British soldiers form a line and wave large hand-held "Ayrton" fans to clear gas from a trench on the front in France. They use the same procedure to dispel gas from the dug out at the end of the trench.(World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
British soldiers in firing positions, in a trench in France, following a gas attack. One of them checks to confirm that the trench is clear of gas. Then they all remove their gas masks. Several begin cleaning their Lee-Enfield rifles. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Shows men who have contributed to greatness of France in the war. General Petain, Commander-in-Chief walks out of a house. Soldiers at the door. He gives medal to a soldier. He shakes hands with him. Rene Viviani, Premier at the time of war, walking in a garden.
Soldiers engaged in construction of defenses in France. They construct barbed wire entanglements and "chevaux de frise". (World War I. World War 1. WWI. WW1)
Aerial dogfight over the skies of France. View from pilot seat as gunner with machine gun fires on a German aircraft. Enemy German plane falling toward the ground. Crashed plane wreckage on the ground, surrounded by French forces.
Mules, of the U.S. Army 2nd Field Signal Battalion, stand on a railroad platform, waiting to be loaded aboard a train, in France, during World War 1. Soldiers tending them stand nearby. Sacks of food sit on the platform. Soldiers coax a mule across a ramp into a train car. In another scene, 1st Division troops load war materiel aboard open cars of a train. A group of soldiers works to roll a French 75 artillery piece up a ramp onto the train. Another large group works to roll a heavily laden wagon up on to the train. (WWI. WW1)
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