Views of devastated landscape in no-man's-land. German soldiers are seen preparing for the battle of Verdun, in France, during World War I. Soldiers stand near fortified dugouts. In order to avoid civilian losses, the French population is ordered to evacuate from the city of Verdun and environs. Evacuating families are seen carrying as many of their belongings as possible. They arrive with their luggage at the railroad station and board the train. German soldiers carry a wounded comrade through rubble, on a stretcher. German soldiers in a fort getting ready for battle. Two soldiers smoke cigarettes. The German soldiers leave their fort and carry machine gun out into the battlefield. Barbed wire seen outside.
Views of the destroyed Chateau de Pinon, in France during World War 1. Several large field hospital tents are set up in the courtyard. Both German and French soldiers are seen carrying wounded. (The French soldiers are likely prisoners of war.) (WWI; WW1)
A unit of German horse cavalry (lancers) equipped with M1893 lances, moving along a dirt road in France, during World War 1. (WWI; WW1)
France declares war. Bus loads of troops leave the city en route to the front. People walking on a bridge. They buy vegetable and other articles from the market. They gather outside a building. Soldiers standing nearby. Soldiers marching. Buildings along the street side. Tanks advance towards the front. Planes in formation. Buildings set on fire. Firemen try to control the fire. Soldiers preparing for the attack. A soldier talks on the radio.
Aerial view of the Château de Candé, near Tours, France where, after renouncing the throne, The Duke of Windsor married Wallis Warfield Simpson, in a private ceremony on 3 June 1937. The Duke and his bride pose for photographers. Also seen are brief Scenes from their honeymoon trip to Venice, Italy. A canal filled with gondolas. The couple in a motorboat named the "Ca' Loredan 2."
Allied artillery being moved alongside a railroad track in France during World War 1. Two officers stand on the track and watch Holts tractors pull heavy field guns. American soldiers wearing campaign hats pose with a heavy field gun. A soldier points out at a name painted on a gun barrel reading: 'Kaiser-Kisser'.
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