Geoffrey Malins

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

Holmes is hired by the débutante Lady Eva Blackwell to retrieve compromising letters from a blackmailer:

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

A documentary and propaganda film which shows the British Army's preparations for, and the early stages of, the battle of the Somme.

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

Official film of the British Army’s autumn campaign on the Somme, which ran from 15th September to 18th November 1916.

A film musical directed by Geoffrey Malins.

Documentary, one of a series, showing Great Britain's participation in the First World War. This entry depicts the fighting, waiting, labor, and logistics of the successful British effort to push back the German army at Arras.

The King arrives at Calais and meets various military and civilian dignitaries. He is taken to General Haig's château at Beauquesne where with Haig and the Prince of Wales he meets President Poincaré and Generals Joffre and Foch (Lloyd George is seen arriving also - see notes below). The King visits troops of II ANZAC Corps, a Casualty Clearing Station in Second Army area, a church at Cassel and the Canadian Corps area. At La Panne he meets with the Prince of Wales and the Belgian royal family to present decorations to Belgian soldiers. He tours parts of Second Army area and the Somme battlefield, escorted by General Sir Henry Rawlinson, while the battle is in progress. The King then returns to Calais and crosses the English Channel in safety.