An American observation balloon in France during World War I. The observation balloon descends as it burns after being hit by an enemy plane. The burning balloon descends as it emits smoke. American soldiers fire anti aircraft guns at the enemy plane. The plane being hit and it descends. The enemy plane in a field with U.S. soldiers around it. The German pilot survived and is seen seated on the ground with an apparent facial injury, surrounded and captured by American guard.
People celebrate on the streets of New York after the Germans sign the armistice agreement ending World War 1 on November 11, 1918. People cheer and wave their caps. A French couple thanks Allied soldiers for rescuing them from Germany. Allied soldiers lined up in a field in France as U.S. General John J. Pershing decorates them. Troops of the United States 42nd Division march at a parade as General Pershing reviews them. Soldiers carry American flags at the parade.
A French propaganda dramatization about the events leading up to World War I. A French woman stands next to a sign that reads ' France '. A German officer holds up a note related to the Treaty of Frankfurt. He tears it in half, burns it and laughs. Wooden poles in shape of numbers for year 1914 seen burning in flames. End of dramatization. Actual footage of French soldiers erecting barbed wire fences. French soldiers move in a line down a ravine. Together with an American soldier, the French soldiers work in a field and uncover three unexploded bomb shells.
Chemical warfare activities of the AEF (American Expeditionary Force) in France during World War I. Members of the American Expeditionary Force walk out of a building. They stand in an open ground. View of the surrounding buildings.
French soldiers during World War I in France gather around an artificial "dummy" artillery piece made out of waste paper. It was positioned to draw large amounts of German artillery fire and consume German ammunition. They adjust the dummy artillery gun. Then the soldiers remove camouflage covers over a trench to reveal a real artillery piece that they were protecting.
Views of devastated landscape in no-man's-land. German soldiers are seen preparing for the battle of Verdun, in France, during World War I. Soldiers stand near fortified dugouts. In order to avoid civilian losses, the French population is ordered to evacuate from the city of Verdun and environs. Evacuating families are seen carrying as many of their belongings as possible. They arrive with their luggage at the railroad station and board the train. German soldiers carry a wounded comrade through rubble, on a stretcher. German soldiers in a fort getting ready for battle. Two soldiers smoke cigarettes. The German soldiers leave their fort and carry machine gun out into the battlefield. Barbed wire seen outside.
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