Captured German emplacements and guns, in battlefield of World War One, in France. One of the German 5.9 inch field pieces is stenciled in paint with "2nd Essex (Pompadours)," referring to the British 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment (56th Pompadours).
British soldiers ("Tommies") relax, huddled in a huge bomb crater on a battlefield in France during World War One. British troops digging trenches and covering parts of them with corrugated steel sheets. Entrenched troops wave to the camera.
Large contingent of Australian troops marching along a road, as they return from a victorious engagement against German forces at the front in France, during World War One. The sides of the road are lined with other British troops who cheer for the Aussies.
British engineers building a bridge to facilitate movement of British forces across the Somme River, in France, during World War One. Troops moving over another bridge, where retreating German forces had destroyed the lock gates in unsuccessful effort to flood area.
British soldiers in France during World War 1. British soldiers take action as a gas cloud begins to envelop them in a trench on the Western Front. They don gas masks and take up firing positions. One is armed with a Lewis machine gun. Snow covers the field outside the trench, In change of scene, one soldier takes samples of the gas and analyzes them using a phosgene detector. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
British Soldiers carrying supplies move through a trench in France. A snow covered field. They respond to a gas attack by putting on gas masks. One of their party is affected by gas and they help him to put on his protective mask. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)