French 320mm Railway Gun on the Western Front. Soldiers move shells forward to load the gun. Gun is fired and recoils along the track. French troops move out of trenches. Blasts raise clouds of smoke on battlefield. A wounded man carried out of trench. French firing 155mm howitzer. Wounded soldier helped by other soldiers while bombardment continues. Troops moving out of trenches. Destruction in the area shows rubble. A battlefield cemetery. A wounded American soldier loaded in truck. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
U.S. Army soldiers and cavalry entering a village. A building in the background. An animated campaign map shows Luxembourg and then reflects changes in areas occupied by allies and Germans as the war progresses.
French troops in World War 1 gathered in a trench or bomb crater, behind a sandbag wall, preparing to charge from their position. Fuse burns on a nearby mortar with fins ready to fire from trench. Bomb explodes in distance and French soldiers advance out of trench toward enemy. French troops fire a French 75 artillery piece in wooded area.
Several American warships at anchor. U.S. flag on stern of one ship. Troops marshalled on dock and boarding a ship. Troops get off a truck. Troops line the railings aboard a ship at the pier. They wave as the troop ship pulls away. Seaside Navy recruiting station registers men with sign on a table reading: 'Recruiting to war strength'. Six American battleships steam away in a line.
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.
Queen Mary, of Great Britain, reviews elements of the Womens Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), including motorized ambulance unit. All WAAC members in uniform, in formation. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)