The British 10th Royal Hussars Cavalry Regiment entering Arras, during World War One.
Two U.S. soldiers in a foxhole, set up a French Hotchkiss Model 1914 heavy machine gun, North of Villers-Tournelle, during World War I. Several American soldiers crawl across a field and set up another Hotchkiss machine gun on a tripod. One of the supporting soldiers runs forward to give the gunners two ammunition cannisters. Scene shifts to another team setting up a Hotchkiss Model 1909 light machine gun, on a tripod. Soldiers with ammunition are seen in background. Several American machine gunners step through their own barbed wire defenses to set up another Hotchkiss Model 1909 light machine gun. A machine gun crew firing a Hotchkiss Model 1914, pointed skyward. One feeds strips of 8mm lebel ammunition into the gun. (World War 1. WWI. WW1)
U.S. troops excavating for a deep dugout as part of their defenses North of Villers-Tournelle, during World War 1. Another scene shows troops in their bivouac area performing routine maintenance around their dugout shelters. Lines of wash are seen drying. Some prepare meals over camp fires. One soldier emerges from his dugout to scan the skies for enemy aircraft. An officer sits at a table and examines charts. Soldiers relax at entrance to a large dugout field kitchen, where a slab of meat sits on a butcher table. (WWI. WW1)
French artillerymen fire a Schneider Obusiers de 520 (520mm howitzer) rail gun, partially entrenched. The barrel is lowered after firing. The camera then records the French crew preparing to fire, again, as an American soldier takes photographs. They convey a shell on a moving platform (which they also ride). The gun crew partially cranks the round forward, and then all push it into the gun breech. The next scene shows the round being fired. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Armistice Day celebration in Paris. Soldiers, women and others pose. One young woman wears a soldiers cap. Huge crowd gathered on either side of road. The streets are crowded with people who do a snake dance in the Avenue de l'Opera. Several men and women stand in a group on stairs. A woman carries flags. People cheer. Automobiles, carrying people on their roofs, pass through the street. Cars, horse drawn wagon and other automobiles on the street. World War 1 Allied soldiers pose on a step with a woman holding Crossed British and French flags. They remove their hats and wave. Celebrants ride on running boards of cars carrying flags. A group of women marches with arms linked together, shouting and smiling. Every kind of vehicle joins in the moving celebration and crowds swarm about them on the happy occasion.
Armistice Day celebration in Paris. A man plays guitar and others play violins. A pile of papers in front of a group of men. The streets crowded with people. French and American soldiers and sailors from World War 1 pose holding flags. Shops in the background. A military truck, carrying an unimaginable number of revelers,makes its way through the crowds. American and French aviators stand with women on the balcony of a building. One American, holding a model airplane in his hand, is hanging off the balcony. Crowd celebrates at entrance to the Palace Hotel.
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