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Events that initiated World War I and animated map showing involvement of nations from 1914 through 1918

Opening scene shows a man being roughed up by a group of men in an alleyway. A slate comments (in French) that when nations are bellicose, an assassination can cause a world war. Next, a slate shows picture of the world and states (in English) "One murder may start a world war." Another slate (in French) states that In 1914, while Europe's armies and fleets were more powerful than they had ever been, the nephew of the Emperor of Austria (Archduke Ferdinand) was assassinated. A front page is shown of newspaper, "Journal De Geneve" carrying the story. Next scene is a view of the city of Sarajevo. The ancient Emperor's Mosque dominates the scene. A slate appears asking Where is Sarajevo? It is followed by a map of Europe in 1914, which zooms in on Austria and Serbia and identifies and labels Sarajevo,in Austria, close to the Serbian border. Slates (in French) says Austria accused Serbia of War and other nations enter the melee. Animated World map shows the nations getting involved, starting with the German Empire in 1914, including its African colonies, and then successively showing Russia, France, Belgium,Great Britain, Japan, and the Ottoman Empire. Map advances to 1915, showing the Italian empire, Bulgaria,and Central Arabia. In 1916 it adds Portugal, Roumania. Next, the U.S.A. is added in, 1917, along with Central and South America, Greece, Siam, and China. Finally, the slate shows the war ending in 1918. Slate shows Armistice Day, the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th Month (November), with time shown on hands of Big Ben in London.

Location: Geneva Switzerland
Date: 1918
Duration: 3 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: French
Clip: 65675029392
French Artillerymen firing French 75 field piece during World War I.

French troops firing a "French 75" artillery field piece set up in a revetment during World War 1. One soldier holds his ears before the gun is fired. Closeup of recoil as it fires. The gun crew immediately reloads and fires again. Chart displays yearly increased production of these weapons from 1914 through May, 1917. (WWI. WW1)

Location: France
Date: 1917, May
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027306
Three World War I airplanes: Morane-Saulnier G; Nieuport; and Spad

Slate describes French airplanes of 1917 in general terms. Views of a French Morane-Saulnier G low wing monoplane taxiing out on a grass field during World War 1. A pilot walks to a biwing Nieuport airplane, seen from the tail. Front view shows ground crewman turning the propeller through and engine starting. Pilot taxis the airplane forward. Exhausts blowing white smoke from the engine. In next scene, the camera pans from tail (showing number on its rudder) forward across a Spad airplane, parked in front of a hangar. Pilot in cockpit moves the control surfaces (ailerons) up and down, on the upper wing. (WWI. WW1)

Location: France
Date: 1917
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027319
French Army artillery during World War I.

French troops moving a large gun barrel on a small gauge railway during World War 1. Men ride in open cars behind train engine. Troops assembling a 370mm railroad howitzer and then raising and lowering its camouflage-painted barrel. Railroad trains passing through woods. A French 320mm railroad gun covered by camouflage netting. Gun crew members clamber aboard. Army gunners rapid-firing a French 75 artillery field piece covered by camouflage net. French soldiers passing spent 75mm shells from a wagon and tossing them into a huge pile. View of the pile and of the larger munitions depot in which it sits. A small gauge rail is seen along the ground in the depot. French artillery and caissons being pulled by horses, past the pile of spent shells. Turret of a railway howitzer turning. Exploding shell from the howitzer. French gunners firing a 155mm field howitzer (Canon de 155 Mle 1917 Schneider C). Views of a French 400mm railway howitzer firing. What looks like a small old navy cannon firing in the field. French coastal batteries firing. A 320mm rail gun firing. No man's land and shells exploding in distance. A rail gun at the rear of a freight train, firing. Numerous scenes of French rail guns of various types and sizes firing. (WWI. WW1)

Location: France
Date: 1917
Duration: 3 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028093
New U.S. infantrymen learn to fire rifles, make trenches and advance on a battlefield, in preparation for going to war in France

Training of U.S. Army infantrymen in the United States. A newspaper headline reads ' infantrymen arrive in France'. The infantrymen are taught to advance on a battlefield. Recruits in New York's Rainbow Division are seen marching in the mud, at Camp Mills, Long Island, They undergo physical training at the camp. They learn to fire rifles and dig trenches. They inhabit a tent city at the camp. Scenes of Rainbow Division soldiers on a chow line at Camp Mills. After basic training, the soldiers board ships and trains for France. Loved ones give them a sendoff. Upon arrival in France, they are given a warm welcome.They resume training in France, until they are ordered to the Front. Scenes of U.S. infantry in trenches wearing gas masks and firing rifles. Tanks advancing across the trenches. View of the 7th Regiment World War I memorial statue in Central Park, New York City.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1917
Duration: 3 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073596
Step-by-step views of American gun crew towing, setting up, and firing a 155mm gun in World War I

Soldiers of American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) operating a Caterpillar-Holt model 75 tractor in World War 1. They display a large American flag, as they tow a French 155mm gun ( Canon de 155 Grande Puissance Filloux (GPF) mle.1917). They move along a dirt road and stop near some trees, where they are joined by other U.S. soldiers who begin preparing the gun for operation. Two soldiers pry a steel cover from the rear of the gun. It falls to the ground, where they pick it up by suspending it on a steel bar. One jacks up the carrier as several soldiers remove the limber from under the gun trails. Two teams of soldiers spread the trails of the gun. Next, two gunners are seen cranking controls to adjust azimuth and elevation of the gun. A gunner wipes clean a shell for the gun. One soldier holds the shell upright as another screws a fuse into the nose. Gun crew rams charge into breech of the gun with a ramrod and another secures the breech, as gunners make final adjustments to elevation. All step away, as one fires the gun with a lanyard. Then the crewmen rush back to ready the gun again. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Location: France
Date: 1918
Duration: 2 min 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048428
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