Soldiers of Royal Field Artillery prepare a 9.2 Howitzer during World War I. Soldiers roll shells to a place. A shell is slided to load a howitzer. The howitzer is fired. Officers sit behind sand bags and watch firing. A soldier receives telephonic orders from the observation officer. Shells are fired to demolish the German blockhouse. Firing continues.
FrenchWorkers engaged in washing, cooking, feeding horses, and other activities behind the lines of artillery batteries in World War I. Horses are tied in a row. A soldier lays grass in front of the horses. A party of military officers arrives along with Marshal Philippe Petain. They gather around a table along with some soldiers. Marshall Petain takes a glass full of water or wine from a barrel and drinks it. He comes out of a building with another French military official. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
French Military Authorities train dogs to catch rats which they find as pests in trenches during World War I. Two dog trainers with dogs in a ground. Dogs catch rats from a bundle of grass and hay. A trainer calls dogs to one side. The dogs follow his instruction. Another trainer hides rats in grass and hay. The other releases dogs to catch the rats.
Aerial view of French Port of Brest during World War II. Allied General Walter M Robertson commanding officer of 2nd Infantry Division accepts surrender from General der Fallschirmtruppe Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke commanding officer of German Afrika Korps. Allies take German troops as prisoners of war. Aerial view of destroyed French port of Brest.
Women members of the congress of Allied Women on war service leave the Lyceum Club in Paris. Women come out of the club. They stand on stairs and pose. Woman with Edith Roosevelt shows the women representatives of the club through her Paris home. They climb down the stairs to the garden. Women gather in her aunt Mrs Alice Green Hoffman's garden in Paris. Mrs Theodore Roosevelt Junior and other women pose and talk.
United States propaganda document states 'What are we fighting for?' and 'Why are we still fighting?' The front part of the document. It is turned over. The back side of the document. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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