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.
During World War 1, King George V and Queen Mary visit American officers club and are received by Mr Walter Hines Page, United States ambassador, and Vice Admiral William S Sims in England. Officials stand at the stairs. Car arrives at a building. Guard salutes. Flags at the balcony. King enters a door with the officials. Crowd gathers and a dignitary addresses them. King and the ambassador stand and pose.
World War 1 era air raid shelter dugout constructed with concrete and sand bags by British civilians to be safe from Gotha attack (German Gotha G.V. bomber) in London, England. People come out of house, stand beside the bomb shelter, and then enter it. They come out of the dugout and look upwards.
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