Two statues in the United States. First is the Lexington Minuteman Statue, representing Captain John Parker, located at Lexington Green in Lexington, Massachusetts. U.S. flag flutters from a flag pole in the background. Next is a bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln, seated, in the town square in Hodgenville, Kentucky. A store building is seen in the background of the town square (now site of the Lincoln Museum).
Drummers and fife players in the United States. Reeanactors serving as Revolutionary War costumed drummers and fife player walk. They emerge from woods and walk toward camera position.
British troops in deep trenches lined with woven branches, on the Western Front in World War 1. Slate refers to gas alarm with Strombos horn. British soldiers immediately don their gas masks and take up defensive firing positions in their trench. Gas fumes are seen drifting over the trench. View from the trench, of gas cloud over No-Man's land, with barbed wire and some snow on the ground. [Note: The Strombos horn,was operated by compressed air and could be heard for several miles. But as use of gas shells increased, and such attacks tended to be localized, other alarms were employed, instead, such as metal shell cases, steel triangles, watchmen's rattles, klaxon horns, etc.] (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
The activities of the French troops during World War I in Verdun, France. They move supplies into Verdun. Military vehicles move on the street. Soldiers walk. Other soldiers in the military vehicles. Some soldiers ride horses on the street. Supplies loaded on wheel carts. Soldiers move forward with supplies in the area. Military vehicles parked on the street. Trees in the area.
The activities of the French troops during World War I in Verdun, France. Exterior of a citadel. French soldiers walk inside the citadel.
The activities of the French troops during World War I in Verdun, France. Wrecked buildings in the area. Soldiers stand in line. General Pierre Dubois arrives.