World War 1. after the Battle of the Ancre. Scottish Rifles Cameronians Regiment marching back from the front lines, led by their Regimental pipe band. Soldiers from Ireland (Irish 16th Division) take advantage of the temporary calm to sleep and rest in their trenches. Soldiers using the respite to wash and shave in their redoubt. Trops of the Scottish Rifles Cameronians Regiment gather together for evening of relaxation and song, accompanied by musicians from their Regimental band. Soldier in right foreground wears the insignia of the Cameronians on his service cap.
British 8-inch howitzer batteries firing during Battle of the Ancre in World War 1. British reinforcements and supplies continually move toward the front.
British women helping with war effort at home during World War 1. The women workers shovel debris and carry it off in wheelbarrow. They milk cows. Other women watch them. Trees in the background. Women work with heavy hay baling farm equipment and a steam powered tractor connected to a heavy driving belt. Woman stands on top of tractor, near stack. Women pose for picture in front of a tent in a field. They are all dressed alike in white smocks and overcoats. Women spread manure with shovels on fields.
A French ground crewman hands small bombs to another man who stores them in the cockpit of a French bi-wing hydroplane (seaplane) during World War 1. The aircraft is equipped with a large open raeial engine. The propeller appears to be split with one segment in front of the lower wing and the other behind it. Change of scene shows a foldable seaplane suspended from cranes on the deck of a French warship. Crewmen fold the wings aft. Closeup of the aircraft and men rotating the propeller. Next the plane is seen in the water on its pontoons as a pilot standing in the open cockpit fastens an overhead cable to the plane. Aerial view of a convoy of several ships seen from an overflying airplane. A naval port facility seen from the air. Back to the Naval hydroplane, again, as it its being raised from the water by a crane. The pilot stands on one of the large flat main pontoons. Closeup of the plane and pilot as they are lifted high above the water level and deck hands pull the plane over the ship's deck.
View of the buildings, houses, streets and trees in Manila, Philippines. Explosions in the city. Smoke arises from the explosions. Soldiers on military vehicles on the street. Jeeps parked in front of a building. Wreckage in the building. People gather to watch the wreckage. Smoke arises from fire in the background. Men raise the United States flag on the terrace of a building. Houses in a field. High altitude view of the wreckage in the city. Huts and shacks on the field. Women cook food outside the huts. Men and children sit and eat the food. Children play. Men seated on chairs smoke and talk amongst themselves. Liberated civilian internees mingle with United States troops in the streets of the city. Girls come out of a building and walk on the street. They talk amongst themselves. Children watch a tank. A man and a woman talk. A soldier holds two children and talk to them. A thin man stands with soldiers near a tank and smokes. (World War II period).
Troops drill at Camp John Hay in Baguio City, Philippines. View of the Bell Amphitheater (Historical Core, Camp John Hay, Baguio, Benguet). Igorot men perform a war dance. Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) cadets perform a drill on the Ateneo de Manila Intramuros campus in Manila. They march in uniforms with flags and guns. School band marches. Officers and a Jesuit priest (likely Ateneo de Manila Rector Father Henry C. Avery SJ) sit and watch the event. Cars parked in front of the Ateneo campus. An American officer decorates a cadet.
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