Wounded German soldier on a stretcher, is lifted from hospital set up behind the lines near Catigny, France, during World War 1. He is carefully placed in a military ambulance by U.S. Army soldiers. Closer to the front, medical corpsmen attend to a wounded soldier lying on a litter on the ground. They treat his wounds and apply a splint to his left leg. Troops in battle gear surround the corpsmen. The wounded man is placed in an ambulance.
Outdoor munitions depot in France, during World War 1. Stacks of heavy artillery shells are seen lined up in a field. American 1st Division troops prepare defenses near a road in the French countryside. They dig between a long trench and the road. Scene shifts to First Division troops drawing rations at a Quartermaster Supply Depot in Maron, France. The soldiers fill their arms with items set out for them. Change of scene shows 28th Infantry Regiment troops marching along a road between a river and a railroad, where they begin to board rail cars. Several soldiers receive hot beverages from two women volunteers. The troops wave from the cars as the train begins to pull out. (WWI. WW1)
Mules, of the U.S. Army 2nd Field Signal Battalion, stand on a railroad platform, waiting to be loaded aboard a train, in France, during World War 1. Soldiers tending them stand nearby. Sacks of food sit on the platform. Soldiers coax a mule across a ramp into a train car. In another scene, 1st Division troops load war materiel aboard open cars of a train. A group of soldiers works to roll a French 75 artillery piece up a ramp onto the train. Another large group works to roll a heavily laden wagon up on to the train. (WWI. WW1)
U.S. Army Pup tents set up at bivouc area in Bonvillers, France during World War 1. A soldier, stripped to the waist, examines his clothing for louses. Soldiers place clothing,to be deloused,into large steam cylinders,mounted on a truck. The operators close and secure latches on one cylinder that has been filled with clothes. Soldiers standing around wearing only their overcoats, as they wait to retrieve their clothes. The operators remove baskets of clothing from the steam cylinders, and soldiers retrieve their belongings. Soldiers in a yard, waving their steamy clothes to cool them. One soldier takes a sponge bath in a small container of water. soldier in protective clothing examines clothes laid out in the yard.Red Cross ambulances and trucks in the background. (WWI. WW1)
U.S. 1st Division troops on the Western Front during World War I, during a break in battle. Two soldiers stand amongst war debris at the front. One holds something up in his hand. The other holds a mortar round in his hand. A soldier sits on edge of a crater, with a Vickers medium machine gun in his lap. Scene shifts to a soldier playing with a pet pig. U.S. soldiers standing in a pay line. A beautiful home in a French residential district. American Army officers pose with a French officer, for a photographer. U.S. cavalrymen, accompanied by a French soldier, ride on horseback in a French town.
2-man Renault FT Light Tank being demonstrated during World War 1. It moves through various wooded areas and negotiates steep inclines. (Note: Following the war, this type of Renault tank was often referred to as the FT-17.)
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