U.S. soldiers during the Grand Offensive on the Western Front during World War I. Prisoners of war, mostly German, in a stockade. Close-up views of German prisoners of war. Buildings in the background. Medics, soldiers and officers standing. Carts passing across a field in the background.
The Nord Pacific No 3566 locomotive as rebuilt by André Xavier Chapelon departs from a railroad train station in Paris along the Poiters-Angouleme route. Train's engineer, wearing goggles, looks through window as he operates train. View of exhaust as steam whistle is operated. Point of View shot toward back of train as it is underway. POV inside train, towards front of moving train as seen by train engineer. Speedometer indicates that train is running at 125 km/h, a bit higher than the French government speed limit of 75 mph (120 km/hr). Train passes by. Locomotive exhaust and whistle. This locomotive featured Chapelon's first major invention, the Kylchap exhaust, which was created with Finnish engineer Kyösti Kylälä, and produced less back pressure than previous designs. This modified prototype Pacific #3566 was originally 2000 indicated horsepower (IHP) but improved to a 3000 IHP with both fuel and water consumption reduced by 25% as a result of the rebuild process. Footage is from 1931, but first tests of this locomotive took place in November 1929.
French Commander-in-Chief, Marshal Joseph Joffre, waits at train station platform for the arrival of Lord Herbert Kitchener, the British Field Marshal during World War 1. Lord Kitchener arrives at train station, possible Gare Compiègne. Marshal Joffre, Lord Kitchener, and retinue walk into a trench in a battle ground. Lord Kitchener and Marshal Joffre inspect the frontline using binoculars under a trench. Lord Kitchener and Marshal Joffre walking together in frontline field. British soldiers fire mortar rounds in a snowy trench before Christmas. British soldiers exit a snow-covered tunnel, walk through snowy trenches. Artillery fires in winter battlefield. British soldiers, with pith hats, charges out of snow-covered trench moments before a support beam collapses. Artillery cannon fires in the snow. Explosions from artillery fire throw soil into the air in winter battleground covered with snow. British soldiers charging on snow covered battlefield.
Map showing French territories around the world. Map of “Indo-Chine” (Indochina) showing Tonkin, Laos, Cambodia. A French colonial soldier from Indochina stands beside a statue. Indochinese soldiers and volunteers wearing conical Nón lá hats on board a ship arriving at a French port during World War I. Indochinese troops disembark at a French port. The colonial troops leave the port carrying their supplies and rifles.
Exiled members of the Habsburg Dynasty on vacation in Southern France. A cyclist passes by outside the hotel Villa D'Iris in St. Jean de Luz, France (16 Rue de Sainte-Barbe, 64500 Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France.) Archduke Otto von Habsburg, Pretender to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, on a yacht with his family. Former Empress Zita of Bourbon-Parma (wife of the late Emperor Charles I of Austria) descends on stone steps. A young blond man in swimming trunks (possibly Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria) stands nearby. Otto von Habsburg gets inside a car with an attendant. A yacht sails away. Otto von Habsburg and some family members walk in a golf course. An attendant opens the villa gate for a car. The Archduke and his siblings are golfing in St. Jean de Luz.
Train station of Le Verdon in Bordeaux France is shown, early in World War 2. American refugees getting off train in Le Verdon, having arrived from Paris France just before Battle of France. Baggage seen at station, some refugee going through customs and some are lined up for passport and customs inspection. French officials checking the money and passport of American refugees before they board the SS Washington ocean liner ship.
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