99th Division soldiers at Division Headquarter in Butgenbach, Belgium. 99th Division soldiers dig foxholes in snow covered field. Soldiers stand besides holes. Buildings besides the road. Tanks and traffic passes through city. Soldiers on armored vehicle pass. A man carries luggage on his back and walks. Boy leads a dog that is pulling a small sled with a basket on it, over the snow. The boy smiles for the camera. Major General Leonard T Gerow at Division Headquarter comes out and inspects the foxholes. He stands and discusses with others (World War II period).
Annual religious rite in Bruges, Belgium. Cow drawn float. Statues of a cow and mother Mary on float depicting birth of Christ. Pope walks with other priests. High church dignitaries join the rally. Actors enact the scene of Christ carrying cross on shoulders and other sacred replicas in rally. Crowd gather besides rally to watch floats and dignitaries.
Events during the Paris Peace Conference. A huge crowd gathered at the aerodrome. Series of aircraft are seen. King Albert I of Belgium leaves for Paris for the Peace Conference. He is seen talking to some dignitaries. A small boy standing with them. King Albert I walks towards the LVG VI aircraft and boards it. Cameraman takes the picture. The plane takes off.
Events during the Paris Peace Conference. View of a horse carriage and crowd of people. Building of the ruined cathedral at Ypres in Belgium is seen. A fleet of motor cars arrives. United States President Woodrow Wilson is received by the Chief Magistrate and the Canadian Officer Commanding in Ypres. Huge crowd is gathered to get a glimpse of the President and other dignitaries. The President visits the famous cathedral and the Cloth Hall in Ypres.
A line of British cavalrymen ride down a hillside, single-file, in Flanders, Belgium, during World War 1. A German shell explodes near the cavalry column, just as two of the British soldiers on horseback pass the spot. After the smoke clears, fallen men and horses are seen on the ground. Other cavalrymen continue past them, as a British soldier, from near the camera position, runs down the hill to render aid. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
French troops march and move supplies in horse-drawn wagons, along road near Niewport, Belgium preparing for the Battle of the Yser, in World War 1. Their facilities are seen at the edge of the flooded Yser River. Two soldiers are seen crossing flooded area on a makeshift single-path atop a berm snaking across a flooded section of road. Views of wartorn buildings surrounded by the flooded river. ( Note: To thwart German advances toward Calais, Belgians deliberately opened sluices at Nieuport allowing water levels to rise during high tides, creating a flooded area a mile wide as far south as Diksmuide.)
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