1917 Movies

The funeral of Hussein Kemal, first Sultan of Egypt, in Cairo, 10 October 1917.

Running four reels, How Uncle Sam Prepares illustrated the measures taken by the United States in the months prior to its inevitable entry into WWI.

Released on March 19th, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1917 travelogue.

Llife in the towns behind the front during the autumn of 1916. The intertitles make clear that at least some of it was shot in Cambrai and Roubaix, Fr...

A soldier's father dreams the food economy helps to win the war.

An experimental short film by Luis Camas.

French WW1 documentary.

Documentary which outlines some of the stages of the conflict.

A Krazy Kat short.

Women of the Kingdom of Dahomey (now Benin) are shown creating pottery.

Pathé turns its eye homeward in this edition of its History of the War series which looks at the internment of "enemy aliens" in Dorset and Surrey. It...

Kaiser is a short animated film, directed by the cartoonist Álvaro Marins, the Seth, in 1917. It is considered the first cartoon produced in Brazil.

The animating of an early American political cartoon.

German WW1 documentary.

A Krazy Kat short.

A Krazy Kat short.