Excerpts from British movie about World War One Battle of the Somme. Map shows area of the Battle of the Somme and points to the region of Montaubon siezed by the British 30th Division on July 1, 1916. British World War I forces are seen entering former German trenches and resting. They clean debris from the trenches under German artillery fire. German troops counterattack out of trenches and cross the battlefield to engage entrenched British infantry. British fire at them with Lewis machine guns. Both sides sustain casualties.
During World War I, Belgian forces defend against German invaders at Liege, Antwerp, Mons, Malines, Meuse, and Marne. Artillery shells exploding on battlefield. Belgian soldiers fight against the Germans in an open field, devoid of trenches or fortifications in World War 1. Artillery fire being exchanged. View of a heavy mortar. Troops moving cautiously into an open area, with city in background. A cathedral is visible in the distant background. Heavy German artillery barrages create large craters. German troops run across a battlefield and take cover in a bomb crater. Exploding shells resulting in fire and smoke. The German soldiers crawl across a field, pushing soft filled sacks in front of them to absorb incoming fire.
Scenes from a movie about the First World War. A British Q ship underway in the Atlantic Ocean during World War I. A German U boat surfaces. Gun crew on the Q ship take aim and fire at the U boat. Explosions occur at the U boat. The Q ship gun crew cheers as the submarine is sunk.
A German U boat underway at periscope depth in the Atlantic Ocean during World War I. A British merchant ship underway in the ocean. A man aboard the ship looks through binoculars. The U Boat fires a torpedo. Crew aboard the ship see the torpedo coming. It strikes and explodes. Crew members lower a life boat and abandon the ship. German officers express their satisfaction aboard the U Boat.
A flight of 5 U.S. Army DH-4 pursuit airplanes takes off in loose formation from a grass field in the U.S.A. They join up in a "v" formation and fly overhead. The location is a well-established air base, containing many large hangars and other buildings and a tall water tower. Slate alludes to them performing a border patrol mission. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Soviet Russian Army units during military maneuvers in the Soviet Union. The Red Army soldiers advancing on a field during the maneuvers. Soldiers on a field. A soldier with a gun perched in a tree. Two soldiers with rifles in prone position. A few soldiers on the field. One of them writes down on a pad. Another soldier with binoculars in hand. A soldiers under cover on field with mortar. Soviet General Timoshenko with other officers view the maneuvers on the field. Soldiers under camouflage cover of bushes. Explosions during simulated enemy attack. Several Polikarpov I-16 aircraft in flight. Soldiers with weapons under cover of net. The General with other officers walk on the field. Machine guns and mortar under cover. The General and the officers on the field. One of the officers writes down a note. The General looks under the camouflage bushes at the soldiers hidden there. (World War II period).
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