French 320mm Railway Gun on the Western Front. Soldiers move shells forward to load the gun. Gun is fired and recoils along the track. French troops move out of trenches. Blasts raise clouds of smoke on battlefield. A wounded man carried out of trench. French firing 155mm howitzer. Wounded soldier helped by other soldiers while bombardment continues. Troops moving out of trenches. Destruction in the area shows rubble. A battlefield cemetery. A wounded American soldier loaded in truck. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
U.S. Army soldiers and cavalry entering a village. A building in the background. An animated campaign map shows Luxembourg and then reflects changes in areas occupied by allies and Germans as the war progresses.
French troops in World War 1 gathered in a trench or bomb crater, behind a sandbag wall, preparing to charge from their position. Fuse burns on a nearby mortar with fins ready to fire from trench. Bomb explodes in distance and French soldiers advance out of trench toward enemy. French troops fire a French 75 artillery piece in wooded area.
French President Poincare, French commander Joseph Joffre and King George V of UK get out of the car. All of them review French troops at a field. Cavalry demonstrates command.
A large group of French officers review French troops marching, approximately 20 abreast,on parade field in France, during World War 1. Officers salute the marching troops. There appear to be thousands more troops drawn up in formations in the distance, across the field. This is a very large assemblage of troops, perhaps Division size. (WWI; WW1)
Russian troops eating while settled in a field during a snow storm, in World War 1. They are all dressed in warm clothing. Their rifles are stacked amongst them. Several soldiers entertain others by dancing, accompanied by a violinist and a man playing accordian. A mascot dog is held on leash by an onlooker. Scene shifts to infantrymen marching loosely, behind mounted officer, along path in a snowy field. Later, they proceed single file through snow. A town square in Russia is seen jammed with soldiers and civilians around time of Russian Revolution. Several hold large banners. A uniformed man passes out paper fliers to the crowd. Troops are seen carrying flags as they march through the snow. Then they form in a large circle, and are addressed by a senior officer, as a clergyman stands behind him. Inserted view of Lev Kamenev addressing troops, in a warmer time and place. Sequence then reverts back to troops in the snow, displaying red flag, and seemingly pledging allegiance to the Bolsheviks. Final scenes show troops parading in snowy Red Square, in Moscow.
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