An Allied air balloon in France during World War I. Allied soldiers push a plane and the plane in flight after taking off. Men in a field as an air balloon takes off. The balloon observer in the field. German soldiers fire an anti aircraft gun at the balloon and the aircraft. Damaged aircraft in a field as people look at it. The air balloon burns after being shot down by the enemy. The balloon descends.
U.S. troops in France during World War I. They are building a camp. They haul cut trees from the edge of a forest using a truck and trailer, and are seen setting up a new camp using the logs.
A wounded soldier in France during World War I. Doctors in surgery work on abdominal wound on the soldier. They operate on the soldier, working with scissors, gauze and various instruments. Surgeons working quickly, trying to save the soldier. Graphic scenes of battle wound treatment in operating theater in World War 1.
Allied soldiers in France during World War I. Allied soldiers loaded onto trucks move out of a building. Soldiers unload a table and lay out mugs on it. Trucks and armored cars move away.
Wounded Allied soldiers in France during World War I. Scars and wounds on the chest and fingers of a soldier. A pencil points at injuries on the fingers. A wounded leg of a soldier. Doctors begin an operation on the leg. They prepare the leg and then cut through the wound and work on it. A soldier with a mutilated face is shown. He has injuries to his upper lip and nose. Final scene shows doctors working to treat and close a large wound on the open shoulder of an Allied soldier whose arm has been removed or lost in battle.
Care for wounded and sick Allied soldiers in France during World War I. Views of a large government building or chateau that has been turned into a hospital building. American flag flying on pole in front of building. Additional field hospital tents on grounds of the facility. Inside the building injured and ill Allied soldiers are in beds on a hospital ward as nurses and doctors walk by and look after them. A doctor wearing a face mask walks toward the camera position. Soldiers seated in a dining hall of the facility.