German prisoners of war move through a trench on their way to an internment point. The are moved along, single-file under French military guard, past several French officers, and then marched along a dirt road, under guard by mounted French soldiers. A huge number of German prisoners enter a fenced open air enclosure. Several are seen being interogated by A French officer. They are formally registered and processed by French military administrative personnel. German prisoners receive food from cooks at an outdoor mess. A large gathering of prisoners rise en masse at a command. Closeup of prisoners looking well cleaned and fit. Closeup of prisoners trying to stay warm in their overcoats. A German prisoner wearing eyeglasses and contentedly chewing a large piece of bread, while holding his mess kit with the other hand. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
View of several fallen French soldiers lying in a trench during World War 1. Scene shifts to a French medical corpsman treating wounded hand of a soldier in a trench. Medics and soldiers searching trenches for wounded. Teams of stretcher bearers carrying wounded on their shoulders. Ambulatory wounded French soldiers make their way along a trench to a first aid station, followed by stretcher bearers carrying a wounded soldier, whom they carefully move into a dugout. Change of scene to behind the lines in a French town, where wounded are loaded into an ambulance. View of the ambulance driving past a war-damaged church building. (WWI. WW1)
Camera pans across buildings of French evacuation hospital set up during World War 1. Closeup of the hospital showing staff members walking between buildings. Wooden walkways have been installed to allow movement during periods of rain and mud. A line of ambulances. Drivers are crank starting two of them. Driver of the first starts, climbs aboard, and backs out. View inside a ward of the hospital. Physician and staff make rounds attending wounded soldiers. Outside, some recuperating soldiers sit with medical staff and others walk about.. Large beds of flowers are seen in the area. (WWI. WW1)
French medical corpsmen carry wounded French soldiers to a hospital railway train during World War 1. Medical staff and nurses seen on the train platform. Scene shifts to interior of a base hospital. French military officers are visiting wounded patients in a ward. Medical staff are attending to patients. (WWI. WW1)
Contingent of French infantry, as seen through a corn field, marching with shouldered rifles and fixed bayonets. Scene shifts to a huge French military parade across an open field. Closeup of one cadre of soldiers pushing bicycles. Units of French cavalry, on horseback, canter in formation, raising dust as they pass. French artillery units pass with their field pieces and caissons pulled by teams of horses. (WWI. WW1)
French soldiers being decorated in a field during World War 1. Marshal Philippe Petain presents individual and unit awards to french soldiers. Closeup of French unit guidon with awards attached. Petain converses with some of the honored soldiers. (WWI. WW1)
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