The French Army incorporating civilian volunteers and conscripts into their ranks during World War 1. Quartermaster,seated at a desk handling paperwork related to supplies at a French Army post. Behind, a French soldier is seen issuing uniforms, including steel helmet to a new recruit. His arms are full with clothing and shoes, so he puts the steel helmet on his head. (WWI. WW1)
Camera pans over countless canvas-covered French army trucks in a large depot at an area well behind the front lines, untouched by combat,during World War 1. Several large buildings are seen in the background. A long line of empty army trucks with canvas covers, drives along a road, out of the depot. Buildings and trees line the background. Scene shifts to interior of depot containing stacked drums of lubricating oil. Workers inside move materials on hand carts. Scene changes again, to outdoor storage yard for gasoline. It is in containers within wooden crates, that are stacked up high in the yard. Workers use large hand trucks to move materials. (WWI. WW1)
British artillery pulled by horses. British gunners fire a 9.2 inch howitzer. British infantrymen smile and eat while settled deep in a trench. Four German prisoners of war carry a wounded comrade on a litter, on their shoulders. Large group of German prisoners of war. Some German prisoners stand near some smiling British infantrymen.
Covered troop transport trucks in a convoy line drive through a French village, bringing soldier reinforcements to the front in World War I. Houses and shops along the street. Civilians and French soldiers on the street watch the troop trucks pass by.
Battery of British Army motor machine guns drives into a battle location, parks, and commences firing during World War I. The vehicles feature motorcyles with armored sidecars and machine gun mountings. The soldiers show how some of the machine guns can be removed and setup on the ground, and then replaced on the motorbikes, before driving away.
French army soldiers standing and sitting in trenches along the front in World War 1. French soldiers in overcoats stand protected in the trench, with sand bags and other barricade material piled high above the trench edges. A soldier peeks at the battlefield carefully over the upper edge of a pile of sandbags. A French soldier smokes a cigarette.