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French Commander-in-Chief Marshal Joseph “Papa” Joffre awards ribbons, kisses the cheeks of French soldiers during WW1

Commander-in-Chief of the French forces, Marshal Joseph “Papa” Joffre, awards ribbons to French soldiers during World War 1. Marshal Joffre pins a ribbon on a soldier before giving a “faire la bise” kiss. Marshal Joffre pins ribbons, kisses the cheeks of two colonial soldiers wearing Fez hats (likely of Moroccan descent). This is possibly the award ceremony for Verdun that took place in 1916.

Location: France
Date: 1916
Duration: 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078701
German soldiers, captured in battle of Verdun, march under guard, in town of Souilly, France.

German prisoners, captured in battle of Verdun, are marched through the town of Souilly (20km from Verdun), France during World War I. French cavalry ride between groups of German prisoners as they march them along the street. Armed French infantrymen stand guard along the sides of the street. Altogether, 6,000 German prisoners march on their way to a prison camp.

Location: Souilly France
Date: 1916, November
Duration: 4 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: French
Clip: 65675045738
As German and French forces prepare for the battle of Verdun, in World War I, French civilians are ordered to evacuate

Views of devastated landscape in no-man's-land. German soldiers are seen preparing for the battle of Verdun, in France, during World War I. Soldiers stand near fortified dugouts. In order to avoid civilian losses, the French population is ordered to evacuate from the city of Verdun and environs. Evacuating families are seen carrying as many of their belongings as possible. They arrive with their luggage at the railroad station and board the train. German soldiers carry a wounded comrade through rubble, on a stretcher. German soldiers in a fort getting ready for battle. Two soldiers smoke cigarettes. The German soldiers leave their fort and carry machine gun out into the battlefield. Barbed wire seen outside.

Location: France
Date: 1916
Duration: 3 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675045762
French infantry fighting during the Battle of Verdun (WW1)

French infantry on an offensive against German forces during the Battle of Verdun (World War 1). French soldiers avoid getting hit by artillery fire by hiding in a foxhole. French soldiers running and climbing on uneven terrain. Explosion from artillery fire. Smoke covers the battlefield as French soldiers climb a rocky terrain. French soldiers in trench. A French soldier tosses a grenade. French soldiers run away after grenade tossing. French soldiers throwing objects, possibly grenades, into smoking trench. The hills north of Verdun-sur-Meuse covered in smoke from the battlefield.

Location: Verdun France
Date: 1916
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079194
French troops move alongside military trucks to Verdun (WWI)

French forces mobilization for the Battle of Verdun in World War 1. French soldiers climb a berm alongside a railroad track. French soldiers marching on foot along the Voie Sacrée (Sacred Road), with the string of transport vehicles passing constantly to the battlefield. Military truck driving, passing by soldiers. Soldiers marching on narrow road in Verdun. Devastated landscape scattered with debris surrounds the field.

Location: Verdun France
Date: 1916
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079235
German prisoners captured during the battle of Verdun in World War I.

German troops captured in the battle of Verdun, during World War One, are held temporarily at prison camp in Souilly (Meuse), France. French soldiers stand guard with the prisoners. Conditions are rainy and muddy. German prisoners line up to receive canvas tents for their immediate shelter. For their first meal they receive bread and canned food. Group of captured German officers pose. The German prisoners are loaded into army trucks for transport to more permanent prison camps, in the rear. (Slate says "They will return to the peace camps in France" or words to that effect.)

Location: Souilly France
Date: 1916
Duration: 2 min 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: French
Clip: 65675045744
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