Two Holt Artillery Tractors Tow guns past watching troops during World War I. British and French troops are visible (some casually lying on the ground in front of the camera). Several soldiers on horseback are seen and many canvas-covered troop trucks, in the background. A white tent is pitched on the other side of the path. A motorized ambulance is in the background.
French soldiers building a wooden-reinforced trench during World War I. Wooden planks stretched across the trench opening. Boards being handed down to a worker in the trench who appears to pass them toward a tunnel opening. Buckets handed back and forth from the trench diggers to the soldiers outside the trench. French officers supervise the work.
Friends and relatives jam a railroad station platform,as they wave goodbye to Austro-Hungarian troops departing on a troop train for the Italian front during World War 1. The troops wave back. Officers, dignitaries (including several women) and a military brass band, give the troops a sendoff. The last cars of the train carry visible war materiel, such as caissons, and other items that are hidden from view.
French troops use teams of horses to pull howitzers to crest of hill as they prepare for offensive at Monchy during World War 1. ( WWI. WW1)
Animated map showing French bombardment of the German trenches at Messiges during World War I. Next are shown actual scenes of the no man's land and trenches following the bombardment. Everything has been obliterated. (World War I. World War 1. WWI. WW1)
French soldiers and airmen gather around a Caproni Ca.3 bomber preparing for an aerial photography mission in World War 1. The identification number "Ca 2318" is stenciled on the airplane fuselage. The men load camera cases and equipment for the motion picture photographer, as officers watch. The Pilot takes his position in the front of the open cockpit as the photographer and second crewman sit side-by-side behind him. The pilot waves as they taxi out for takeoff. The next sequence contains views from the aircraft as it flies among clouds, and then shows Fort Douaumont clearly below, followed by the city of Verdun-sur-Meuse, and environs, including the Meuse River, bridges, buildings, and roads, without noticeable signs of any battles or damage, since the German offensive would not begin until the following year (1916).
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