Production
Nicholas Kaufmann was a German doctor and film director.
Short documentary about a German expedition into Buddhist culture in India
The perfect body as an object of cult worship. Based on the mass sports and body worship movement of the 1920s, the film propagates physical training and shows in stylized documentary scenes aspects of physical hygiene, gymnastics, sports and dancing as well as scenes in which supposed sportsmen of antiquity pose naked.
This short documentary presents an early scientific visualization of X-ray technology, documenting the discovery of Röntgen rays and their application in medical diagnostics. Through staged demonstrations and instructional imagery, the film illustrates the principles of radiographic imaging and its emerging role in modern medicine.
No description available.
Venereal disease threatens to tear a young couple apart.
A German silent documentary film that deals with the controversial and innovative work of Dr. Eugen Steinach, an Austrian physiologist and endocrinologist. The film documents Steinach's research on human biology, particularly his experimental work on the rejuvenation of aging men, which involved a surgical procedure called vasoligation.
Aerial photographs and cityscapes by aviation pioneer Wulf-Dieter Graf zu Castell, who lived in China between 1933 and 1936 and was tasked with setting up an air traffic network for Eurasia.
This educational film combines medical information and story to teach the viewers about the prevention and treatment of syphilis. The four episodes cover the stories of students looking to pick up prostitutes, a careless medical student, a wet nurse who has infected an infant, and a country girl afraid of seeking treatment.
Short film about light and weather phenomena
A show booth owner presents "Udine" the mermaid and animals of the sea.
The short documentary presents the difference between North and South China and also presents footage from several Chinese cities.
Educational film about the dangers of sexually transmitted diseases.
Documentary on how the starvation blockade affected the public health.