French regiment of cavalry in new uniforms. They rides their horses on a road in France. ( World War 1; WWI; WW1)
French General reviewing troops passing in review on a rough field in France, at outset of World War 1. Infantry parade with shouldered rifles and fixed bayonets. Officers riding on horseback salute with sabers. Several Officers mounted on white horses review the troops from opposite side of the field,
Men and women working in a munition factory in France. Men transporting artillery shells on the floor of the factory. Workers loading and moving shells from stacks with the aid of pulley lifting equipment. Hand carts are used to move projectiles. Data appears on the screen regarding the French artillery fired for every meter of enemy German trenches in the Main de Massiges area between the Champagne and Argonne fronts. A map showing the Main de Massiges area during the first World War.
Flight of historic early airplanes in France during World War 1.. Nieuport 10 airplanes lined up at the airbase. Airmen standing near the Nieuport planes. Pilots in the cockpits of the planes. A Voisin airplane taking off. An airplane buzzes a line of parked planes and then flies low, directly at the camera. An aircraft does a barrel roll aerobatic maneuver in the sky. (WWI; WW1)
Stacks of artillery shells at an outdoor munitions depot in France during World War I. French soldiers are seen stacking cases of shells. A French officer walks beside a railroad train of open cars stacked high with shells, ready for transport to artillery units. (World War 1. WWI. WW1)
A group of British officers on an inspection tour is seen standing on a field in France, during World War 1. They include Field Marshal Sir John French the British commander-in-chief.They observe soldiers riding past on tractors, two of which are Titan models built by the US company International Harvester. The officers step back as the tractors pass through the mud. Next, they are seen loosely assembled near two staff cars. (A small dog walks about amongst them.) One senior officer walks to the second car and an aide helps him to don a coat. Field Marshal Sir John French then climbs aboard the lead car. Scene shifts showing British soldiers standing by as a Mark IV tank, with heavy mud on its tracks, passes them pulling a heavy towed howitzer field gun. The tank has writing on its front reading: "HMLS, Intimidator" (His Majesty's Land Ship, Intimidator) and it shows the number "154" on its side.
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