Women in the war effort, working at commercial labor jobs in the United Kingdom during World War 1. Opening scene shows women paper hangers at work. Two apply glue to strips of wallpaper laid out on boards across wooden supports. Two others are applying the wallpaper on a wall. Change of scene shows about a dozen women, wearing aprons, working as a team to clean windows in a railroad passenger car in Britain. They each climb a step ladder to one of the car windows and work in parallel cleaning adjacent windows simultaneously with cloths.
Views from a British airplane flying above towns and fields in Europe, during World War One. The airplane skirts edge of clouds, at times. The last scene appears show a fortress on the ground below. (There is no evidence of war in these scenes.)
Opening slate refers to West Africans working at Allied munitions dumps. Scene shows French Colonial Senegalese infantrymen (Tirailleurs Senegalais) carrying ammunition boxes in a huge storage dump, under supervision of British officers. Some wear steel helmets, others wear British-style caps. They walk over paths between stacks of artillery shells. One appears to have a cigar in his mouth. They are followed by Several Allied soldiers, also carrying ammunition boxes. An Allied soldier in steel helmet smokes a cigarette, while standing next to large artillery shells. View of dirt road at side of the munitions dump, with a truck backed up to it. Many Allied soldiers are seen working around the periphery of the dump throughout the film.. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
British gunners firing a 9.2 inch howitzer in France, during World War One. The gun is set up in a large excavated area containing war materiel, such as artillery and caisson wheels. French houses are seen on a road overlooking the gun position.
Shows men who have contributed to greatness of France in the war. Paul Painleve, Premier of France and Minister of War talking to a man in a field. Other people stand in the background. Monsieur Ribot, former Premiere and now Minister of Foreign Affairs walking with two other persons in front of a house.
Shows men who have contributed to greatness of France in the war. General Petain, Commander-in-Chief walks out of a house. Soldiers at the door. He gives medal to a soldier. He shakes hands with him. Rene Viviani, Premier at the time of war, walking in a garden.
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