Children in 'National Costume' welcome French troops in Lorraine during World War I. A French military officer on horseback stands in front of the crowd. A large crowd gathered on a field. Another officer on horse salutes. Soldiers sit on horses behind him.
A man displays a Dayfield Body Shield vest standing in a field in the United Kingdom during World War I. He displays the back and front portions of the body armour vest which weighed 15-20 pounds and had metal plates sewn in the fabric. Fence and trees can be seen in the background.
Guns at Fort Scott, The Presidio, California, are fired to test coastal defense in San Francisco, California, United States, during World War I. A 12 inch mortar of battery Stotsenburg is fired. An explosion occurs in water. Soldiers reload and fire it again. Another explosion occurs in water. A 12-inch gun mounted on a barbette carriage at Battery Saffold is fired.
German built Turko-German Light Cruiser, the Breslau, during World War I in Dardanelles, Turkey.
Women and children receive food aid from French military. Children and women wait in queues to receive provisions. World War 1 French officer throws coins to children who gather around him. Soldiers play with little boy, who wears fez hat and stands like a soldier at attention. Clip closes with unrelated footage of British soldiers climbing out of trenches and viewing battlefield after armistice.
Soldiers of Russian Infantry and artillery advance during World War I in Russia. Teams of horses pulling artillery caissons hurry by infantry troops. Supplies are moved in horse drawn wagons. Large numbers of troops move across a deep trench or ditch, and some set up positions in a bomb crater, which they surround with barbed wire. Soldiers bring barbed wire rolls. The wires are unrolled around their positions.
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