German prisoners of war at a prison camp in France. Prisoners are marched to jobs at Etaples. Prisoners carry wooden boxes and load them onto trucks.
Civilian official addresses large formation of American troops from a podium at a reviewing stand. U.S. troops on parade across the field, in front of spectators, at an Army base. Included are troops on horse back and horse-drawn caissons. French troops use cattle teams to pull heavy artillery pieces across a pontoon bridge, in France during World War I. Boats tied at Pontoon Bridge. The French artillery battery fires in field. French troops move casually along a road. New recruits, without uniforms, drill in a field. under guidance of U.S. Army soldiers. French soldiers hoist 320mm shell, with block and tackle, to load rail gun, that sits under camouflage netting. Rail gun fires and recoils. French gun crew works on another 320mm rail gun, elevating the barrel to firing position during World War 1.
An American observation balloon in France during World War I. The observation balloon descends as it burns after being hit by an enemy plane. The burning balloon descends as it emits smoke. American soldiers fire anti aircraft guns at the enemy plane. The plane being hit and it descends. The enemy plane in a field with U.S. soldiers around it. The German pilot survived and is seen seated on the ground with an apparent facial injury, surrounded and captured by American guard.
A French propaganda dramatization about the events leading up to World War I. A French woman stands next to a sign that reads ' France '. A German officer holds up a note related to the Treaty of Frankfurt. He tears it in half, burns it and laughs. Wooden poles in shape of numbers for year 1914 seen burning in flames. End of dramatization. Actual footage of French soldiers erecting barbed wire fences. French soldiers move in a line down a ravine. Together with an American soldier, the French soldiers work in a field and uncover three unexploded bomb shells.
Chemical warfare activities of the AEF (American Expeditionary Force) in France during World War I. Members of the American Expeditionary Force walk out of a building. They stand in an open ground. View of the surrounding buildings.
Allied artillery being moved alongside a railroad track in France during World War 1. Two officers stand on the track and watch Holts tractors pull heavy field guns. American soldiers wearing campaign hats pose with a heavy field gun. A soldier points out at a name painted on a gun barrel reading: 'Kaiser-Kisser'.