French soldiers clean the tube of a 58mm trench mortar and load a shell (bomb) equipped with fins onto the tube. Next scene shows the mortar in a trench, as one soldier lights the fuse and moves away from it. The fuse burning. ( World War 1. WWI. WW1)
French soldiers pull several 75mm wheeled mortars across a field and set them up for operation. (World War 1. WWI. WW1)
French soldiers pull a 150mm wheeled mortar across a field and then set it up and fire it. (World War 1. WWI. WW1)
French soldiers with a 240mm mortar in an entrenched position. The mortar barrel is prone. A soldier loads a mortar round, with fins, deep into the tube. Everyone steps out of the emplacement, as they prepare to fire the mortar. (World War 1. WWI. WW1)
View from upper tier in French war materiel plant used solely for manufacturing gun barrels and artillery in World War 1. Machining room of ordnance factory is seen with many metalworking machines driven by long belts. Gun barrels in various stages of completion are stacked on the floor. Workers moving about and tending machinery. A machine shop in the factory where workers turn weapons barrels on belt-driven lathes. Gun barrels on stands on factory floor. Camera pans across factory scene. (WWI. WW1)
French soldiers using pack animals to transport parts of 65mm artillery pieces up a mountain during World War 1. They are seen loading an assembled gun at its field location. (WWI. WW1)