Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881-1938) was a Turkish field marshal, revolutionary statesman, author, and the founding father of the Republic of Turkey, serving as its first president from 1923 until his death in 1938.

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From the cabinets of curiosities created in Italy during the 16th century to the prestigious cultural institutions of today, a history of museums that analyzes the social and political changes that have taken place over the centuries.

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Acquired in July 1909 by art collector Wilhelm von Bode (1845-1929), director general of the Prussian Art Collections and founding director of the Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum, now the Bode-Museum, the Bust of Flora, Roman goddess of flowers, has been the subject of controversy for more than a century.

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Turkey's history has been shaped by two major political figures: Mustafa Kemal (1881-1934), known as Atatürk, the Father of the Turks, founder of the modern state, and the current president Recep Tayyıp Erdoğan, who apparently wants Turkey to regain the political and military pre-eminence it had as an empire under the Ottoman dynasty.

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A detailed account of one of the bloodiest battles of World War I. Between February and December 1916, the French and German armies relentlessly fought in the devastated camps around the village of Verdun.

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A new look at the public and private life of one of the most important statesmen in the history of Europe: Winston Churchill (1874-1965), soldier, politician, writer, painter, leader of his country in the darkest hours, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, a myth, a giant of the 20th century.

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The First World War - carnage on a scale never-before seen. But how did it all start? And how did some key figures of WWII fare in the earlier war?

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Documentary accompanying the new book 'Bernhard: A Hidden History' by author Annejet van der Zijl. The book provides a historical reconstruction of Bernhard zur Lippe Biesterfeld's German childhood. For this, Van der Zijl spent five years researching the archives of, among others, Bernhard's German family and his secondary schools, and spoke with friends and acquaintances from his time in Germany. NOS reporter Arjan Nieuwenhuizen interviews Van der Zijl and returned to Wojnowo, now located in Poland but German territory at the time, and the place where Bernhard grew up on the Reckenwalde estate. Arjan Nieuwenhuizen unexpectedly stumbled upon unique private footage of Bernhard himself, filmed during his childhood and the first years with Princess Juliana. Excerpts from this can be seen in the documentary.

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Documentary about the end of the regency of Kaiser Wilhelm II., Germany's last emperor.

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A documentary about Germany's last emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II.

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Documentary that narrates the birth of airships in Germany.

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A brilliant documentary about the growth of Israel into the Jewish homeland. Seventy-three years of struggle for religious freedom is vividly recorded using rare archive film footage and photographs of historic events in the development of 20th century Israel. Beginning with the Dreyfus Affair in 1894, the film covers Theodor Herzl, founder of modern Zionism; the earliest immigration and settlements; the formation of kibbutzim; the Balfour Declaration; the rise of European anti-Semitism; the British occupation of Palestine; Arab confrontations; the United Nations resolution; the "Exodus" incident, and the Six Day War.

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Romm pulls out all the stops in its selection of documentary material to draw the viewer not only into absolute horror about fascism and nazism in the 1920s–1940s Europe, but also to a firm conviction that nothing of the sort should be allowed to happen again anywhere in the world.

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Traces the origins and actions of World War I, from the funeral of Britain's King Edward VII to the Versailles Treaty.

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Nicole Védrès' chronicle of Paris from 1900 to 1914 is brought to life through the use of original material, all authentic, secured from more then 700 films belonging to public and private collections. A few of the celebrities of the time shown are Enrico Caruso, Sarah Bernhardt, and Maurice Chevalier.

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This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short highlights the film preservation efforts of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Several scenes from early newsreels are shown.

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A documentary about the threat of war breaking out in Europe, focusing on Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini.

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A German documentary about the activities of Kaiser Wilhelm II during his exile in the Netherlands.

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A dramatized re-enactment and documentary of the Battle of Verdun as seen by both French and German soldiers, shot on site of the actual battle.

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A compilation of newsreels shot between 1913 and 1917 - the years leading up to the Russian Revolution.

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Scenes of the former kaiser in what later became known as the Weimar Republic, and his other travels at the time.

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Reportage about the commotion at the Dutch Eijsden train station after the arrival of Emperor Wilhelm II. This film must have been made on November 10, 1918, the day that the German Emperor Wilhelm II came to the Netherlands after he was deposed by the army.

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"At the Baltic Sea spa town of Ahlbeck on the island of Usedom, Kaiser Wilhelm II becomes convinced that playing in the sand of the dunes is beneficial to the recuperation of children." - Edition Filmmuseum

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Actuality newsreel of Kaiser Wilhelm II’s visit to London during the 1910 Royal Naval & Military Tournament at Olympia. The film shows the Kaiser’s arrival and attendance at the pageant alongside British royalty, offering a contemporaneous record of imperial ceremony on the eve of the First World War.

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Short film about a military parade in Mainz.

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Actuality footage of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Tsar Nicholas II during their August 1907 meeting at Swinemünde (today Świnoujście), showing the monarchs coming aboard the German battleship SMS Deutschland and observing naval manoeuvres. A brief record of imperial pageantry in the Baltic, typical of pre-newsreel royal “actualities.”

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Actuality footage recording the visit/appearance of Kaiser Wilhelm II at Swinemünde (Swinoujście) in 1907. The short clip documents the Kaiser’s arrival and public reception at the port town, offering a contemporary moving-image witness to imperial pageantry and international royal activity in the Baltic region.

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The Kaiser was an unpopular guest in Denmark. Both for personal and political reasons, the Danish court did not want to have too close ties to the German Kaiser. But the Kaiser had a habit of inviting himself.

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Two gondolas, slowly approaching, dock along the wharf, and both Italian and German sovereigns disembark: Umberto I accompanied by Wilhelm II, and Margherita of Savoy accompanied by Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein.

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Wilhelm II. arrives in Haifa, Israel.

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Kaiser Wilhelm II arrives in Constantinople.

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Kaiser Wilhelm II appears before the people in Damascus.

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Emperor Wilhelm II at the Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem.

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