Soldiers march on a recruitment parade in Dublin, Ireland. A team of horses pulls a caisson, followed by infantry with shouldered arms. Commercial buildings in the background. One displays sign for James H. Webb & Company. Band marches along with them (although not playing at this instant). Spectators line sidewalks. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Coal miners stand at a railway station in United Kingdom. A train arrives on the railway track. Other miners come out of the train. They hold lamps in their hands. The miners cast their votes in Tredegar. They walk on the street. Houses along the sides of the street.
Women work at a factory in the United Kingdom. A bicycle in the background. The British women are seen hammering nails into wooden boards and panels, possibly building wooden boxes or wooden panels.
French generals converse over plans during World War I. French soldiers march during a parade. WWI propaganda shows a forlorn woman holding a sign saying “France”. In front of flames, a caricatured, fat German general sneers at Marianne, the personification of France. Marianne showing her wrists with chained handcuffs. French soldiers marching triumphantly upon their departure to defend Belgium upon German invasion. French infantry marching, ride in horse carts to the battlefields. French soldiers, animals, supplies, and artillery cross a floating pontoon bridge. Teams of white oxen pull French artillery into Belgium. French soldiers fire artillery cannon. Explosion from artillery fire in the field, with cavalry charging.
French General Ferdinand Foch observes experimental mobile personnel shields (also known as “creeper tanks”) during demonstration, World War 1. French soldiers carrying wheels and parts to assemble creeper tanks. Assembled mobile personnel shields lined up neatly in a field. French soldiers assemble mobile personnel shields. General Ferdinand Foch and other French officers watch a soldier crawl into his mobile personnel shield Soldiers crawling in their creeper tanks across a field, one pulling a rope with him. A soldier crawls with his creeper tank across a simulation battlefield complete with explosions. General Ferdinand Foch observes the demonstration from afar. A soldier crawling with a mobile personnel shield near an explosion. In distance, soldier in creeper tank is seen frantically backing away from explosion.
An operator types on an early printing telegraph machine. A man reads a paper punch tape as another man uses a telegraph Morse code perforator to convert messages to Morse code.