Syria

1925, france, 2’, b&w

Footage of Damascus after France bombed the city in 1925.

Algerian dances dances ouled-nails

1902, france, 2’, colour

A dancer dancing and musicians playing; the performance is probably intended for a western audience as an illustration of the different culture.

Ottoman military camp

1915, 2 ', b & w

Footage of an army or prison camp shown as part of a newsreel in the Netherlands.

Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia

1915, austria, 6’, b&w

Street scenes depicting everyday life in Sarajevo.

Smyrna

1911, france, 3’, colour

Izmir’s Konak bazaar area, Kızılçullu. / The Şirinyer aqueduct and Greek patriarch.

Turkey

1915, france, 4’, colour

Istanbul as a tourist destination and sequences of everyday life.

Türkey - Konstantin Opel

1910, france, 7’, colour

This colorized film takes us on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood tour of the area between Eyüp Sultan Mosque in Eyüp and the Pera district of modern-day Beyoğlu.

Bosphorus

1912, france, 4’, colour

A steamboat ride from Ortaköy to the Black Sea end of the Bosphorus, and the waterside mansions of the day.

Tripoli

1912, italy, 4’, colour

Shot immediately after Italy emerged victorious from the Italian-Turkish war of 1911-1912, this film documents the city of Tripoli as it was, back in the day.

Among pine forests on Rhodes

1912, italy, 5’, colour

In this first propaganda film made by the Italians after capturing Rhodes and bringing 400 years of Ottoman rule to an end, we are shown romantic sequences of a couple roaming through the island’s pine forests.

On the Turkish front

1913-1917, 3’, colour

A film showing the Ottoman army in action at the front, but also a “Turkish officer” inspecting arms; this is reckoned to be the German officer, Liman von Sanders.

Constantinople, nature capture the largest city in southern europe

1920, france, 10’, b&w

Documentary footage of the streets, bazaars and teahouses of Istanbul’s old city and a steamboat trip to Rumeli Hisarı.


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Festivals
20th Festival on Wheels
Scenes from the Ottoman Empire