Heavy guns in operation during World War 1. French troops riding on 370mm railway gun. French artillerymen setting fuses on 370mm shell stored on top of rail cars. Crane lifts shell toward rail gun. French 320mm rail gun fires. Battery of long guns fires. Shells exploding on enemy targets. Advancing Infantry being struck by incoming artillery barrage.
The funeral cortege for Cardinal Désiré-Joseph Mercier in Mechelen, Belgium at his National Funeral in Mechelen, Belgium. His remains are carried in a black hearse coach pulled by six black horses and followed by a long line of mourners, including French Marshal Ferdinand Foch and Belgian King Albert I along with many Roman Catholic church and Belgian officials. The procession moves slowly along a street. Closeups of some participants in the procession, including a contingent of military officers and soldiers. Very closeup view of the hearse and horses as it passes the camera. An honor guard of soldiers presenting arms is lined at the side of the street, maintaining separation from a large crowd of spectators. The funeral procession pass by the Grands Magasins du Congrès, a department store. Two mounted Army officers with swords occupy the road. Soldiers form a cordon around the bier outside a building. (Cardinal Mercier was buried in Saint Rumbold's Cathedral, Mechelen, Belgium.)
Crowds surging through Red Square during Bolshevik revolution. View from behind the bronze monument to Minin and Pozharsky, on which someone placed a flag. Kremlin battlements visible in background. Russian Imperial troops seated on the ground. Soldiers laying down their arms on a pile of weapons. Mounted officers leading a long column of unarmed troops along a street in Moscow. Citizens walking along the streets. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Large house with long sloped shingled roof and traces of snow. A man enters through gate, greeted by another. Third man arrives on bicycle. Inside house, row of beds with men lying on two of them. They proceed to prepare opium for smoking and then share an opium pipe. Pictures of Western women on wall.
Pedestrians near fountains in lake at the Chapultepec Park in Mexico. Canoes in the lake. Chapultepec Castle caps the summit of Grasshopper Hills. People stand on long verandah. Thatched hut near water. A man poling boat.
View of large crowd dispersing after a large outdoor event in a stadium setting in which many individual wooden chairs are arranged for the spectators. One woman is a particular focus of attention. She approaches the camera through the thinning crowd and steps up on a raised platform of some kind, while the cinematographer records. She then steps down and to the side. Women wear long dresses and elegant hats. Many women carry parasols.Two men wear large white kerchiefs, under their straw hats, that drape down their necks, for protection from the sun. They walk past the camera and look back.
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