French General Pierre Joseph Dubois, commander of the 6th Army, speaks informally with officers in his command prior to their deployment to the front during World War 1. (WWI. WW1)
French troops eating at an outdoor field mess in World War I. Smoke and steam rising from field kitchen equipment in operation. Soldiers seated on barrels and various other makeshift benches. Many stand as they drink from their mess kit cups. A group of troops wearing large berets, shares bread from a blanketful held by two of the group. Team of horses is seen in background. Soldiers move a group of horses to sater in a lake. View of fortified positions being set up in the side of a cliff. (WWI. WW1)
French soldiers removing communication wire from huge spool. Soldiers climb poles to install wires. They raise and install a tall radio antenna. Team of French soldiers unspools many strands of wire and runs them through a trench. Soldiers carrying the multiwire bundles over their shoulders as they move through a trench. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
French Army engineers at work in World War 1. Several maneuver in a small boat at a waterfront. Others manual operate a pile driver to set a post in the water for a dock. Officers look on as a group of Army engineers works to repair a wooden bridge made of many supporting members and cross braces. Change of scene to French engineers strengthening and stabilizing the base of a high bridge over a river. New sequence shows a pier with boats tied up and high water in river behind. Scene shifts to engineers working on a low level bridge over a river. A team of horses pulls construction equipment over the bridge. A bombed out high railroad bridge is seen in the background. (WWI. WW1)
A French soldier shows a Lebel Model 1886 bolt action repeating rifle (French: Fusil Modèle 1886/M93 ) with cartridges laid out on a table. He loads the cartridges into its forestock tube magazine and then uses the bolt to eject the rounds. Next is shown a French Mannlicher Berthier M.1890 Cavalry Carbine. An animated sequence shows a 3-shot clip being loaded into this weapon.
Camera pans assortment of different French hand grenades lined up in a row. (one falls over.) Scene shifts to a man inserting percussion fuses into F1 grenades. Next sequence shows World War 1 French soldiers behind sand bag barriers as they practice the technique for throwing hand grenades. (World War 1. WWI. WW1)
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