Mobilization of soldiers at Matzleinsdorfer station in Vienna, Austria early in World War 1. Crowd walks to the station. Austrian soldiers walk to the station with baggage on their shoulder. New soldiers sit on a railroad train preparing to depart for war. Women stand on the platform. Civilians and officers walk on the platform. Austrian soldiers sit and talk. German language slates interspersed.
Public procession on occasion of the funeral of Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria. Included are many clergy, officials, and military. Soldiers stand in formation. Horse carriage, soldiers, officers, and royal family walk on road. Crowd stands on the roadside. Dignitaries walk on the road. New Emperor Karl I with Empress Zita of Bourbon-Parma and Crown Prince Otto visible at 0:40
First flight with a passenger on Wright plane in France. News Clip of Wright plane in flight with photograph of Wilbur Wright and a headline as 'carries passenger 36 miles'. Wright and a French journalist sit as passengers on the Wright plane on 03 October 1908. Plane flies over water for 55 minutes and 37 seconds. People watch from the ground.
American soldiers nail siding boards into place on the exterior of their new mess hall at the Dong Tam Base Camp in South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. Lots of hammering is heard from other workers (unseen). A wide strip, of what appears to be fine screening or plastic, has been fastened around the structure, above the top siding boards. Camera moves back revealing the wider construction site, with several men at work. One soldier stands near an M149 (400 gallon) Water Buffalo trailer. Other wooden buildings are seen at the camp.
American sailor stands with Egyptian soldiers guarding the Tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt. (Also sometime spelled Tutenkhamun, Tutankhamen, Tutankamen, Tutankamon, or King Tut). British archaeologist and Egyptologist Howard Carter shows the Tomb of Tutankhamun (Kings Valley Rd. New Valley Governorate, Egypt) to the sailor. U.S. sailor stands on the stairs of the tomb.
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.
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