German troops being shelled heavily by Allied artillery as they advance in France during World War 1. German soldiers rush out of their dugout and move quickly through a trench, and then across No-Man's Land, where smoke rises from exploding shells. Three German soldiers firing a Maxim machine gun from dug-in position. A tremendous explosion near the camera. German troops running around and through a huge crater and hunkered down behind a dirt hill, that they climb, as another tremendous explosion occurs just over the hill. Scene changes to German troops advancing through dried mud boulders and across a field, as what appear to be gas shells, explode nearby. Camera pans across the gas fumes. A German tank seem dimly in background. Heavy black smoke clouds rise from German soldiers using flame throwers. More gas shells exploding as German soldiers run past in foreground, avoiding the clouds. Series of gas shell explosions from Allied barrage. A British Mark V tank with name "Erni" painted on it, maneuvering. German gun crew picks up their Maxim machine gun and runs forward. German troops running forward with gas shells exploding in near background. Advancing German soldiers using flame thrower. German troops in deep trench, with others seen silhouetted against light sky, as they run across a ridge in background. View from low hill of German troops running across No-Man's Land and climbing over a fallen tree as they ascend the hill near the camera. German troops running past bomb and shell craters as they advance. French soldiers, taken prisoners of war, are escorted along a road near a French village. Final scene shows some American prisoners being escorted through the village.
Aviation activities of American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I. American aircrews of 185th Aero Squadron, lined up with their Sopwith Camel aircraft on a field in France. Dense cloud cover overhead. A flare is ignited in front of the wing of one aircraft. Men on top of a tower watch a plane in flight and fire very pistol. Two flyers in front of airplanes. One holds a bomb and they discuss it. Aircrews pose in front of their Salmson 2A2 Airplanes. A pet dog sits atop the upper wing of one airplane. The flyers pose in a group on the ground, with the pet dog.
British troops in deep reinforced trenches on the Western Front in World War 1, respond to a "gas alarm" sounded on "Strombos" Horn. They don their gas masks and take up firing positions with their rifles. View from the trench through barbed wire shows partially snow-covered no-mans-land in front of the trench. A light cloud of gas passes over the soldiers and a larger cloud of gas is seen further away, in front of the trench. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Soldiers among rescued civilians of Ecourt Saint Quentin during Battle of Hindenberg Line in World War I. Soldiers sit and stand among the civilians. Few civilians smoke while some raise their hats and wave. Three men who escaped from German forces who are now in the French Army smile and one them smoke.
Soldiers preparing to send msssages back to headquarters by Carrier Pigeon Service, from trenches of the the 167th Infantry Regiment (42nd Infantry,Rainbow Division) in World War 1. A soldier carefully removes a pigeon that had been secured in a wicker basket. Another pigeon is also seen. He attaches a message to the pigeon, as a companion holds it. Next scene shows 167th Infantry troops in their trench. The Pigeon Service soldier releases two pigeons above the top of the trench, and they fly away.
Saint-Mihiel, France. U.S. Army troops escort 16,000 captured German prisoners along a road in France. French children play along the line of march. (World War I. World War 1. WWI. WW1)
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