Shows allied troops move a 6 inch artillery gun up hill in France during World War 1. Several horses are used to pull the artillery gun.
During World War 1, Allied troops fire a 12 inch naval gun at the German lines of communication in France. Troops load shell into the gun during the battle.
An Allied 8 inch artillery battery in France during World War 1 Grand Offensive. British troops load shell into the gun. Commanding officer writes a message on the shell before it is loaded: "From Times Square New York." Allied howitzers are fired at the enemy. A British 6 inch heavy gun is seen firing at enemy positions.
A large group of German infantry marching toward the front in France, during World War 1. Some horse-drawn supply wagons move along with them. Horses pulling wagons with heavy machine guns on them. Others pulling artillery pieces, caissons, and supply wagons. German troops resting on side of hill pose for the camera. Their arms are stacked. Troops stopped for a meal break. Change of scene shows German troops and supplies moving through a war-torn French village. View of destroyed buildings in the village. German infantry marching briskly along a road.
Wreckage of a crashed German plane at a field in France during World War I. Soldiers and people gather at the crash site. The captured German pilot surrounded.
Film starts showing and American soldier atop a hill in France during World War I. He is hatless and looking through a periscopic telescope mounted on a tripod. Next, American troops are seen preparing defensive positions at the base of a slope. They are using picks and shovels. Not far behind them, in the background are buildings of a French village. Closeup of soldiers in their entrenchment. One wears a headset and kneels by a field communications device. A lieutenant, smoking a pipe, comes to him with a log book and hands him a paper dispatch to transmit. The soldier transmits the message using a telegrapher's key. The next scene shows two soldiers at another communications site, near a tall slender transmission pole, rigged up with guy wires.