British Mark IV male tanks maneuvering in fields of France, during World War 1. A phosphorus shell bursts obscuring the tanks which continue moving slowly. One traverses a high berm and deep ditch to cross a road and proceeds past smoke from a fire. Tanks move through field outside a town. One tank fires guns from its right side sponson.
Destroyer ships underway off the coast in France during World War I. Destroyer escorts convoy underway at sea.
French women working in France during World War I. Women and men seated inside a room. Women manufacture harnesses for horses. An officer talking to a woman and inspecting a harness. Horses and horse-carts on a field. Soldiers riding bicycles. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
A railroad train carrying a U.S. Navy 14-inch railway gun, on a Mk I gun car, along with other cars containing associated personnel,supplies and equipment, arriving at a depot in France, during World 1. Most of the cars are marked "USN." In next scene, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, stands in a field with two U.S. Navy Captains and U.S. Army Major General Henry T. Allen, along with two other Army officers. General Allen escorts Roosevelt to the railway gun train, where he climbs aboard the rear access door of the Mk I car. An American flag flies over the car. Camera pans along the car to where Roosevelt is seen standing beneath the 14-inch gun barrel. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
French Indochinese and French African troops digging and tilling soil for railroad construction in France during World War I. Horses are seen pulling wagons in the background. French officers watch over the colonial troops working. One of the French officers is seen holding a rod or cane. An Indochinese soldier carrying buckets with a carrying pole gives water to another soldier. Soldier from Indochina drinks water before resuming work.
French Indochinese troops grow their own vegetables in France during World War I. Indochinese troops wearing conical Nón lá hats and trench coats carry rakes in a garden. French officers are also present to watch the colonial troops. Soldiers from Indochina planting and growing vegetables. Some coats are seen hanging on hedges.