View of waterfall in Yosemite National Park. Tourists look at mountains. Tourists on overhang look down into the canyon. Tourists on horseback travel down a steep path into the canyon.
People in trolley pick bombs in Germany. Man puts bomb in a wooden box. Crane pulls up the box tied with chains. People hold the box and watch the process.
Clamped bomb tied on pulley in Belgium. Soldier wearing Belgian side cap with tassel stands by. Man holds rope of the pulley and clamp. Bomb shell is pulled up and then dropped to release center chamber. Man opens bomb and removes a cover. He takes out bomb from shell.
Emperor (Kaiser) Karl I is enthusiastically greeted by the liberated population of Czernowitz, Capital of Bukowina (Bukovina or Buchenland) following the reconquest of the city by Austro-Hungarian forces during World War I. His car drives down the cobblestone main street, and citizens heap it with bouquets and throw flowers. The Kaiser stands and salutes the crowd. The Kaiser acknowledges the speech of the Burgomeister and receives more flowers from little girls. Then the Kaiser returns to his car and drives away to the continuing cheers of the crowd.
British military engineers (they appear to be Australian and or New Zealand, ANZAC, troops) constructing a railroad line in Palestine during World War I. Some drive spikes to secure the new rails, as others position them with long steel poles. Teams of local laborers carry materials forward from the track-laying supply train that moves forward as track is installed. Another scene shows a holt tractor pulling British artillery and men across the sand. Final scene is of British troops bivouacked in a grove of palm trees. The Suez Canal is visible in far background. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Animated description of Mesopotamia Campaign by British battalion in Iraq during World War I. The position of Turk and British forces near Tigris. Pointers show the guarded positions of Turks. The pontoon positions of British forces to build bridge, British forces advancement into river and movement of Turk guard and support forces and the movement of British and Ottoman Empire forces. It shows the British forces cross the river. Pointer shows the position of British and Turks at bend. The movement of 7th and 51st British Division and capture of Baghdad in World War 1. Advance movements of British and defeat of Turk forces. Text shows advantage of Mesopotamia campaign.
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