Some of more than 57 thousand German prisoners of war taken by British forces during a major battle of World War 1.
A fortified observation post for French soldiers to observe incoming enemy aircraft during World War I. A French officer receives a report and sends soldiers racing by horse and bicyle with aircraft sighting information. French soldiers uncover camouflaged artillery and prepare to fire. French artillery pieces loaded and fired at incoming aircraft.
Views of World War 1 French Army and German Army forces in somewhat parallel activities; some presented in split screen. German soldiers on horses with guns in the field. French Cavalry on the move and German Artillery being moved by horses along a road. French troops attacking in battlefield. French and German artillery fire. French officers talk amongst themselves outside a telegraph station set up in a closed wagon in the field. Officers sit in the telegraph station. An aircraft being flown by aviation pioneer Hubert Latham, and another by French Lieutenant Rene Jost. French Lancers on horseback. People on the roadway.
Newly arrived American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) are welcomed at a French training camp during World War 1. French soldiers carry an American flag, past a formation of French troops, to the U.S. section of the camp. French officers conversing in front of the training camp. Sign overhead reads 'Camp Franco-Americain'. Several American officers stand with them. Flag raising ceremony in the morning. French and American flags are raised simultaneously. French troops lined up for morning roll call (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
French soldier comfortably settled in ruins of building, cigarette in mouth, smiles and waves at camera. French soldiers among battle ruins during World War I on Western Front. Destroyed buildings. French officers and soldiers stand about by cars parked at a wartime ceremony in which soldier is being decorated. Fade to interior of the Gem Theatre, in Brooklyn, New York City, where these World War I scenes are part of series projected on the movie screen. Woman playing piano at front of movie theater to accompany the movie.
Activities of the United States soldiers in Europe during World War I. United States Army soldiers depart from a troop ship at a French port. They are seen marching in a French town. Houses along the side of a street in the town. Trees along the other side of the street. A band marching on the street.