Views of the French Army's front line trenches on the Western Front during World War 1. They have tried to make them liveable in the face of wet winter weather. French soldiers stand upon shoulders carved into a very deep trench It has also been reinforced with vertical poles and lined with saplings and twigs. Other soldiers sit upon benches fashioned from trench sides, amidst various examples of improvements, such as dugouts, tables formed of stones, sandbagged upper barriers, partial roofing,and other similar features designed to make life more bearable. In another scene, French artillerymen use teams of horses to move caissons and field pieces through a muddy stream. An encampment and wagons are seen in the background.
Women and children receive food aid from French military. Children and women wait in queues to receive provisions. World War 1 French officer throws coins to children who gather around him. Soldiers play with little boy, who wears fez hat and stands like a soldier at attention. Clip closes with unrelated footage of British soldiers climbing out of trenches and viewing battlefield after armistice.
French Marshal Ferdinand Foch comes by vehicle, officers salute and walk with him in a field. Vehicle stands on the field. Slanted wooden fences visible. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Camera pans over French soldiers in several trench locations along the Marne line during World War 1. Some are also seen digging new trenches next to a road. Several French troops and a farmer stand near two French Schneider tanks, one with a White diamond painted on its side. In far background troops are seen marching single-file. Scene switches to American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) moving single-file along a tree line. The film is destroyed between time code: 01:23 and 2:02, where it picks up again showing American soldiers gathered in a clearing in the woods. Horses and wagons, trucks, and a staff car are also seen. Next scene shows a long line of U.S. troops and trucks clogging a road. German prisoners, including some ambulatory wounded, walk past French canvas-covered wagons, and are seen near French soldiers. French troops with wagons pulled by donkeys, pass German prisoners of war, and enter the town of Longmont. Mounted French soldiers pull a caisson. The destroyed Abbey of Longmont is seen in the background as mounted French soldiers ride into the town. More German POWs walk towards the rear, past them. More views of the destroyed Abbey. A contingent of French troops with wagons and caissons advances toward the front.
French troops leave established trenches to take up new positions at the front, during World War I. The troops march out in single file, with full field packs and weapons.
The London Stock Exchange Battalion of Royal Fusiliers, the first of many Pals Battalions, resting on a field, on their way to Arras, during World War One.
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