Comparison tests being performed between a British Centaur tank, a British Cromwell tank, and U.S. M-4 tank at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Aberdeen,Maryland. The three tanks are rolled onto various types of surface such as concrete, mud and sand to compare their maneuvering capabilities.
Allied soldiers board a British transport ship at Dundee in Scotland during World War I. Troops wave before departing. The ship departs. British flag flutters at the bow of the ship. View of a dock area.
British soldiers demonstrate rapid setup and use of Vickers machine guns to U.S. Army 307th and 308th Infantry troops in France during World War 1. British instructor shows parts of the gun and demonstrates how to load it, with U.S. Army soldiers gathered close around. The U.S. Army forces in two facing lines observe as a pair of soldiers work together to quickly transport the gun base and muzzle separately, and then join the two to be ready for firing. A Commanding Officer walks the line of observing soldiers and talks to them. A target firing line of machine guns is seen. U.S. forces practice use of the machine guns, and then inspect their targets to evaluate accuracy. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
View of structures destroyed by retreating Ottoman forces during the Mesopotamian campaign in World War 1. British and Indian troops moving horses and supplies across a pontoon bridge. War materiel, including field artillery, being pulled up a hill by teams of horses. A tractor pulling heavy artillery along a desert road, with numerous British soldiers riding on the guns and carriages.
British troops relax at their trench line in the Mesopotanian desert, as others interrogate an Ottoman "spy" with help of a man and a woman interpreters. The captured Turk sits on the back of a British Lanchester armored car, as the woman speaks with him. He then speaks to another interpreter standing to his right.
British cavalry engaged in early morning training at a desert encampment in Cairo, Egypt, during World War 1. The mounted cavalry execute maneuvers in formation. Then they line up opposing one another and charge, passing through each others lines. Later, they are seen moving along the shore of the Nile River,with the British Army barracks in the background.Finally, they proceed up a sand slope past a windmill.
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