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Montage of combat scenes (primarily British) from World War I
British forces manning 8-inch howitzers on the Western Front in World War 1. Others firing a 155mm heavy long gun near a village in France. British gunnery Sergeant using a megaphone to relay instructions to gun crew. Firing a heavy gun at close to zero elevation. Firing 8-pouder field pieces in the midst of trenches in No-Mans land. Firing a howitzer equipped with mud flaps (girdles) on its wheels to minimize bogging down in the mud. Glimpse of German soldiers unpacking artillery shells with a 15 cm Kanone 16 in the background. A British 8-pounder firing among trenches. British infantry moving across a quiet battlefield. A British Mark IV tank moving across trenches. A British battery of howitzers firing. Closeup of gun crew firing an 8-pounder from under camouflage covering. British troops lined up in a deep reinforced trench. They climb over the top. Glimpse of two German soldiers rushing up out of a reinforced bunker. British infantry advancing across battlefield, under fire. On carries a Lewis gun and the other a rifle with fixed bayonet. Huge explosions raise black smoke as a British Mark IV tank moves in foreground. German gunners in a fortified bunker, firing a Maxim MG 08 machine gun. Closeup of machine gun. View from trench underneath, as a British tank rolls overhead. View from above shows it is a Mark V "male" tank, armed with a short 6-pounder (57-mm) Hotchkiss gun in the right sponson. British infantry running across the battlefield with smoke everywhere. A shell strikes and one soldier falls ans rolls over. . Another glimpse of German machine gunners firing. View from behind barbed wire as a British Mark V tank advances toward the camera. White smoke is punctuated by puffs of black smoke from shelling. A line of soldiers are silhouetted against light sky as they flee across a hill top. A shell striking and fire burning in a French village. Views of desolate "no man's land." British infantry, including pipers, walking across the battlefield. Stubs of trees and destroyed remains of a village. A line of British infantry leaning forward behind an earthen berm. They charge over the top. One remains lying against the hill. Troops silhouetted against the sky as they move across the battlefield and down a deep ravine and up the other side.
British soldiers rush about on ship after it is hit by torpedo underway in the European Theater during World War I.
British troops fight against Germans in Europe during World War I. A German submarine underway. View of torpedo being fired from U-boat at a British ship in Atlantic Ocean or North Sea. Dramatic footage of large explosion aboard the target ship as the torpedo impacts. Fire and smoke seen on ship. Fire continues to surge upward even as ships stern is sunken and bow is rapidly approaching sinking underwater. Footage, some appears authentic and some possibly dramatized, of British sailors aboard a ship under attack and on fire. The sailors running on board the ship. View of ship rolling over and sinking.
British destroyers fire and German ship sinks in the European Theater during World War I
British troops fight against Germans during World War I. Destroyers underway at sea. British flag on the destroyer ship in North Sea. Destroyers fire. Destroyers approach a harbor. Men on boat at sea. Men on destroyers give signal. A British destroyer vessel sinks. Man observes through periscope of a submarine. Men fire on another ship from a destroyer. The German ship sinks in sea. The later section of this clip illustrates the destruction of a U-boat by a British Q-ship - a merchantman with hidden armament where a submarine surfaced, a "dummy crew" abandons ship, and the naval gunners then bring out the guns and sink the U-boat
Thomas Woodrow Wilson works at desk and soldiers with John Joseph Pershing on ship in the United States
U.S. troops leave United States during World War I. Exteriors of the United States Capitol. President of the United States Thomas Woodrow Wilson looks out from a window. He works at desk. Close-up view of document that is U.S. declaration of war against Germany. U.S. Soldiers march on city streets, bound for war. American soldiers board ship. Soldiers crowded on deck of the transport ship heading for war in France. U.S. Army General John Joseph Pershing on ship. Sunset at sea.
Grand Duke Nicholas being escorted by the Russian officers and reviews the soldiers in Russia during World War I.
Russian General Nicholas reviews soldiers in Russia during World war I. Russian soldiers stand and look at a car as it arrives. The car arrives and Russian General Grand Duke Nicholas gets off from the car. The soldier salutes him. The Russian General Nicholas walks past a building and being escorted by the Russian officers. Duke talks to officers. Russian soldiers stand in a squad and General reviews the soldiers. General Duke stand with officers in a group and reviews the soldiers.
Russian infantry drill on a rough field during World I. A formation of British Royal Guards in full dress uniforms with fur hats, slow marches on parade.
Russian infantry are assembled in an open field, during World War 1. They maneuver their rifles from sling arms to parade rest and then to weapons at the ready position, in response to commands from officers (unseen). Next, they march in loose formation over rough ground, with their field gear and rifles. Russian General Grand Duke Nicholas and Emperor of Russia Nicholas II are seen conversing on a parade field. Russian cavalry unit cross a bridge, on horseback. At this point, the scene changes completely to the United Kingdom, showing a formation of British Royal Guards in formal dress uniform, including fur hats. They carry their rifles, with fixed bayonets, at left shoulder arms, and "slow march" across the parade grounds.
