Soldiers in the battlefield during the World War I in Europe. They stand near a railroad gun. They lift a shell with the help of a crane and load the gun.
French soldiers in a battlefield during World War I in Europe. Ammunition stacked on the ground. Military trucks parked on the field. Soldiers stand near the shells. Soldiers lift a shell with a crane and keep it with other shells. Supply train moves on a track.
Brief views of a World War 1 munitions factory in Europe. View from above of factory buildings, piles of ammunition and a railroad spur. Men working outside the factory. Carts for hauling the ordnance. Note: only about the first 7 seconds of this clip is useable. The remainder is destroyed. (WWI; WW1)
British artillerymen fire a British 18 pounder Field Gun during World War I. Some soldiers cover their ears with hands during firing.Shell explodes raising smoke and dirt. British artillerymen firing rail gun. Impacting shell raises huge upheaval of earth. Gas shell bursts in no man's land. British troops sheltering in large bomb crater, are forced to advance out of the crater as gas or smoke canisters land nearby. British artillerymen operating two rail guns. One is fired. Exploding artillery shell in distant town. British artillerymen manning a 4.5 inch howitzer that has just been fired, behind a brick wall in midst of destroyed buildings. Smoke emerges from the gun barrel. A shell bursting in the distance. British infantry charging over the top out of trenches. A medic comes back to aid a wounded soldier on the battlefield. Russian Imperial cavalry moving in formation on a field.
Willian Jennings Bryan, campaigning for President Wilson, as a private citizen, in 1916 (after having resigned as Wilson's Secretary of State). He stands in a car decorated with patriotic bunting and an American flag, in front of modest house in a rural area. Bryan is accompanied by several associates. A popular Wilson campaign photograph (coming loose at the top) is attached to the car door . The writing under Wilson's picture is not legible. As Bryan sits down in the car, his wife, Mary, is seen next to him. (She had been blocked from the camera while he stood.) The car drives away. In complete change of scene, a crowd is seen completely filling the lawn and grounds of "Shadow Lawn," President Wilson's Summer White House, at Long Branch, New Jersey. They have come to celebrate his renomination as Democratic candidate for President. Camera pans over the crowd. Next, President Wilson is seen standing on a step in the center of the garden, acknowledging and accepting the nomination.
War casualties in Europe during World War I. A British soldier looks at a dead comrade. British soldiers in trench. Location shifts to a smaller dug-in trench. A handful of British soldiers during battle. They are wearing gas masks. Scene shows one soldier shaking violently after he is overcome by gas. (Note: This is an excerpt from a British World War I movie, released after the war, in the 1920's.)
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