World War I battlefield scene filmed from camera in British trench. Line of British soldiers returning across battlefield, back to British trench. Several German Army soldiers are in front of the line, being marched forward under British guard. The German soldier prisoners enter the British trench, one holding his hands up as he enters. Close-up view of German prisoners in British trench, under British guard.
Brief scene from a prison camp in World War I, with German and Austro-Hungarian soldiers under guard by Scottish and other British troops. Scene changes to American and British soldiers examining a wrecked German biplane in a field. Many soldiers gather around the plane. A Scottish Highlander soldier wearing a kilt examines the cockpit. A British soldier cuts away the German cross symbol from the left wing of the airplane as British and United States soldiers watch.
German troops march after Armistice of World War I. German troops surrender war material and get on to trucks. French troops search some of the Germans. French troops carry material out of the building. German troops march with their belongings.
Poster of French actress Sarah Bernhardt as Queen Elizabeth in motion picture. Views of the running film. Fragments of other films. Cowboy movie star William S. Hart.
American soldiers watch as an Australian instructor demonstrates how the Lewis machine gun is light enough to be held and fired by one person. A soldier on the ground firing the gun in prone position. Two Australian soldiers climb a platform erected above a trench, where a Lewis gun is set up on a tripod. They fire the gun. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Opening scene shows a contingent of Belgian soldiers carrying their rifles and packs as they walk in loose formation across a rutted frozen field during World War 1. Next, several are seen, briefly, firing their rifles from behind an earthen berm. A glimpse of the soldiers trying to get a fire going near a makeshift shelter. Brief view of the soldiers being issued towels and toiletries. Change of scene shows some French soldiers standing on a wooden pontoon bridge, bypassing the original bombed out one in the background. A team of horses pulls a wagon across the bridge. Next, a troop of mounted French cavalry are shown (from the rear) as they proceed toward the front, along a road, lined by trees. A Red Cross covered wagon is being pulled along in their formation. Momentary glimpse of a French 320mm railway gun with some smoke rising from its barrel after firing. Belgian soldiers on the firing line in a shallow trench in no man's land. As they fire their rifles, one of them is hit and helped to the rear by companions.
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