2-man Renault FT Light Tank being demonstrated during World War 1. It moves through various wooded areas and negotiates steep inclines. (Note: Following the war, this type of Renault tank was often referred to as the FT-17.)
French Regiment marches into its home garrison town, returning from the battlefields, during World War 1. People walk along with the soldiers. Houses on the street side. The Regiment is assembled on a field, as local citizens watch. Upon order from their Commanding Officer, the soldiers afix their bayonets to their rifles and come to attention. Officer salutes the soldiers. Elsewhere, French troops proceed toward the front, in armored cars and trucks, passing through a town with some war-damaged buildings. .
French Army trucks towing artillery pieces and carrying French troops during World War 1. They pass through the ruins of a war-damaged French town, on their way to the front lines.. Some of of the French soldiers are on horseback. French officers and men inspect the ruins of a church.
British artillery pulled by horses. British gunners fire a 9.2 inch howitzer. British infantrymen smile and eat while settled deep in a trench. Four German prisoners of war carry a wounded comrade on a litter, on their shoulders. Large group of German prisoners of war. Some German prisoners stand near some smiling British infantrymen.
Opening slate, in English, identifies location. Views from window of a railroad train moving quickly past countryside in Galicia during World War 1. Orchards and country cottages are seen. A small stream runs beside the railroad. A seemingly abandoned and overgrown castle on small hill close to the railroad, is seen as the train passes. There is little evidence of war. Change of scene shows Russian soldier walking through ruins of what was once a stately building, in Galicz (aka Halicz; Halych;or Galich). Remains of a destroyed steel bridge over the Dniester River. A narrow pontoon bridge has been erected next to it. A Russian river gunboat is stationary in the river, near the pontoon bridge. View from underneath of the destroyed steel bridge. A Russian officer on horseback seen after crossing the pontoon bridge.
Old fishermen at Sidmouth, Devon, South West England, during World War 1. The elderly fishermen work without help from young men (all of whom have left to fight in the war). Young boys stand by and watch as the men shake fish from their nets, on the shore. Two pick fish up from the shore where they have emptied them from their dory, seen behind them. The elderly fishermen seen earlier, emptying their nets, are now placing their catch into baskets, crouched over a large pile of fish on shore, with the fishing boat behind them. Change of scene, to buyers inspecting the barrels of newly caught fish. Fishermen standing by barrels of fish at market near sea shore.
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