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British Worcesters march to the front, as German prisoners head for internment , during Battle of the Somme, World War I

British troops of the Worcestershire Regiment wave their hats for the camera as they march toward the front during Battle of the Somme, in World War 1. Large number of German prisoners of war march the opposite war, toward the rear, under guard, to be taken to England for internment. They are loaded into railroad box cars for their trip to a French port of embarkation.

Date: 1916
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048386
French barque Nantes is halted at sea by the German cruiser SMS Möwe, during World War I.

View of three-masted French barque "Nantes" carrying 36,723 sacks of saltpeter to England, during World War 1. Some crew members of the ship Nantes being taken aboard the German Cruiser SMS Möwe (sometimes written as Moewe or Seagull), commanded by German Count Von zu Donah Schlodien. Straight-on (bow) view of the Nantes under full sail,. Some of the crew of Nantes on deck. of the Möwe. Slate identifies 24 enemy and 1 neutral.

Date: 1916, December 25
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049915
The repaired German U-boat Deutschland leaves New London, Connecticut, bound for Germany.

The German U-boat submarine, Deutschland, repaired after a 16 November, 1916 collision with the tugboat "T.A. Scott Jr.", leaves U.S. for Germany on 21 November, 1916. The launch "Efco" opens the pontoon fence guarding the submarine's berth, and the submarine slowly moves out of the dock area. She carries 6.5 tons of silver bullion on this successful British blockade-evading voyage back to Germany.

Date: 1916, November 21
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035172
President Wilson visits his hometown to vote in the primaries during campaign in Princeton, New Jersey. He ceremoniously plants trees.

A large crowd gathered at the railroad train station and spilling onto the tracks, watches as a steam locomotive, pulls President Woodrow Wilson's special Pullman rail car (the "Superb") into Princeton, New Jersey. He is arriving on September 28, 1916, to vote in the Democratic Primary elections, during his 1916 presidential reelection campaign. Closeup of the President stepping from his train car and being escorted by National Guard soldiers and local officials. Next, he is seen walking along a sidewalk, accompanied by New Jersey Governor, James Fairman Fielder. After voting in the primary election (unseen) the President is seen standing with his wife, Edith Galt Wilson, and the Governor, on an outdoor platform, wrapped in patriotic bunting. President Wilson appears to hold some speaking notes. Closeup of people gathered below the platform, including a Boy Scout, and members of the New Jersey Federation of Women’s Clubs. The President steps down from the platform and is given a spade that he uses to plant some trees along the Lincoln Highway. Mrs. Wilson watches along with others in the background.

Date: 1916, September 28
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035177
Steamers "Cambrian Range" and "Hallbjorg" halted at sea by the German cruiser, SMS Möwe, during World War I.

German Cruiser intercepting munitions-carrying ships in Atlantic Ocean during World War 1. English steamer "Cambrian Range" bound from Baltimore to Liverpool, with cargo of munitions, is given signal to halt at once, by the German Cruiser, SMS Möwe (sometimes written as Moewe) in mid Atlantic, on December 9, 1916 . Some crew from the steamer are seen pulling away from the vessel in a lifeboat (to be held on the Möwe). In similar fashion, the Norwegian Steamer, "Hallbjorg" carrying munitions from New York to Bordeaux, is halted by a warning shot from the Möwe's machine-cannon on December 4, 1916. View of the Möwe's gun crew firing. German sailors row a boat to the Hallbjorg to take control of it. View of the crew from Hallbjorg being taken aboard the Möwe.

Date: 1916, December 9
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049912
Allied troops with a British Mark I tank and eating meal in captured German position after Battle of the Ancre, in World War I

Victorious Allied troops walk behind a British Mark I tank (male) on a dirt road in France, after the battle of the Ancre at end of the 1916 Battle of the Somme, in World War 1. The troops appear relieved at the pause in hostilities and many cheer. Later, a large group of Allied troops relaxes and enjoys a meal of field rations, in a captured German position. A bonfire helps them keep warm. (Note: From British Government documentary "Battle of the Ancre and Advance of the tanks" shot during the 1916 Battle of the Ancre.)

Date: 1916, November
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028139