A huge crater created by German explosive demolition at a key crossroad in a French town during World War I, to impede Allied troops advancing as the Germans withdrew. Several British soldiers explore the crater. View of the town, from a hilltop. Many houses are damaged or destroyed. Several soldiers walking on the street in the town. The road continues straight, beyond the town into the distance.
A group of Australian artillery observers standing by British trench line during World War One. One sits and others lie down and use binoculars to observe Allied bombardment of Hindenburg line. A battery of British 5 inch heavy field guns is seen firing.
The French Army incorporating civilian volunteers and conscripts into their ranks during World War 1. Quartermaster,seated at a desk handling paperwork related to supplies at a French Army post. Behind, a French soldier is seen issuing uniforms, including steel helmet to a new recruit. His arms are full with clothing and shoes, so he puts the steel helmet on his head. (WWI. WW1)
Camera pans over countless canvas-covered French army trucks in a large depot at an area well behind the front lines, untouched by combat,during World War 1. Several large buildings are seen in the background. A long line of empty army trucks with canvas covers, drives along a road, out of the depot. Buildings and trees line the background. Scene shifts to interior of depot containing stacked drums of lubricating oil. Workers inside move materials on hand carts. Scene changes again, to outdoor storage yard for gasoline. It is in containers within wooden crates, that are stacked up high in the yard. Workers use large hand trucks to move materials. (WWI. WW1)
View from upper tier in French war materiel plant used solely for manufacturing gun barrels and artillery in World War 1. Machining room of ordnance factory is seen with many metalworking machines driven by long belts. Gun barrels in various stages of completion are stacked on the floor. Workers moving about and tending machinery. A machine shop in the factory where workers turn weapons barrels on belt-driven lathes. Gun barrels on stands on factory floor. Camera pans across factory scene. (WWI. WW1)
Interior of a French aircraft factory during World War 1. Stacks of lumber in their receiving department. Men work on airplane framework stretched across wooden horses. Women in dresses and caps work on electric ignition wiring. men occupying an office area on the factory floor. Partially assembled aircraft lined up in the background. Men and women in a wing assembly area. Two scenes of men working in an engine assembly area. A man stands next to a LeRhone 9J,110 Hp rotary radial aircraft engine mounted on a mobile test stand. He rotates the engine. Another man displays one fitted with a long propeller shaft. A third man starts an engine fitted with a propeller. It runs on the test stand. A group of completed Nieuport 17 aircraft fuselages, lacking only wings and propellers. Larger view of that factory room, with men fitting the wings onto the airplane bodies. A line of airplanes with wings on the opposite side of the room. View of an airfield with a line of Nieuport airplanes parked in front of buildings. (WWI; WW1)
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