French artillery being pulled by teams of horses, in France, during World War 1. They set up a battery alongside a road, and commence firing their French 75s (75mm field pieces). They continue firing over the heads of more artillerymen and guns pulled by horses along the road.
A British cavalry unit is riding along a dirt road in France, during World War 1, when a German artillery shell explodes nearby causing casualties in horses and men.
British cavalry move from open area into encampment in woods of France, during World War I. They are seen moving along a trail in the woods. A large British force is seen bivouacked in the area. (WWI. WW1)
Historic Meeting of Britain’s King George V with French Marshal Ferdinand Foch, British Field Marshal Douglas Haig, and French General Henri-Philippe Pétain, in France, on the eve of the Armistice, ending World War 1. King George V, wearing black mourning armband, begins to organize them to pose for photographs, at the foot of some stairs. They all do some shuffling to arrange themselves with due respect to rank, etc and end up with King George V in center of front row, with Haig and Petain to his left. To his right is Marshal Foch, French General Louis Franchet D'Esperey and British General Henry Rawlinson. Complete change of scene shows a clean shaven British military officer speaking with British Prime Minister David Lloyd George. The local city mayor is with them, dressed in ceremonial robes. A statesman, in top hat stands nearby. A uniformed man carries the Mayor’s maces. Next, Lloyd George and the British officer inspect troops, walking between flanks of British soldiers holding shouldered rifles.
British soldiers demonstrate bayonet and trench tactics to U.S. 307th and 308th Infantry troops in France during World War 1. British troops armed with bayonets use sand bags as dummy targets. British soldiers in a trench aim at dummy targets. A commanding officers supervises the drill operation.
British soldier explains operation of a mobile field kitchen stove, to an American soldier, during World War 1, in France. The stove wagon is hitched to a draft horse. The British soldier demonstrates how dried grass is placed into a door of the stove, to get a fire started. He then removes a lid from atop the stove and smoke emerges. He replaces the lid. The two climb on top of the field kitchen and the British soldier removes several lids to show the workings of the kitchen. Finally, he opens a clamp on the stovepipe and demonstrates how it can be collapsed for transporting. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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