French colonial Senegalese troops lunges with bayonet during their training under General Mangin in France. French Senegalese soldiers practice with bayonets on an open field. Senegalese soldiers engage in bayonet fights during their daily training in World War I. French African soldiers advancing up a hill. A group of Senegalese soldiers practice throwing hand grenades.
A U.S. Army captain in the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) is helped as he steps from a ferry boat to speak with a Lieutenant wearing a white armband, who is assisting with embarkation duties. Closeup of the Lieutenant, and armband reading "H.Q. STA 7." The Lieutenant holds an embarkation passenger list for Company A, 131st Infantry, 33rd Division. He discusses it with the Captain (Company A Commander). view of the embarkation passenger list. The members of Company A, in full field gear, then disembark from the ferry as the two officers watch. Scene changes to a processing center at the pier. Soldier John J. Jones shows his identification card. Next are shown closeups of his military records, including : a copy of his service record; his individual equipment record; his pay card; an application for family allowance and information for allotment of pay;application for insurance and details of his beneficiaries. An army clerk types information into the records. Next, soldiers are seen relaxing on the floor of the processing center. Glimpse of the ferry boat,"Catshill," docked at the pier. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
British General Douglas Haig reviews troops in Britain during First World War; French General Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Petain comes out of a building and stands with his fellow officer, Italian General Armando Diaz review troops. Troops march with rifles. King Albert I of Belgium comes out of a building and sits on car. World War I troops march on road, snow covered hillside in the background. President Wilson sits and reads a Washington newspaper in Washington DC, United States.
American President Woodrow Wilson heads for the Paris Peace Conference, following the armistice in World War I. USS George Washington leaves Hoboken Port in New Jersey. A board reads "US Army Transport Service'. Small boats along USS George Washington. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Breguet 14 A.2 bombers parked in a row in Clermont, France during World War I. American ground crewmen mounting 155mm bombs under the wing of a Breguet 14 A.2 bomber. U.S. soldier fuses a 155mm bomb. Airman in Breguet 14A.2 bomber winds up bomb release mechanism and looks into a sighting instrument. A bar with pegs on it turning in the wing of Breguet 14 A.2 bomber. Officer closes the hatch of the wing. Officers hold 115mm, 115 long, 115 short and 75mm shells in hand. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Artillery and howitzers being towed by a number of trucks, passing through Nantes, France on way to the front during World War I. American and French soldiers standing by. Parked treaded tractors in a line on a roadside with U.S. soldiers in them. Officers on horse carts. Supplies stacked beside a railroad track. U.S. cavalry soldiers emerge from woods on running horses.