A French propaganda dramatization about the events leading up to World War I. A French woman stands next to a sign that reads ' France '. A German officer holds up a note related to the Treaty of Frankfurt. He tears it in half, burns it and laughs. Wooden poles in shape of numbers for year 1914 seen burning in flames. End of dramatization. Actual footage of French soldiers erecting barbed wire fences. French soldiers move in a line down a ravine. Together with an American soldier, the French soldiers work in a field and uncover three unexploded bomb shells.
Chemical warfare activities of the AEF (American Expeditionary Force) in France during World War I. Members of the American Expeditionary Force walk out of a building. They stand in an open ground. View of the surrounding buildings.
French soldiers during World War I in France gather around an artificial "dummy" artillery piece made out of waste paper. It was positioned to draw large amounts of German artillery fire and consume German ammunition. They adjust the dummy artillery gun. Then the soldiers remove camouflage covers over a trench to reveal a real artillery piece that they were protecting.
Views of devastated landscape in no-man's-land. German soldiers are seen preparing for the battle of Verdun, in France, during World War I. Soldiers stand near fortified dugouts. In order to avoid civilian losses, the French population is ordered to evacuate from the city of Verdun and environs. Evacuating families are seen carrying as many of their belongings as possible. They arrive with their luggage at the railroad station and board the train. German soldiers carry a wounded comrade through rubble, on a stretcher. German soldiers in a fort getting ready for battle. Two soldiers smoke cigarettes. The German soldiers leave their fort and carry machine gun out into the battlefield. Barbed wire seen outside.
Views of the destroyed Chateau de Pinon, in France during World War 1. Several large field hospital tents are set up in the courtyard. Both German and French soldiers are seen carrying wounded. (The French soldiers are likely prisoners of war.) (WWI; WW1)
A unit of German horse cavalry (lancers) equipped with M1893 lances, moving along a dirt road in France, during World War 1. (WWI; WW1)
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