Montage of scenes involving Cavalry of the British 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons Service Squadron, serving with the 36th (Ulster) Division on the Western Front in World War 1. The Squadron demonstrates a charge for the camera. Change of scene shows the Squadron on horseback, in a snowy landsccape, and then, dismounted, moving acoss a battlefield, and taking up defensive positions. The next sequence shows troops assembling simple rafts with poles and canvas bag floats. The next sequence shows glimpse of a muddy campsite, followed by scene of dismounted Dragoons pointing rifles from established open fortificatons. Next, two soldiers are seen preparing a fire in front of their makeshift shelter. Three others hunker down in their shelter. Soldiers reading mail behind heavy timber fortifcation as another watches out for enemy. Troops relaxing behind well-established fortifications. A 6th Inniskilling Dragoon walks up close to the camera. His cap insignia, an image of Enniskillen Castle (a.k.a. Inniskilling Castle) is clearly seen.
Russian troops advancing through a village on the Western front, during World War I. A red Cross representative stands to the side and speaks to an officer accompanying the soldiers.
Injured Allied troops on the Western Front during World War I. Canadian troops march in raincoats. Injured soldiers in trenches. Men carry injured on litters. Soldiers fire artillery. A loaded horse drawn wagon. Troops march in columns.
Cavalry of the British 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons Service Squadron, attached to the 36th (Ulster) Division on the Western Front in World War 1. Soldiers are seen assembling simple rafts with poles and canvas bag floats. Then members of the Squadron, with their horses, are seen lined up along a road overlooking a river. Cavalrymen proceed, four at time, to ride across the river with their personal gear, including saddles, as they are pulled across by those already on the other side.
French troops on the Western front in World War 1, hear an alarm, and leave their barricaded emplacement to respond. They move through an area of war damaged buildings and pass through a doorway on one of the buildings. (WWI; WW1)
Film begins with picture of famous Soviet statue of Worker and Kolkhoz Woman holding hammer and sickle, respectively, over their heads. The title,"View of the World Soviet," is superimposed. A slate gives a title in English: "The Commanders in Chief." Commander in Chief of North-West Forces, Marshal Kliment Voroshilov is seen meeting and exchanging handshakes and salutes with several Soviet soldiers in a wide open field during World War 2. Russian tanks drive past, raising lots of dust. and Commander in Chief of Western Front, Semyon Timoshenko at the front with troops. Commander in Chief of South-West Forces, Marshal Semyon Mikhaylovich Budenny, watches with several officers and soldiers, from behind a Soviet armored vehicle, as a BT-7 tank passes them. Next, Chief of Western Front, Marshal Semyon Timoshenko, visits troops at the front. Accompanied by officers of his staff, he bends down to observe something with soldiers at the front. Closeup of two Soviet troops in a defensive position. Timoshenko next to a soldier in a trench, pulls some foliage in front of himself, as camouflage. Marshal Budenny is seen again, this time, consulting with officers at the front. They converse and point at something of interest in the distance. Soviet infantry are seen advancing across a wide area in the distance.
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