British 5th Army soldiers gather in a field during the Battle of Ancre in France. They are issued rubber thigh boots to keep them dry in muddy trenches and prevent frostbite. Vehicles in the background. Soldiers stand near a trench in the field. They walk in the trench. They fix detonators into Mills grenades. The Scottish Rifles Cameronians infantry regiment load up magazines for their machine guns. Reinforcements of troops and war materiel seen pouring up to the front.
British 5th Army troops in shell pocked area in France.They receive rations from a field kitchen the night before launching their attack in Battle of the Ancre, in World War I. Several are seen in a dugout by companions sitting on the ground. They smile and joke around as they eat their rations.
Prisoners of war stand in line in a field during the Battle of Ancre, France in World War 1. British officer searches several of the German prisoners after they have all emptied their pockets and placed their belongings on the ground in front of them. Once satisfied, the officer tells them to pick up their belongings, which they do.
Victorious Allied troops walk behind a British Mark I tank (male) on a dirt road in France, after the battle of the Ancre at end of the 1916 Battle of the Somme, in World War 1. The troops appear relieved at the pause in hostilities and many cheer. Later, a large group of Allied troops relaxes and enjoys a meal of field rations, in a captured German position. A bonfire helps them keep warm. (Note: From British Government documentary "Battle of the Ancre and Advance of the tanks" shot during the 1916 Battle of the Ancre.)
British soldiers demonstrate bayonet and trench tactics to U.S. 307th and 308th Infantry troops in France during World War 1. British troops armed with bayonets use sand bags as dummy targets. British soldiers in a trench aim at dummy targets. A commanding officers supervises the drill operation.
British soldier explains operation of a mobile field kitchen stove, to an American soldier, during World War 1, in France. The stove wagon is hitched to a draft horse. The British soldier demonstrates how dried grass is placed into a door of the stove, to get a fire started. He then removes a lid from atop the stove and smoke emerges. He replaces the lid. The two climb on top of the field kitchen and the British soldier removes several lids to show the workings of the kitchen. Finally, he opens a clamp on the stovepipe and demonstrates how it can be collapsed for transporting. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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