Slate refers to Russian troops turning Turkish Flank. Russian troops assembled and relaxing outdoors on snow-covered terrain, during World War 1. Next, they are seen marching in loose column of fours, behind officers on horseback, along a muddy road between snow-covered fields. They proceed up a long hill. Turkish prisoners of war walk past the camera, and move along a snow-covered path, under Russian guard. Russian troops load bundles into a wooden sledge. A column of Russian supply wagons (and a sledge) being pulled by oxen.
American forces moving by railroad in France during World war 1. A steam locomotive pulls a long train over tracks in a rail marshalling yard. The train includes troop passenger cars followed by flat cars carrying war materiel, such as wagons and artillery pieces, along with accompanying troops in the open. These are followed by more closed troop carrying cars. Next, U.S. soldiers and some sailors are seen walking on an outdoor rail platform as a train filled with sailors pull slowly into the station. Passengers and those on the ground wave to one another. View from front of a steam locomotive pulling a train headed toward the camera. A French woman moves a wheeled mobile gate beside a train track in France. French civilian men stand between nearby train tracks as a train carrying American soldiers passes them. Soldiers sit with their feet dangling out of the cars. An American flag is displayed on the last car.
United States Atlantic ship sailors and officers celebrate Christmas and ride camel in Constantinople, Turkey. Vice Admiral A T Long rides on camel and holds its harness. Santa Claus waves on a boat. Sailors and officers around Christmas tree on the dock. People board on the boat. Two dignitaries stand and talk. People board on boat. Admiral and sailors ride on camels.
Camera pans over French soldiers in several trench locations along the Marne line during World War 1. Some are also seen digging new trenches next to a road. Several French troops and a farmer stand near two French Schneider tanks, one with a White diamond painted on its side. In far background troops are seen marching single-file. Scene switches to American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) moving single-file along a tree line. The film is destroyed between time code: 01:23 and 2:02, where it picks up again showing American soldiers gathered in a clearing in the woods. Horses and wagons, trucks, and a staff car are also seen. Next scene shows a long line of U.S. troops and trucks clogging a road. German prisoners, including some ambulatory wounded, walk past French canvas-covered wagons, and are seen near French soldiers. French troops with wagons pulled by donkeys, pass German prisoners of war, and enter the town of Longmont. Mounted French soldiers pull a caisson. The destroyed Abbey of Longmont is seen in the background as mounted French soldiers ride into the town. More German POWs walk towards the rear, past them. More views of the destroyed Abbey. A contingent of French troops with wagons and caissons advances toward the front.
British military engineers (they appear to be Australian and or New Zealand, ANZAC, troops) constructing a railroad line in Palestine during World War I. Some drive spikes to secure the new rails, as others position them with long steel poles. Teams of local laborers carry materials forward from the track-laying supply train that moves forward as track is installed. Another scene shows a holt tractor pulling British artillery and men across the sand. Final scene is of British troops bivouacked in a grove of palm trees. The Suez Canal is visible in far background. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Large number of Italian prisoners of war assembled in an open field in Italy, after the battle of Caporetto in World War 1. Austro-Hungarian soldiers in long caravan of horse-drawn wagons, advancing along snow-covered road. Damaged and destroyed Italian artillery and equipment lining the sides of road. Austrian troops rummage through abandoned Italian war materiel. Abandoned equipment, including a huge mortar. Another view of the Italian prisoners of war in the outdoor holding area. Italian prisoners walking across a railroad track. Some wave their helmets at the photographer. Wounded Austrian soldier being tended on the ground as medic wraps his entire lower body and legs in bandages. Ambulatory wounded Austro-Hungarian troops assembling to be transported. Tall snowy mountains of the Alps in background. Austrian soldiers rummaging through abandoned Italian war materiel. Austrian infantry, accompanied by trucks, advancing along a snow-covered mountain road.
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