Krupp 77 mm Field Gun with split trailing carriage. Austro-Hungarian gunners stake the split parts of carriage to ground. They maneuver the barrel through range of azimuth and elevation.They then insert shells and demonstrate rapid fire capability of the gun (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
demonstration of German Krupp 77 mm field gun being fired at maximum elevation by remote lanyard. Same weapon propped up to increase elevation above normal maximum and fired by remote lanyard. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Events leading to World War I. Dramatization shows soldiers in a battle field during Franco- Prussian War of 1870. Explosions occur as grenades burst, cavalry and infantry units charge towards each other.
U.S. troops of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) wearing gas maskes as they occupy trenches on the Western Front, in France, during World War 1. One soldier using a large hand-held "Ayrton" fan to clear lingering gas from a trench. A shell bursting in air above a fort, as a French FT 17 tank moves across the area. American infantry in gas masks, firing rifles from a trench, as gas drifts over them. A camouflaged French rail gun firing from a railroad siding. Two other views of French rail guns firing. Smoke rising from a nearby shell burst. More views of AEF troops firing rifles from trenches during gas attack. Soldiers moving across no-man's land as shells burst. A mammoth explosion from a demolition charge or siege mortar shell. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
French soldiers marching with flags, officers on horseback, during an offensive in World War 1. Captured German soldiers, carrying blankets, march as Allied troops look on. A truck containing Allied soldiers drives by. Soldiers riding horses (pulling a cart) pass by a dead soldier. Horses pull carts carrying supplies and artillery. German prisoners-of-war sit on the ground after arriving at a camp. Allied soldiers distribute food rations to German prisoners. Food being tossed to Germans. German prisoners scramble to pick up tossed food packs on the ground.
French soldiers firing with artillery during World War 1. A French Renault Ft tank rolls into a forest. A Canon de 75 modèle 1897 75mm field gun firing in forest. Two Renault Ft tanks moving through the battlefield at high speed. Allied soldiers advance alongside Renault Ft tanks. Soldiers dive to trenches as the battlefield is hit by artillery fire. Renault Ft tanks swarm the battlefield. A German soldier furiously drives a galloping horse cart, narrowly avoiding artillery fire. A tank, covered with tree branches, rolls up a muddy hill with soldiers. German soldiers raising their arms to surrender. Ruined landscape with loan Renault Ft tank driving through.