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British and French soldiers share lessons learned, with U.S. soldiers training in France, during World War I.
A British officer, in uniform and another British soldier, in white sweatshirt, both wielding long wooden poles, engage U.S. soldiers, at random, in exercises for bayonet training. Numerous positions for firearms training are seen in background. Some snow seen on the ground. A long line of U.S. soldiers in kneeling position with their rifles. Their instructor stands in front of them as they dry fire their weapons. U.S. troops on a firing line in prone positions. Instructor behind them checks on individual soldiers. U.S. soldiers in a sandbagged position on training field. A French officer demonstrates correct way to throw a hand grenade, as the U.S. soldiers practice.
French military hold a track event in a stadium in France, with some American participation, in World War I
French civilian spectators fill a grandstand and ground in front of it to watch a French military track meet (with some American participation) during World War 1. Longer distance runners are cheered by some spectators as they cross the finish line, one by one, in front of the grandstand. contestants run a shorter race with a close finish. The winner is congratulated by a French military officer. Scene shifts to closeup of Lieutenant Paul Rene Fonk, French Air Ace credited with over 59 enemy planes. He stands in center of stadium, being recognized by the crowd. An American officer is seen standing behind him. Next, a large group of youths perform calisthentics in unison for the crowd. Lieutenant Leonard, of the U.S. Air Service (in athletic garb) converses with Lieutenant Fonk. Other athletes, another U.S. flyer, and a French civilian official stand with them. As they move away, Lieutenant Fonk and other French officers remain to confer with the French civilian official. Another race is seen, next, as runners come past in single file around the track.
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and German officers inspect Krupp K5 railway guns and Atlantic coastal guns in France during World War II
Opening scene shows Adolf Hitler with an entourage of military officers walking from a tunnel beside two steam locomotives parked on a railroad track, during World War 2. The group continues between to large berms lining the area. They approach a construction project of concrete with lots of wooden framing in place around it. Scene shifts to a Krupp 283mm K5 railway gun on rails in the sand. A large earthen berm is seen behind the gun. Hitler converses with officers at the site. Next, a closeup shows the gun barrel being elevated. Hitler looks at another K5 gun with its barrel down. He then proceeds into a sand-bagged revetment leading to a doorway and underground tunnel. Next, he is seen emerging from the tunnel onto the courtyard of what appears to be a church. A large body of German soldiers is assembled there. They render the Nazi salute. Closeup of Hitler atop the area defenses, where coastal guns of the Atlantic Wall are installed in sand-bagged revetments. Views of gun crews firing these coastal guns out to sea, in a demonstration.
U.S. troops of the AEF entrenched in France during World War I.
U.S. troops of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) on their way to the front lines during World War 1. They descend a stairway beneath damaged bridge and proceed through a town. One soldier slogs into a trench filled with debris, mud, and water. Then more troops work to clear it of mud. One soldier smoking a cigar as he reads a letter from home. He has some care packages at his feet in brown paper wrapping. A view across No Man's Land, where Germans hold a hill nearby. U.S. soldier uses a periscope to look at the area. Closeup of the soldier and periscope. Other views of the U.S. troops in the trenches. One using a pair of binoculars. View of the German-held hill across No Man's Land. Barbed wire and obstacles outside the trench. Army cooks working at a field kitchen under camouflage nets. A cook stirs soup, stew, or a hot drink in large vats of a portable, wheeled kitchen. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
U.S. artillerymen of the AEF passing through a town in France on the way to the front in World War I
U.S. troops of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) passing through a French town on their war to the front during World War 1. Mounted Artillerymen accompany horse-drawn caissons and artillery pieces. View through archway of town building shows canvas covered Army wagons moving through the town.Teachers and school children watch as the American troops pass on a roadway.Closeup of the children waving at the soldiers. The artillerymen passing through a village. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
U.S. soldiers under gas attack in France during World War I
A U.S. soldier of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) standing near a hut, hears a gas alarm and dons his gas mask. View of a U.S. camp with huts. The soldiers assemble in response the the alarm and all don gas masks. They run up a hill. View from a trench, at a tree, line of gas shells exploding in a field. Soldiers crawling across the trench. Gas drifting across the tree line and soldiers walking through the area. Camera pans across the wooded area, showing the tops of most trees blown away and many trunks laying on the ground. Two couriers carrying messages run through the drifting gas. Scene shifts to a field hospital dug into a hillside. Several soldiers sit on benches. Two medical corpsmen carry a wounded soldier out of the hospital, on a stretcher. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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