U.S. Army Pup tents set up at bivouc area in Bonvillers, France during World War 1. A soldier, stripped to the waist, examines his clothing for louses. Soldiers place clothing,to be deloused,into large steam cylinders,mounted on a truck. The operators close and secure latches on one cylinder that has been filled with clothes. Soldiers standing around wearing only their overcoats, as they wait to retrieve their clothes. The operators remove baskets of clothing from the steam cylinders, and soldiers retrieve their belongings. Soldiers in a yard, waving their steamy clothes to cool them. One soldier takes a sponge bath in a small container of water. soldier in protective clothing examines clothes laid out in the yard.Red Cross ambulances and trucks in the background. (WWI. WW1)
French soldiers on horse-drawn wagons move along cratered dirt roads, behind retreating Germans. in World War 1. At a major crossroads, Germans left a huge crater that presents a problem for French troops trying to pursue them. Individual soldiers explore the deep crater.
The ruins of a Gothic style church in France, destroyed by German artillery during World War 1.. Heaps of shattered bricks and broken stones. A crucifix lies in the midst of the rubble. Interior of another wrecked church displaying Corinthian columns and roman arches.
Armed French infantrymen (Poilu) march hundreds of Austrian prisoners, under guard, who were captured by the French in Italy, during World War 1. They march four abreast along a road in Italy.
Formations of Mounted French Cavalry and artillery, with horse-drawn field pieces, race across a field in France, during World War 1.
French soldiers, in a remote tree line, observing German artillery shells striking at a distance, during World War 1. (Rising smoke indicates possible gas shells.) Separate scenes show squads of french soldiers moving forward, slowly, through fields of farm crops.
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