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Extract from film "The Somme" depicts German troops in trench warfare against South African Brigade in Battle of the Somme, World War I.

Scenes from British feature film "The Somme" made in 1927, about the Battle of the Somme in World War 1. Part of it depicts events involving the South African Brigade in the battle. The extract opens with shells bursting all along No Man's Land among fragments of trees. Explosions and smoke everywhere. On July 18, 1916, Nine German Battalions deploy to drive the South African Brigade from the Delville Wood. Several soldiers of the Brigade seen entrenched in a sand-bagged position as a German shell explodes only yards from them. German soldiers advance through the broken trees and brush, while under fire by British gunners using Vickers machine guns. Some German soldiers falling and others seeking cover in abandoned trench. A line of South African troops firing their rifles from a trench, as several German soldiers reach them and are shot dead just feet away. A British soldier is shot while climbing out of a trench containing several fallen comrades. Other British (or South African) troops scrambling to find a safer place. One crawling across the ground. A British gunner firing a Lewis gun. German troops starting to go over-the-top, from their trench. British soldiers advancing. German gunner firing Maxim gun from fortified position, as shells burst in the distant background. A horizontal line of British troops advancing toward the German position. Some are cut down by the machine gun fire. German gunner firing a captured British Vickers machine gun. British soldiers hunkered down in a deep shell hole behind a ridge. They use their trenching tools to dig in deeper. Several German shells burst in the air. Two British soldiers watch as a tank approaches through the smoke. Large numbers of British troops attack downhill through smoke and haze. German soldiers preparing to defend an occupied structure, as more British troops charge forward. Post-battle view of the area, with fallen soldiers marked by rifles stuck in the ground with helmets on them. (Note: The tanks shown in this film are models Mark V which did not enter service until 1918.)

Date: 1927
Duration: 3 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051112
Emperor Hirohito watches maneuvers performed by soldiers in Japan.

Conditions in Japan in 1927-1928. An animated map of the Pacific Ocean depicts the growth of Japanese military might since 1894. The map depicts areas under Japanese empire in 1894, the Chinese Japanese War of 1894-1895, the Russian Japanese War Of 1904-1905 (Russo-Japanese War), the territory under Japanese influence and World War I from 1914-1918. Officers watch as Japanese soldiers march. Japanese cavalry units. Soldiers run forward. Japanese Emperor Hirohito looks at the maneuvers at the Imperial Japanese Military Academy in Tokyo. He salutes standing at a dais. The soldiers parade. A naval smoke screen is laid to shield the army at a river crossing. The Emperor looks on as soldiers in a barge land at a shore. Two vessels in a water body. Japanese sailors march. Emperor Hirohito in conversation with military officials. From the deck of his flagship 'Katori', he watches as naval guns are fired.

Date: 1928
Duration: 5 min 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051153
Soldiers of American Mission to Turkey and Armenia, push vehicles up sandy slope, near Euphrates River.

U.s. soldiers of the American Military Mission to Turkey and Armenia, push several of their military vehicles up a sandy sloping road from vicinity of the Euphrates River, near Kharput (Elazıg) Turkey. The last car in the group appears to be a 1918 Ford Model T Touring car. It displays a small American flag on it's radiator.

Date: 1919
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053202
American military mission, to Turkey and Armenia, visits Erzincan, Turkey.

Members of the U.S. Military Mission to Turkey and Armenia, following World War 1, climb the steps of the Courthouse in Erzinjan (Erzincan) Turkey (the Provincial Capital). Next, an honor guard of Turkish infantry are seen marching along the street. Local people stand at the side of the road, across from the government building, where two Turkish soldiers stretch a banner across the steps reading (in French) "Long live the 12th principle of Wilson." (This alludes to the 12th point in a speech by U.S. President Wilson in January, 1918, that set the stage for ending World War 1. It stated, in essence, that The Turkish part of the Ottoman Empire should remain sovereign, while other nationalities under Turkish rule should be free to develop autonomously.) The film ends showing members of the Mission visiting a Red Cross Orphanage, where a group of little girls walk past them.

Date: 1919, September 23
Duration: 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053205
Various German officers address sixth Nazi Party Congress at Nuremberg, Germany.

Sixth Nazi Party Congress at Nuremberg in 1934. Fuhrer Hitler's Deputy Rudolf Hess inaugurates the Sixth Nazi Party Congress and speaks into a microphone. German officials sit and listen. He welcomes foreign delegates and says that representatives of army are under orders of Fuhrer Adolf Hitler. Hermann Goring, Fuhrer Hitler and Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels seated. The crowd applauds. He says 'You are the guarantee of our victory' and gives a Nazi salute. Hitler approaches and shakes hands with Rudolf Hess. Alfred Rosenberg in his speech addresses the Congress. He says the work which started after 1918 will be continued. Press Chief Dr. Otto Dietrich speaks into a microphone. He says truth is the basis of press and we have to say truth about Germany to the world. Fritz Todt speaks. He says 52000 men have started working on highway and more will join. Fritz Reinhardt speaks about adding more values to finance ministry. Richard Walther Darre, Julius Streicher, Robert Ley and Hans Frank speak. Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels says that may the high flame of our enthusiasm never die. Konstantin Hierl says that German people are ready for German labor service. (From a U.S. government-edited version of production "Triumph of the Will" with World War 2 period English audio narration and commentary added.)

Date: 1934
Duration: 10 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053272
German army vehicles move along the snow covered roads in Russian territory; also Russian troops and officers in World War 1

The German Army in conflict with Russia in World War I. A map of Soviet Russia, showing cities of Kiev and Odessa. Snow covered roads in Russia. German army vehicles move along the snow covered roads. Scene from First World War, of German General Paul von Hindenburg and his deputy, General Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff, leading procession of officials and officers across a railroad train platform. Lieutenant General Helmuth von Pannwitz, Cossack Cavalry Commander, on horseback in a public square. Lieutenant General Anton Denikin with Cossack troops in winter weather coats and hats, talking and laughing. German troops on the march. German commanders review troops occupying a city (Odessa, 1918?) What appears to be a baroque-style cathedral in background. Occupying German troops parade through streets of city. German soldiers on guard at a large building entrance. A sign on a building reads in German 'German Commander'.

Date: 1916
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054349