British troops boarding train in United Kingdom, during World War I. Other soldiers walk along the platform of a railroad station, where a railroad train sits with its doors open. The doors identify the coaches as third class. Two officers converse. One smokes a cigar. A sign reads: "Cross The Line By The Bridge". Officers and soldiers board the railway train.
Russian troops on the Southwestern front in World War One. Soldiers riding horses and seated in horse carts cross a major bridge. Officers arrive and soldiers stand at attention. Commander of Russian Forces, General Mikhail Vasiliyevich Alekseyev, and his staff, review the troops. The General stops to greet Russian Orthodox Priest. Russian Army on the march in background.
Belgian troops fight in Ramscapelle, Belgium during World War I. Soldiers fire rifles from a trench in the battlefield. A soldier gets injured. Other soldiers take him out of the trench for first aid.
Belgian troops after days of fighting in Belgium during World War I. Two soldiers seated on chairs. The soldiers get their beards shaved. Other soldiers watch them. Buildings in the background.
War damage in Pervyse, Belgium. Destroyed railroad station and damaged buildings. 'Pervyse' written on a board on the top of a building. A man walks through the rubble. Ruins of a cathedral. A man watches it. Interior of the damaged cathedral.
World War 1: Members of the British all-volunteer "New Army" (aka Kitchener's Army) try out a new trenching tool, The soldiers appear to have some difficulty digging trenches with the tools. At most, they manage to cut pieces of sod. (They are working under the canopy of a tree, and appear to encounter tree roots.)