The Germans drop shells over Rambucourt in France during World War I. The shells burst in the town with huge explosions. Explosions in front of a rural chateau. Small houses around the chateau.
German aircraft fly over Cuperly in France during World War I. A German observation plane falls after being hit by an enemy aircraft. The aircraft crashes on the land miraculously saving the pilot. A doctor and a nurse attend to the German pilot. People standing around the damaged aircraft. French aviator Raymond Vamier also present at the site.
Numerous pieces of Allied heavy artillery lined up in the ordnance yard at Bordeaux, France, in World War 1. A Holts tractor towing a field piece and caisson across the yard, through mud. Another tractor towing a field piece and limber across the yard.
Holts tractors being unloaded from the freighter "Anglo-Mexican" at port of Bordeaux, France, during World War 1. Crane unloading the tractors as port crews guide them onto railroad flat cars. A tractor pulling a rail car with two other tractors loaded on it. Tractors being driven and lined up at the ordnance yard. A railroad train carrying war materiel passing through the ordnance yard. Holts tractors being put through testing maneuvers at the yard.
United States 27th Division troops march past through village of Premont in France, during the Second Battle of the Somme, in World War 1. They march over muddy road dressed in rain gear, with tarpaulins protecting their horse-drawn caissons. American troops without helmets (wearing service caps) marching along road past bombed out ruins. Army truck and British soldier on a bicycle pass them going the opposite direction. Allied troops moving forward on a road, as several German prisoners of war march toward the rear, carrying stretchers with wounded, on their shoulders. British Mark V tank parked on hill, with Officers holding charts and conversing nearby. Horses pulling caissons and supplies to British battery of 18 pounders setting up in the field. British batteries firing, as more field artillery is seen being moved forward in the far distant background. Troops of American 27th Infantry wait in a trench as officers assess situation ahead. The signal is given and the troops advance out of the trench and across a field.
Allied military trucks unloaded at a port in Bordeaux, France during World War I. Cranes used to unload trucks and other military equipment at the port. A tank pulls a truck with a railroad car in the background. Tanks pull trucks at the port. A truck unloaded by a crane as soldiers look on. Soldiers move about on the port one of them rides a bicycle.