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French troops advancing behind retreating Germans who mined roads as they departed, during World War I

French soldiers on horse-drawn wagons move along cratered dirt roads, behind retreating Germans. in World War 1. At a major crossroads, Germans left a huge crater that presents a problem for French troops trying to pursue them. Individual soldiers explore the deep crater.

Date: 1916
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027502
French Renault FT Light tank being demonstrated in wooded area, during World War I

2-man Renault FT Light Tank being demonstrated during World War 1. It moves through various wooded areas and negotiates steep inclines. (Note: Following the war, this type of Renault tank was often referred to as the FT-17.)

Date: 1918
Duration: 2 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027506
French troops watch German artillery strikes and then move forward, in World War I.

French soldiers, in a remote tree line, observing German artillery shells striking at a distance, during World War 1. (Rising smoke indicates possible gas shells.) Separate scenes show squads of french soldiers moving forward, slowly, through fields of farm crops.

Date: 1916
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027509
French soldiers use teletype to direct artillery during World War I.

Group of French soldiers direct moving artillery barrage ahead of advancing infantry, during World War 1. (The actual artillery is not seen.) Two of them wear headsets. One holds field chart, while another transmits instructions to the artillery via teletype. The French soldiers walk across a field and take up new observation post in a tree line.

Date: 1916
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027510
French troops return to Home Base, while others proceed to the front, during World War I

French Regiment marches into its home garrison town, returning from the battlefields, during World War 1. People walk along with the soldiers. Houses on the street side. The Regiment is assembled on a field, as local citizens watch. Upon order from their Commanding Officer, the soldiers afix their bayonets to their rifles and come to attention. Officer salutes the soldiers. Elsewhere, French troops proceed toward the front, in armored cars and trucks, passing through a town with some war-damaged buildings. .

Date: 1917
Duration: 2 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027514
French gunners setup, load, and rapid-fire a 75mm artillery piece, during World War I.

French artillerymen push a 75mm artillery piece ("French 75") into position, during World War 1. They open bundles of shells. They dig earth to provide level area for the artillery piece. Then they commence to load and fire the gun with many shells in rapid succession.

Date: 1917
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675027519