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French infantry firing artillery, General Joseph Joffre inspects soldiers during the First Battle of Marne in WWI

French soldier sits on mobile observation platform while being raised into position by comrades during the First Battle of Marne in World War 1. Artillery, including French 155mm 1877/1914 L de Bange Cannons firing over the forest near Brasles, east of Paris. Soldiers running in the battlefield. Smoke covers the battlefield from artillery fire. French soldier observes from mobile observation platform. General Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre (also known as “Papa Joffre”) and military officials inspect cavalry. General Joffre inspects French infantry. General Joffre salutes and shakes hands with military officials before departing by car. French cavalry (likely the Cavalry Corps Sordet or Bridoux) charges to the battlefield.

Date: 1914, September 13
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079174
French dead and wounded during the Battle of Verdun, WWI

A French soldier dresses the wound of an injured comrade during the Battle of Verdun in World War 1. Bodies of dead French soldiers, partly buried in mud, found in trenches. Two men walk past bodies of the deceased. More bodies of French soldiers are scattered in the trenches. Removal of battlefield casualties. Bodies of soldiers killed during the Battle of Verdun are shown in various stages of decomposition. French soldiers wearing the Red Crosses on their arms digging graves for dead bodies removed from the battlefield. Devastated hill in Verdun. French soldiers trudging through destroyed Verdun landscape.. Bodies of deceased soldiers and scattered wreckage. French soldiers carry away wounded on stretchers.

Date: 1916
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079175
German forces drawing closer to Paris, refugees evacuate during WWI

Under a camouflage canopy, soldiers load and fire artillery as German forces draw closer to Paris during World War 1. German officers observe firing. German infantry, wearing the Pickelhaube helmet, marching towards Paris. French and Belgian refugees with horse drawn carriages flee from German forces. French soldiers on horseback. German cavalry gallop over a road and berm into a field. German infantry, holding their rifles, as seen from low ground level, charging towards the French.

Date: 1914
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079183
British soldiers fighting at the Battle of Verdun during WWI

British soldiers at the Battle of Verdun during World War 1. Trucks transporting British soldiers, also known as "Tommies", driving through a French town and the Sacred Way (“Voie Sacrée” in French). British soldiers riding on horseback through a muddy road. British infantry march behind officer on horseback. British infantry, wearing Brodie helmets, move through narrow trenches. British soldiers hide behind tall grass near the river Somme. British soldiers climb over the parapet of a trench. A large railway gun firing. Wrecked landscape devoid of trees or grass.

Date: 1916
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079185
French infantry charging in battle, devastated Verdun in WWI

French infantry charge in the battlefield during the Battle of Verdun in World War 1. Explosion from artillery bombardment during battle. Explosion from bombs throw soil into the air from the ground. Soldiers sitting on uneven battlefield terrain devoid of plants. Soil from explosion falls on two crawling French soldiers in a trench. German helmet partially buried in soil among wreckage and debris. Burned trees and uneven terrain caused by bombardment in the battlefield. French troops clearing up debris from trench.

Date: 1916
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079190
French infantry fighting during the Battle of Verdun (WW1)

French infantry on an offensive against German forces during the Battle of Verdun (World War 1). French soldiers avoid getting hit by artillery fire by hiding in a foxhole. French soldiers running and climbing on uneven terrain. Explosion from artillery fire. Smoke covers the battlefield as French soldiers climb a rocky terrain. French soldiers in trench. A French soldier tosses a grenade. French soldiers run away after grenade tossing. French soldiers throwing objects, possibly grenades, into smoking trench. The hills north of Verdun-sur-Meuse covered in smoke from the battlefield.

Date: 1916
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079194