Italian defensive position on Alps mountain range. Italian soldiers stand on a mountain. Italian soldiers stand near bunkers dug into a mountain side and covered with sheets. Italian soldiers climb up and down the hill. On the aerial rope way called "Telefrica," a tram car runs on ropes moving supplies back and forth on the mountain. Italian soldiers sit on rocks of mountain with rifles. River in the background. Soldiers march down the hill and through a town area filled with rubble. Soldier ties ammunition baggage on the back of a dog. Dogs carry baggage up the mountain for the soldiers. Italian soldier moves a machine gun into position. Soldier looks through binoculars near machine gun emplacement in World War I.
Animated description: Battle of Ctesiphon in Iraq. Animation shows the position of Turk and British forces near Kut and the movement of British forces to south. Their attacking position to north. Animation of movement of Turk forces to north. (World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Austrian troops moving cautiously along area of shallow trenches, during World War 1. King Charles IV of Hungary (Karl I, Emperor of Austria) on a hillside with his military staff, watching Austro-Hungarian troops in action. The troops running down a hillside towards trenches.
Russian air-cadets being trained at the Royal Flying Corps' No 1 School of Military Aeronautics, at Coley Park Aerodrome, Reading, Berkshire, England, during World War 1. Cadets march with their officer to a tarpaulin covered hangar. Next they are seen inside the hangar, removing a double wing from a bi-wing aircraft. . They sit, wearing earphones, at a table outdoors, learning wireless telegraphy. They examine the parts of a Clerget 9B nine-cylinder rotary aircraft engine, and sit for a lecture about inline engines. The instructor holds up a bearing and connecting rods from the inline engine. They look at an aeronautical chart and take notes. Cadets climb aboard a canvas-covered army truck and stand in it. They wave as it drives away.
Discharged veteran British soldiers and heroes of the Battle of Mons demonstrate at Trafalgar Square in London, England soon after World War 1. A veteran with crutches speaks from the platform. Men in the crowd raise hands. A man speaks from a platform while another sits and stands near the bronze lion. Soldiers stand near the crowd in Trafalgar Square (Trafalgar Sq, London WC2N 5DN, United Kingdom).
Sir Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada, spends a day with the Dominion troops of Canada, famous for their conquering of Vimy Ridge during World War 1. Scene of the field (likely near Shorncliffe). Soldiers train and drill, advancing on a battlefield, running and lying down prone to ready rifles and bayonets. Near barracks, they gather and listen to an address from Sir Robert Borden. Canadian Army soldiers raise hats and cheer.
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