French soldiers fight during World War I in France. Soldiers walk in a trench in the battlefield. The Germans surrender. Soldiers come out of the trench. A shell explodes on the battlefield near the French and German soldiers. Smoke from the explosion.
French soldiers fight during World War I in France. Soldiers walk in trenches. They come out of the trench and move forward on the battlefield. Bombardment in the battlefield and near the trenches. Smoke from bombardment. Wreckage in the field. Destroyed barbed wire entanglements. The Germans surrender. They are marched to a stockade.
German prisoners of war during Word War I in France. French soldiers remove the buttons of the shirts of prisoners to prevent their escape. Prisoners in the French prison camps. French soldiers search a German officer. Abandoned German ammunitions.
The battlefield after a battle during World War I in France. A French soldier stands with a human head. Mutilated corpses on the battlefield. Skeletal remains partially covered by soil. Dead bodies on stretchers lying around. French and United States trenches. Dead bodies of soldiers in the trenches.
German prisoners of war during World War I in France. Prisoners of war march in large numbers on the battlefield. French soldiers march along with them. Some soldiers on horses, horse-carts, military vehicles and bicycles. Prisoners are marched to the stockade. Trees in the area. United States flag flutters on a flag pole.
Opening slate refers to King George V visiting the British "contemptible little army," at the front in France. This refers to German Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm, who ostensibly issued an order in August 1914 referring to General French's "contemptible little army." (General French refers to Field Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres, who commanded the British Expeditionary Force following the outbreak of World War 1.) The King with his Aide de Camp, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, and others, steps from an official car. One officer, in an overcoat, walks away, rapidly,heading towards a road where British troops are moving. He is standing there with two officers wearing white arm bands, as King George V and his party reach the spot.Cavalry horses are grazing in a field nearby. British Expeditionary Force (BEF) units are moving along the road. The King greets and shakes hands with an officer standing near the moving troops. The road is crowded with horse-drawn wagons moving war materiel. Infantry are seen in the far background. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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