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French soldiers advance on the Western Front in France, during World War I
French troops in their frontline trenches in no man's land on the Western Front during World War 1. View of officer's wrist watch as they wait for 6AM, and then charge out of their trench. View of soldiers' feet leaving the trench. Another contingent, seen leaving a trench one at a time. They move quickly across the battle-scarred landscape. What appear to be gas clouds obscure the terrain. A soldier stands by a stone wall looking through binoculars. French soldiers run across the area, toward German positions,as a line of shells burst in the far background. Two French soldiers crouch beside a smoke generator spewing black smoke across the area. French troops lying prone on the battlefield. One rises to throw a hand grenade. A soldier afixed a rifle grenade to his weapon as a squad of others advance from a shell crater. Two of the advancing French soldiers carry rolls of barbed wire with them. (WWI. WW1.)
British forces engaged in France during World War I
SA battery of British artillerymen firing 18 pounder field pieces at German forces in the Hindenburg Line, during World War 1. Change of scene shows British soldiers at side of a road as wagons of French refugees and children on foot and with bicycles, flee the combat zone. British troops, horses, vehicles,and a heavy mortar (covered) move through center of a town choked with departing refugees. Views of ammunition train moving across open fields. Stacks of heavy artillery shells at a munitions dump. Wrecked guns and equipment at the front. (WWI. WW1)
French and British Tanks maneuver in fields near Langres, France, during World War I
French Renault FT tank, in camouflage paint, armed with machine gun, crosses field and climbs steep ridge to a road. British Mk IV tank crosses ridge on opposite side of road and descends to road below. Mk IV crosses open country; more British tanks maneuver in fields; explosive charges detonated near tanks; British tank moves through smoke or gas.
A German observation plane descends and crashes in France during World War I; people gather around wreckage
A German observation plane descends and crashes in the European Theater during World War I after a dogfight with a French aviator. View on ground of French troops and citizens gathered around the crash site and viewing the crashed German aircraft.
German airplane drops bombs on battlefield in France. Allied and German aircraft engage in dogfights in World War I
Opening scene shows German LVG biwing airplane with gunner in rear cockpit, receiving bombs from ground crewmen and storing them in his cockpit during World War 1. The pilot is inspecting the front cockpit. Next is a view of the battlefield, from the air. White smoke drifts in places and troops on the ground scurry to new positions as if escaping gas. View from wing of German airplane, showing pilot and gunner in forward and rear cockpits, respectively. Gunner raises a bomb from his cockpit and drops it overboard. Explosion is seen on the ground. Several other explosions and white smoke are seen. Scene shifts to a dogfight taking place in the air, between Allied and German aircraft. View from inside the German airplane shows the gunner firing his machine gun. Glimpse of gunner and pilot seen in the airplane, from the rear. Airplanes maneuvering in flight. View from rear of pilot in cockpit of the German airplane. An allied airplane attacks a German blimp, setting it on fire. It plummets to the ground in flames., trailing heavy black smoke. Next French Niewport airplanes are seen in formation and then engaging in a large dogfight with German aircraft. .
American soldiers stringing wires in a trench in France during World War I; soldiers put on gas masks
Activities of American soldiers in Frace during World War I. A trench on the battle front. The U.S. Army soldiers walking in the trench. They string wire in the trench. Medics standing and discussing amongs themselves. A soldier lying in prone position and firing rifle from the trench. The soldier crawls backward into safety of the trench. The soldiers standing in the trench. They duck their heads as incoming fire comes from the enemy sides. A gas alarm in the trench. The soldiers are seen quickly putting on gas masks to prepare for a gas attack.