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Scenes from British movie about Battle of Somme in World War I.

Excerpts from British movie about trench warfare in World War One. Explosions occur and columns of smoke rise. British and French soldiers run across no man's land battlefield towards Montaubon. Glimpse of German troops in trench. German machine gun firing from fortified position. German troops retreating from trenches and firing back at advancing allied troops. British troops entering German trenches and chasing retreating German troops in the trenches. German troops fleeing. French soldiers crossing "no man's land" battlefield while under fire. British troops using horses to reposition and move field artillery pieces.

Date: 1916
Duration: 3 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066050
Austro-Hungarian troops depart on troop train from railroad station during World War I

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.

Date: 1915
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066052
British soldiers move supplies through deep mud, and advance across non man's land during World War I

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.

Date: 1916
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675066066
Inspection Trip by French General Charles de Gaulle, at end of World War II

President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic Charles de Gaulle makes inspection trip through the country at end of World War 2. Crowds line the sidewalks waving French flags. A Free-French tank named: "L'Audacieux." Numerous destroyed and damaged buildings and rubble lining the streets where his motorcade proceeds. At one stop, he is greeted by an honor guard of Colonial troops. His motorcade passes through a section of the Maginot line where rows of anti-tank dragon's teeth appear intact. At entry of one town a welcoming banner across the road reads: "Soyez Les Bienvenus." De Gaulle steps from a car near a sidewalk filled with French school girls, accompanied by Nuns, in habit. He shakes hands with some girls dressed in traditional local costumes. More views of destruction and rubble. Only the street is clear and rubble lines the edges. Armored cars and other armor pass through twin gates of a city and proceed down a main street, followed by marching French infantry, as people watch and cheer from sidewalks. A Cadillac automobile carries De Gaulle to a French Naval marina. Sailors present arms and he proceeds down a ramp to a floating dock, where he boards a motor launch that takes him along a river. More scenes of cheering French crowds.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675068490
Crew and officer enter British Mark I Male tank in World War I.

World War One British Tank crew wearing protective leather helmets enter Mark I Male Tank through access door adjacent to sponson. Officer, carrying his black cat mascot on his shoulder, follows. Tank's sponson (also called barbette) is seen rotating with its 6 pounder gun changing elevation.

Date: 1916
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069363
U.S. flyers who escaped from internment in Switzerland examine destroyed German warplanes in World War II

U.S. flyers, who escaped from Swiss internment, examine remains of destroyed German warplanes at a French airfield. A swastika seen on the tail of an airplane and a German cross on the wing of another. Men stand on the tail of a Nazi airplane. A group stands near the wrecked tail of a large German airplane. A U.S. P-47 aircraft is parked in the background. It has a red cowling, identifying it as belonging to the 56th Fighter Group (likely to the 63rd Fighter Squadron, which in Spring of 1944, showed no squadron color on the tail). .Army Air Force L-5 Sentinel aircraft in flight over a field.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070352