Two French men walk at gates of Joseph Francois Deibler's house, France's official executioner. The two French men go inside the gates. Two men walk on walkway at side of a building. Cars and people walk past the gates of Deibler's house.
Allied forces begin their Somme offensive in Dompierre. Allies moving guns and supplies forward in France for the Battle of the Somme, during World War 1. A French 305mm railway gun moving on a railroad, with French soldiers riding on it and several box cars of munitions behind it. German troops, devoid of weapons and battle gear, some with their hands up, scurrying through scarred landscape, as they surrender. Artillerymen lower an entrenched French 240mm artillery gun to near zero elevation and fire it. French artillerymen work on a rail-mounted 520mm howitzer.
Cemetery of Douay at a graveyard in Wissembourg, Alsace, France. People stand and watch the tomb. Wreath placed on the tomb.
World War I Allies Conference meeting in Paris. Mr Baron Sonnino and Signor Salandra, representatives of Italy arrive in Paris. Photographers stand with a camera. Crowd waves to them. Mr Aristide Briand the French Prime Minister, General Joffre and Admiral Lagaze. Mr Briand comes out of a building and sits in a car. Dignitaries come out of the building. General Cadorna Italian Commander in Chief walks on the sideway. Mr M Denny Cochin gets off a car. M Pashitch, the Serbian Prime Minister and Lord Bertie, the British ambassador to France come out of a Building. Lord Kitchener comes out of building and stands. Crowd on the street.
French Aerodrome near Verdun, France. Nieuport 11 aircraft on the airfield near a hangar, with many French soldiers and airman standing nearby. Crew push an aircraft into position readying it for takeoff for battle.
United States 303rd Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Division crosses bridge under fire in Haguenau, France. A Soldier runs. Soldiers in prone position on bridge, fire Browning Automatic Rifles (BAR) in defending bridge over Moder River. Soldier runs under trees. Soldiers under fire cross small bridge. A soldier fires from behind a tree. Scene of bridge and posts. Soldiers run and sit beside the bridge (World War II period).
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