Launching of the new French Cruiser, "Languedoc," to replace the "Leon Cambetta," torpedoed during World War 1, by the Austrian submarine U-5, on April 26, 1915, in the Adriatic Sea. Shipyard workers in unison, knock out supports holding the new ship in place, and she slides down the ways into the water. (WWI; WW1)
Bell Telephone television advertisement depicts the cost of telephone calls over years from 1915 to 1970. Pictures of streets and houses in Boston. Portrait of Alexander Graham Bell. The cost of telephone from 20.70 dollars in 1915 reduced to 70 cents in 1970. Rapid paced montage of images (some still and some motion) from 1915 to 1970. Poster reads 'Japan at War'. Man and woman dance. Missile launched from launch pad. Aircraft parked on runway. The cost of long distance telephone charges reduced over the years. Different types of telephones seen in 1970.
Turkish peasants (refugees) en-route to Greece during World War 1. Destroyed homes in Germany. Devastated plains of Poland. Pre war scenes of Poland showing farm fields in snow. Polish peasant civilians flee an area due to war. They walk across a snow covered field towing a sled with a woman on the sledge. A group of Polish children stand together with English children outside a simple hut in the snow. The boys and girls smile. Pre-war scenes of France: View of a French village from high on a hill side overlooking the valley, town, and farmland. Scene from French village streets in the 1910s with busy food markets and market square area. A woman selling grapes at a stand holds up the grape bunches and smiles for the camera. French children and adults seen shopping in the market. Buyers inspect wares being held in wicker baskets by French women. Constrasting view of war torn France shows barren land with all trees destroyed, wrecked and destroyed towns and villages.
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.
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