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French and German troops mobilize for World War I.
An order for mobilization of the French troops for World War 1. French troops march in the streets of France. A crowd cheers them on. Troops marching in a field. French President Raymond Poincare, General Joseph-Jacques-Cesaire-Joffre, and other officers inspect and salute the troops. The proclamation of a German general for the population of Luxembourg. Kaiser Wilhelm II with his military officers in Germany. The Kaiser inspects and salutes marching troops. German soldiers advance on cobbled streets.
British, Turkish, Belgian, Serb, French, and Australian soldiers mobilize for World War I.
Headlines in various New York and Belgian newspapers report the entry of Austria, Germany, Russia and Great Britain into the World War 1. A poster part of the recruitment campaign by Lord Kitchener, British Secretary of State for War. British troops in the streets of England, mobilize for the war. King George V, his son and uncle, inspect British troops. Turkey: The Sultan of Turkey and other military officials emerge from a building. The Sultan takes his seat in horse carriage and is driven away. Turkish troops at a port and soldiers seated in a ship. Belgium: Bombarded buildings and ruins in Louvain. People and soldiers on the street. People in carts on a road in search of new homes. Military officers study a map. Belgrade: Serbians bomb Belgrade. Soldiers fire artillery guns. Bomb explosions on a hill. British soldiers camp with French soldiers across the channel. Australian soldiers march ahead to join the war. Germany: Retired General Paul Von Hindenburg, commander of the Germans, and other military officers pose outside a building. The German emperor, Kaiser Wilhelm II ascends from the sand dunes of Belgium to inspect his troops in a field. France: French soldiers on alert in trenches and bunkers, defend the borders of Paris. General Gallieni and his troops leave Paris for the front in taxicabs.
Unification of Germany under kingdom of Prussia; German military attacks on its neighbors; leadup to World War 1.
Mix of actor portrayals and actual footage: Otto Von Bismarck the Prime Minister of Prussia declares war against Denmark in a house of Ministry of Prussia. Scenes of war, cavalry and infantry invading Denmark. War against Denmark. Victory parade by German soldiers, while people cheer for them. War against France in year 1870. Meeting of minister to declare unification of Germany. Actual footage of Palace of Versailles and nearby buildings. Dramatized crowning ceremony for German Emperor Wilhelm I. Mix of actor portrayals and actual footage of growth of German military complex: Closeup view of sculpture of Chariot driven by Victoria atop Brandenburg Gate. German industries and men working in factories; merchant marine ships of Germany at harbors. German man drinking beer from glass. German man eating a sausage. German farmers tending fields on hillsides in Germany. Mountain villages in Germany. Fleet of German Navy warships. Actual footage of troops of German army, riflemen, cavaliers march through the streets in decade of 1910s. Dramatization of German men dueling swords in German universities. Actual footage of German Army officers in discussion in early 1910's before World War 1, including Helmuth von Moltke the Younger and other officers.
Emperor Franz Joseph among troops; mobilization of French and German forces; World War 1 refugees
Events early in World War I. Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria gets out of the car and walks with military escorts in front of troop formation. French troops happily enter protected fortified area. Woven wooden supports for trench. French Colonial soldier smiles as he poses in trench with rifle. German Kaiser Wilhelm II leads procession in front of honor guard. Ladies are in attendance. German parade led by goose stepping military band. Russian cavalry and the mass of autos. German lancers. Sign posted in France, announcing general mobilization of Army and Navy. French street scene with notices being passed out among the population. French Legionnaires march in crowded street. British palace guards parade in London followed by British Horse Guards. Belgian refugees walking along a roadside and cattle pulling wagons loaded with refugee belongings.
German Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg departs for the Reichstag, honor guards in military parade in Berlin (WW1)
German Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg enters a car to leave for the Reichstag to give speech declaring war, start of WWI. Honor guards assist and salute Chancellor. Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg as he heads for the Reichstag to declare war on Belgium and France. Crowds of Germans salute with their hats. Honor guards on horseback and soldiers marching with flags during a military parade in Berlin. Civilians march along soldiers in parade. People wave good-bye as mobilized German soldiers leave for World War I on the train.
French Artillerymen fire from concealed positions during World War I
French Army artillery soldiers firing French 75 field artillery pieces from concealed positions along a ridge, during World War I. View behind the guns, as gun crews load and fire.