The capture of Curlu, France, during the Battle of the Somme, in World war 1. French artillerymen fire a battery of French 75 field pieces at German troops in the town of Curlu. Closeup of French gunners rapid firing their field piece. A shell of a house, all that remains in a section of no-mans land. French infantry quick march into the village of Curlu. View of French forces occupying the severely damaged village. Two French soldiers carry captured German machine guns over their shoulders. (WWI; WW1)
French troops moving a large gun barrel on a small gauge railway during World War 1. Men ride in open cars behind train engine. Troops assembling a 370mm railroad howitzer and then raising and lowering its camouflage-painted barrel. Railroad trains passing through woods. A French 320mm railroad gun covered by camouflage netting. Gun crew members clamber aboard. Army gunners rapid-firing a French 75 artillery field piece covered by camouflage net. French soldiers passing spent 75mm shells from a wagon and tossing them into a huge pile. View of the pile and of the larger munitions depot in which it sits. A small gauge rail is seen along the ground in the depot. French artillery and caissons being pulled by horses, past the pile of spent shells. Turret of a railway howitzer turning. Exploding shell from the howitzer. French gunners firing a 155mm field howitzer (Canon de 155 Mle 1917 Schneider C). Views of a French 400mm railway howitzer firing. What looks like a small old navy cannon firing in the field. French coastal batteries firing. A 320mm rail gun firing. No man's land and shells exploding in distance. A rail gun at the rear of a freight train, firing. Numerous scenes of French rail guns of various types and sizes firing. (WWI. WW1)
French troops in their frontline trenches in no man's land on the Western Front during World War 1. View of officer's wrist watch as they wait for 6AM, and then charge out of their trench. View of soldiers' feet leaving the trench. Another contingent, seen leaving a trench one at a time. They move quickly across the battle-scarred landscape. What appear to be gas clouds obscure the terrain. A soldier stands by a stone wall looking through binoculars. French soldiers run across the area, toward German positions,as a line of shells burst in the far background. Two French soldiers crouch beside a smoke generator spewing black smoke across the area. French troops lying prone on the battlefield. One rises to throw a hand grenade. A soldier afixed a rifle grenade to his weapon as a squad of others advance from a shell crater. Two of the advancing French soldiers carry rolls of barbed wire with them. (WWI. WW1.)
Camera pans across buildings of French evacuation hospital set up during World War 1. Closeup of the hospital showing staff members walking between buildings. Wooden walkways have been installed to allow movement during periods of rain and mud. A line of ambulances. Drivers are crank starting two of them. Driver of the first starts, climbs aboard, and backs out. View inside a ward of the hospital. Physician and staff make rounds attending wounded soldiers. Outside, some recuperating soldiers sit with medical staff and others walk about.. Large beds of flowers are seen in the area. (WWI. WW1)
French medical corpsmen carry wounded French soldiers to a hospital railway train during World War 1. Medical staff and nurses seen on the train platform. Scene shifts to interior of a base hospital. French military officers are visiting wounded patients in a ward. Medical staff are attending to patients. (WWI. WW1)
French soldiers being decorated in a field during World War 1. Marshal Philippe Petain presents individual and unit awards to french soldiers. Closeup of French unit guidon with awards attached. Petain converses with some of the honored soldiers. (WWI. WW1)
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