Friends and relatives jam a railroad station platform,as they wave goodbye to Austro-Hungarian troops departing on a troop train for the Italian front during World War 1. The troops wave back. Officers, dignitaries (including several women) and a military brass band, give the troops a sendoff. The last cars of the train carry visible war materiel, such as caissons, and other items that are hidden from view.
British soldiers moving horses and supplies through thick mud during the First World War. A soldier with his face covered with mud. A shell bursts showering British soldiers with shrapnel, as they hunker down in the mud at night. In daytime scene British infantry advances across no man's land as the unit piper plays bagpipes and marches along crest of hill in World War 1. (Slate states Piper Richardson was killed later that day and was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry.) Scenes are from a British film released post-war.
A cadre of Russian troops from the Russian Expeditionary Force in World War 1. They carry rifles with fixed bayonets, as they stand in formation on a dirt field. Their commander, holding a saber, orders his men to present arms. He then marches to a place between his cadre and a brass band. To the right of the band are French general, Henri Joseph Gourard and two other officers. Next, a French soldier in an Adrian steel helmet carrying a saber, presents himself for an award. General Gourard touches the soldier with his saber and then pins a mililtary decoration on his coat. A military photographer stands nearby. The General bestows ceremonial kisses on the awardee. Russian troops are in formation in the background. All the troops, French and Russian, begin to parade. Camera moves toward the rear of reviewers to where many observers are present, including some on horseback. Close-up of General Gourard with other French and Russian officers and officials.
The London Stock Exchange Battalion of Royal Fusiliers, the first of many Pals Battalions, resting on a field, on their way to Arras, during World War One.
A British advance cyclist patrol is surrounded by school children who run alongside them as they move along a road on their bicycles, entering a French town, during World War One. Older townspeople walk behind.
British gun crew, stripped to the waist, performs a rapid fire drill with an 18 pounder artillery piece, as an officer, nearby, uses a megaphone to direct them, during World War 1. (WWI; WW1)
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