The Czar's troops invade Austria during World War I. Russian soldiers advance and move into action. Invading army from Russia with cavalry troops wade through water channel. The soldiers fire rifles. View of trench warfare scene with German soldiers firing from trench. Soldiers fire artillery in an open field. Smoke in the background. Soldiers advance ahead of their artillery. View inside a German trench as a German officer and German soldiers hop down to trench floor, some walk by with rifles. Activity in the trench. Two soldiers walk carrying a machine gun together.
The German Crown Prince, Frederick William Victor Augustus Ernest (German: Friedrich Wilhelm Victor August Ernst) at the battlefield in Europe during World War I. The Crown Prince Wilhelm (or William) and a German officer talk and leave the tent area. The Prince's party and troops follow them. The troops parade and salute.
Salvage of cotton, needed for explosives in Europe during World War I. Women spread old newspapers on a table and make a stack of the papers. The women sew the stack with thread. After sewing they cover the stack and stitch it in equal distances by measuring inch tapes.
Slate notes heavy reliance on turnips for use in many foods while potatoes and other crops were in short supply in Germany during World War I. "Kohl-Ruben Zeit" (Epoch of Turnips): a German soldier eats bread with turnip marmalade. Two German officers standing beside a tree as the other soldier eats behind them, seated.
Deadly attacks at Loos, St. Mihiel and the Somme in France during World War I. The German troops load shells into artillery and fire. An explosion and smoke rises. An observer, standing on a ladder resting on a tree. He finds range for shooting. The view of a building and small houses. The building explodes and smoke rises. Artillery is fired. The German troops standing beside artillery and firing. Flame rises from fire. A soldier making his way across the battlefield with incoming artillery shells exploding nearby.
Scenes from a British World War I movie, released after the war, in the 1920's. British soldiers on a battlefield in Europe during World War I. Soldiers climb a wall and jump to the other side. The troops advance in an open field and then charge a German enemy bunker. The soldiers fire artillery. Smoke in the background. The soldiers in position in a trench. The soldiers run in the field and cross barbed wire entanglement. Explosions happen and smoke rises from the explosions. A wounded soldier lying on the ground. Bodies of dead soldiers lying on the ground.