Numerous pieces of Allied heavy artillery lined up in the ordnance yard at Bordeaux, France, in World War 1. A Holts tractor towing a field piece and caisson across the yard, through mud. Another tractor towing a field piece and limber across the yard.
Holts tractors being unloaded from the freighter "Anglo-Mexican" at port of Bordeaux, France, during World War 1. Crane unloading the tractors as port crews guide them onto railroad flat cars. A tractor pulling a rail car with two other tractors loaded on it. Tractors being driven and lined up at the ordnance yard. A railroad train carrying war materiel passing through the ordnance yard. Holts tractors being put through testing maneuvers at the yard.
Numerous cranes at work unloading supply ships at a terminal in Bordeaux, France, during World War 1. Railroad train moving flatcars through the terminal. Rails crisscrossing the terminal. A soldier directs operations on the busy terminal. Workers rolling barrels across the yard for loading into rail cars. Two men on a motorized tow truck,stop at a field kitchen set up on the dock and receive food in their mess kits. Soldiers are gathered around the steel cans containing hot food. A man rides down with a crane load of supplies that crews quickly move away for transport to the troops.
United States 27th Division troops march past through village of Premont in France, during the Second Battle of the Somme, in World War 1. They march over muddy road dressed in rain gear, with tarpaulins protecting their horse-drawn caissons. American troops without helmets (wearing service caps) marching along road past bombed out ruins. Army truck and British soldier on a bicycle pass them going the opposite direction. Allied troops moving forward on a road, as several German prisoners of war march toward the rear, carrying stretchers with wounded, on their shoulders. British Mark V tank parked on hill, with Officers holding charts and conversing nearby. Horses pulling caissons and supplies to British battery of 18 pounders setting up in the field. British batteries firing, as more field artillery is seen being moved forward in the far distant background. Troops of American 27th Infantry wait in a trench as officers assess situation ahead. The signal is given and the troops advance out of the trench and across a field.
A stream and culvert under a road in France. View from a hill of river below. An open staff car displaying one star on its windshield, carrying Brigadier General Palmer E. Pierce, Commander of the 54th Infantry Brigade. The car is stopped as he confers with Allied officers, during the 2nd Battle of the Somme in World War 1. Scene shifts to Chateau de Raincheval, U.S. Army Headquarters in Piccardy, France, where General Pierce stands in a gateway conversing with Major General John F. O'Ryan, Commander of the U.S. 27th Infantry Division, AEF. Several other officers accompany them. Senior Allied officers outside a bunker labeled "Commanding General." They converse and look at documents.
Wounded American soldiers on litters carried out from a building and placed into military ambulances, during the 2nd Battle of the Somme, in World War 1. German prisoners carrying wounded American soldiers into Ronssoy, France.
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