French soldiers charge, from protection of a deep crater, and suffer casualties, during World War I. Several fallen soldiers are seen on the ground. Troops carry wounded comrades on litters to a field hospital in the trenches. Walking wounded walk in trenches beside a red cross sign.
Views of the French Army's front line trenches on the Western Front during World War 1. They have tried to make them liveable in the face of wet winter weather. French soldiers stand upon shoulders carved into a very deep trench It has also been reinforced with vertical poles and lined with saplings and twigs. Other soldiers sit upon benches fashioned from trench sides, amidst various examples of improvements, such as dugouts, tables formed of stones, sandbagged upper barriers, partial roofing,and other similar features designed to make life more bearable. In another scene, French artillerymen use teams of horses to move caissons and field pieces through a muddy stream. An encampment and wagons are seen in the background.
Women and children receive food aid from French military. Children and women wait in queues to receive provisions. World War 1 French officer throws coins to children who gather around him. Soldiers play with little boy, who wears fez hat and stands like a soldier at attention. Clip closes with unrelated footage of British soldiers climbing out of trenches and viewing battlefield after armistice.
French Marshal Ferdinand Foch talks to a officer at a French camp during World War 1. Women talk to French officers. Horses graze in background. Ferdinand Foch with French officer. French officer walks in background. French man stands in background. (WWI; WW1)
French artillerymen tossing coins, or playing some similar game, as they await instructions, during World War 1. Later, they are seen removing camouflage from a large mortar, with "August" written on its barrel. Then they place the camouflage back on it again.
French soldiers firing a water-cooled, drum-fed, anti-aircraft machine gun, during World War 1. The gun is set up vertically on a metal stand. The gunner is on the ground at the trigger while his helper pulls ammunition belt from a drum, as the gun is fired. At one point, the gunner pushes the helper's arm away to gain better sight on the target (not seen). Other French soldiers in the area point and look upward towards the sky.
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