French troops leave established trenches to take up new positions at the front, during World War I. The troops march out in single file, with full field packs and weapons.
British soldiers in a "fatigue" party (non-combat duty) digging new trenches in France. Sentry at top of bluff alerts them to a gas attack. They immediately cease work, don gas masks and await dispersal of gas from the area. Soldiers climb up on the bluff and try to assess the situation. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Shows American battleships USS Texas,USS New York, USS Kentucky and USS Kansas anchored at the Firth of Forth near Scotland during World War I.
Opening few seconds show American General John J. Pershing viewing a grave marker at a fresh cemetery in France during World War I. Next scene shows Australian troops dig trenches in France during World War 1. Australian troops at a destroyed railroad yard. Group of French men and women and children civilians pose for the camera, while British troops stand in background. Close up of an old French woman. The elderly French woman is talking and appears to be expressing thanks to the Allied troops and potentially grief from the devastation of the war. Soldiers on foot pass by a bomb wrecked French town with buildings reduced to piles of rubble from shelling. British troops and supplies on horse carts pass by the streets of the demolished town. British lancer cavalry regiment passes by on horseback, with lances raised. New Zealand soldiers march on railroad tracks to board a train.
Civilian people assembled to hear the war news from a British soldier (British "Tommy") during World War I. The soldier reading newspaper aloud to group of men, women, and children. A group of civilians pose beneath a German propaganda trademark sign, 'Gott Strafe England' (God punish England).
American Marines and Army troops return home from France after World War I. Wounded American soldier gets out of acar and is helped by women as he walks with crutches. Wounded soldiers and women walk in queue toward an event. Slate indicates the war resulted in 2500 leg amputations and 1100 arm amputations. View of wounded American soldiers on grounds of Letterman Hospital in San Francisco, California, wearing artificial prosthetic limbs and practicing walking with the new limbs. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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