House in a recaptured village in France, during World War One. President of France, Raymond Poincare, arrives in the village with other dignitaries. Vehicles parked on the street in front of the house. He shakes hand with another person. They talk amongst themselves. They sit in a car.
The British 10th Royal Hussars Cavalry Regiment entering Arras, during World War One.
Arras railway station in France, during World War One. Deserted platforms and building. Barbed-wire defenses set up by the Germans along rail lines coming into the Arras station. Three British soldiers relaxing by the railroad tracks. They smoke and talk amongst themselves.
British soldiers stand at railway station in Arras, France, as a steam locomotive railroad train passes, carrying troops and military supplies during World War 1. One soldier jumps off the train (which is moving very slowly). This is the first train to arrive here in two years. In town, the pipe and drum corps, of the British Gordon Highlanders Infantry Regiment, plays and marches to celebrate as other British troops watch.
A sentry stands outside British Headquarters in the recaptured village of Roye, in World War One. People walk on street. Houses along the street. British and French flags fly from some of the buildings. Two British soldiers befriend an extended French family standing outdoors. One of them holds up a small French child and helps him write on a wooden locker with chalk.
Two British soldiers enter a tunnel leading to a German observation post on the other side of a road in part of France, recaptured from the Germans, during World War One. A British soldier looks at the hood (bonnet) of a car parked in the middle of the road. The two soldiers, exploring the German tunnel, emerge from a hatch in the ground on the opposite side of the road. One climbs steel steps installed in a nearby tree, which is the observation post.