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French Artillery unit positioning itself during World War I

A French artillery unit moving its field pieces and caissons by means of horses during World War 1. They are followed by heavier guns being pulled by Army trucks. All elements of the unit continue along winding road. (WWI. WW1)

Date: 1916
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027340
French Artillerymen fire from concealed positions during World War I

French Army artillery soldiers firing French 75 field artillery pieces from concealed positions along a ridge, during World War I. View behind the guns, as gun crews load and fire.

Date: 1914
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Swedish
Clip: 65675027375
French troops advancing behind retreating Germans who mined roads as they departed, during World War I

French soldiers on horse-drawn wagons move along cratered dirt roads, behind retreating Germans. in World War 1. At a major crossroads, Germans left a huge crater that presents a problem for French troops trying to pursue them. Individual soldiers explore the deep crater.

Date: 1916
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027502
French Renault FT Light tank being demonstrated in wooded area, during World War I

2-man Renault FT Light Tank being demonstrated during World War 1. It moves through various wooded areas and negotiates steep inclines. (Note: Following the war, this type of Renault tank was often referred to as the FT-17.)

Date: 1918
Duration: 2 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027506
French troops watch German artillery strikes and then move forward, in World War I.

French soldiers, in a remote tree line, observing German artillery shells striking at a distance, during World War 1. (Rising smoke indicates possible gas shells.) Separate scenes show squads of french soldiers moving forward, slowly, through fields of farm crops.

Date: 1916
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027509
French soldiers use teletype to direct artillery during World War I.

Group of French soldiers direct moving artillery barrage ahead of advancing infantry, during World War 1. (The actual artillery is not seen.) Two of them wear headsets. One holds field chart, while another transmits instructions to the artillery via teletype. The French soldiers walk across a field and take up new observation post in a tree line.

Date: 1916
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027510