People in the Ottoman Empire display enthusiasm for entry into World War 1. Opening scene shows a Bedouin girl performing a "wild sword dance" in Palestine, near the Dead Sea on the Sinai peninsula. Other girls and women are lined up near her and clap and sway to the same rhythms. Sequence shifts to Turkey and a large gathering of people at start of Ottoman mobilization for World War 1. Uniformed soldiers wearing the fez are seen mingling with civilians. In a change of scene, camels walk along carrying supplies for Ottoman troops in Jerusalem. Camel tenders are seen at a water hole, washing items and drawing water. Turkish boy scouts and ship boys parade in the midst of the war mobilizing activities.
Two British soldiers wearing gas masks, stand beside a gas-proof dugout in a deep reinforced trench on the Western Front in World War 1. One rubs his gas mask lenses as gas drifts over the trench. Their Battalion Commander emerges from the dugout, wearing his gas mask. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
British troops cleaning their Lee-Enfield rifles, in a deep reinforced trench, during a lull in fighting, on the Western Front, in World War 1. The sun is shining but there is snow on the ground around the trench. They are warned of a gas attack and put on protective masks. They take up positions and fire from the trench. Snow covers the area around the trench. Gas drifts over the open trench. A soldier comes out of a dug out at the end of the trench, and is affected by gas. Another soldier puts a protective mask over his face. Soldiers help the affected soldier. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
British sentry stands near a gas-proof dugout at the end of a deep reinforced trench on the Western Front in World War 1. Two stretcher bearers arrive carrying a soldier gas victim. The sentry opens a door to the dugout, and helps them carry the victim inside. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
British soldiers in France during World War 1. British soldiers take action as a gas cloud begins to envelop them in a trench on the Western Front. They don gas masks and take up firing positions. One is armed with a Lewis machine gun. Snow covers the field outside the trench, In change of scene, one soldier takes samples of the gas and analyzes them using a phosgene detector. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
French artillerymen surround their 270mm rail gun, during World War 1. Change of scene shows soldiers climbing on another slightly larger, 305mm French railway gun. Finally, a 320mm railroad gun is shown. French soldiers manually move a rail car, containing shells, up close to the big gun. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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