Austrian soldiers skirt around a dead horse on road, during World War 1. Damaged and abandoned Italian war materiel at side of fast flowing shallow river. Pack horses fording the river. Mounted soldiers fording the river. Huge pile of abandoned Italian artillery pieces at side of road. Austrian troops advancing as Italian prisoners of war march in the opposite direction on the other side of the road. Italian soldier comes upon a fallen soldier near a stone house. He removes his hat and stands respectfully over the fallen one.
Austrian troops moving cautiously along area of shallow trenches, during World War 1. King Charles IV of Hungary (Karl I, Emperor of Austria) on a hillside with his military staff, watching Austro-Hungarian troops in action. The troops running down a hillside towards trenches.
Italian army movement during World War 1. Italian infantry, in full field gear,moving out of a train station. A passenger train underway behind them. They proceed from assembly area upward along trail into mountainous terrain. Italian cavalry accompany them.Italian troops manually haul a large siege mortar up the trail. Some soldiers are seen on bicycles.Tractors and trucks pull large artillery gun, upon which soldiers sit. A tank makes its way up a hill.
Italian army operations in World War I. Italian troops charge up a rocky hill and pass through snow-covered fields to take up defensive positions. They fire field artillery pieces from entrenched placements. Battlefield is engulfed in smoke from exploding shells as the Italian infantry moves forward. Closeup of Italian machine gun crew firing. A heavy field gun firing. Troops advancing in trenches, across fields and across a bridge, in smoke and under fire. Artillerymen performing rapid fire of their field piece. Shells exploding all over battlefield. Medical corpsmen carry wounded on a stretcher. A soldier falls as an infantry unit advances under fire. Heavy siege mortars are brought into position and fired. Troops load and fire large caliber trench mortar. Smoke from exploding ordnance obscures the view.
Man working and giving finishing touches to monumental puppets, caricatures of popular people. Various views of puppets and men working and coloring puppets for Carnival of Viareggio.
Wrecked buildings and houses in Italian village, on Austro-Italian front soon after the end of World War 1. Refugees evacuate on horse-drawn wagons loaded with all their household belongings.