Royal Sussex marches during Battle of Arras in World War I. Durhams and North Hants move. Few soldiers look back and smile while one takes off his hat and waves it. The cavalry waits at a place. Artillery loaded horse carts are also seen.
FrenchWorkers engaged in washing, cooking, feeding horses, and other activities behind the lines of artillery batteries in World War I. Horses are tied in a row. A soldier lays grass in front of the horses. A party of military officers arrives along with Marshal Philippe Petain. They gather around a table along with some soldiers. Marshall Petain takes a glass full of water or wine from a barrel and drinks it. He comes out of a building with another French military official. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
French Military Authorities train dogs to catch rats which they find as pests in trenches during World War I. Two dog trainers with dogs in a ground. Dogs catch rats from a bundle of grass and hay. A trainer calls dogs to one side. The dogs follow his instruction. Another trainer hides rats in grass and hay. The other releases dogs to catch the rats.
View looking back from trenches as German artillery shells burst around British support artillery positions behind the British lines in World War One. Shells explode near two abandoned British 8 inch howitzers, one of which is under a camouflage canopy.
A huge crater created by German explosive demolition at a key crossroad in a French town during World War I, to impede Allied troops advancing as the Germans withdrew. Several British soldiers explore the crater. View of the town, from a hilltop. Many houses are damaged or destroyed. Several soldiers walking on the street in the town. The road continues straight, beyond the town into the distance.
A group of Australian artillery observers standing by British trench line during World War One. One sits and others lie down and use binoculars to observe Allied bombardment of Hindenburg line. A battery of British 5 inch heavy field guns is seen firing.