German troops at the front in during World War I. During a pause in hostilities, troops set up a machine gun at a trench. German troops crawling across a battlefield. Snow covered area. Soldiers wearing warm clothes. One crawling soldier knocks down a pole carrying communication wires. German soldiers connect telephone wires and the reserves are called. Some soldiers in boat at a waterway. Group of soldiers pull a boat full of troops along an icy waterway
Albert Thomas, French First Minister of Armament, stands in a field with a french General. A number of French Officers stand behind them. Romanian King Ferdinand arrives with members of his staff and proceeds to decorate French General Henri Mathias Berthelot. Albert Thomas joins Romanian and French officers who congratulate General Berthelot. King Ferdinand stands at the head of several officers and reviews elements of French Army forces as they parade past.
The Dardanelles Campaign during World War I. French ships join British Squadron for the Dardanelles Campaign. Smoke rises up from the smokestacks of the ships. French sailors at work aboard ships loading and firing torpedoes during battle. Loading of large naval guns. Naval guns fired. Firing at submarines and enemy German ships. German fleet and French fleet underway. Ships sink due to attack by torpedoes. Navy sailors aboard the ships. Explosions in water.
A large group of French officers review French troops marching, approximately 20 abreast,on parade field in France, during World War 1. Officers salute the marching troops. There appear to be thousands more troops drawn up in formations in the distance, across the field. This is a very large assemblage of troops, perhaps Division size. (WWI; WW1)
Russian officials along with Tsar Nicholas II arrive at a field cemetery on the Eastern front during World War I. A priest accompanies them as they walk. The officers and soldiers walk into a fenced area where fallen soldiers, in uniform, are laid out. soldiers unload more war dead from wagons and place them on the ground. Some houses are seen in the background. In a different setting, war dead, with some snow on them, are laid out on the ground. Tsar Nicholas II and officers are seen proceeding on horseback, ahead of marching troops. Snow covered fields in the background.
Russian and French troops in joint parade on Eastern Front in World War 1. Russian commander and his troops present arms. Band plays music. French and Russian troops stand in formation. Cadre of French and Russian officers in reviewing position. French General Henri Gouraud, who lost his right arm in combat, at Gallipoli, in 1915, decorates a French soldier, using left hand only. Troops march on field. Army officers watch troops. French and Russian officers and officials walk together. (WWI; WW1)