A French railroad gun captured by the Germans during World War 1. German soldiers stand near a damaged French railway gun. "Against the Big Bertha" is written on the gun, in French. Two soldiers sit on the gun barrel. Other soldiers stand on the railway gun and pose for the movie camera. (This is a German film with English caption describing the gun as one of the heavy rail guns intended to silence our long range guns firing on Paris.)
Russian Crown Jewels. A display of the Czar's jewelery on a table. A crown embedded with jewels in view. Faberge eggs. Various other precious jewelery like bracelets, rings and a sword embedded with diamonds.
U.S. troops of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) on their way to the front lines during World War 1. They descend a stairway beneath damaged bridge and proceed through a town. One soldier slogs into a trench filled with debris, mud, and water. Then more troops work to clear it of mud. One soldier smoking a cigar as he reads a letter from home. He has some care packages at his feet in brown paper wrapping. A view across No Man's Land, where Germans hold a hill nearby. U.S. soldier uses a periscope to look at the area. Closeup of the soldier and periscope. Other views of the U.S. troops in the trenches. One using a pair of binoculars. View of the German-held hill across No Man's Land. Barbed wire and obstacles outside the trench. Army cooks working at a field kitchen under camouflage nets. A cook stirs soup, stew, or a hot drink in large vats of a portable, wheeled kitchen. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
U.S. soldiers on the Western Front during World War I. Soldiers in a trench. A cart arrives nearby. The soldiers unload cans from the cart. They cook food. The soldiers seated in the trench and eating food. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
U.S. troops of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) passing through a French town on their war to the front during World War 1. Mounted Artillerymen accompany horse-drawn caissons and artillery pieces. View through archway of town building shows canvas covered Army wagons moving through the town.Teachers and school children watch as the American troops pass on a roadway.Closeup of the children waving at the soldiers. The artillerymen passing through a village. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
U.S. soldiers on the Western Front during World War I. German aircraft in flight overhead. A soldier watching the aircraft through binoculars. Other soldiers firing anti-aircraft guns at the aircraft. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)