Sport carnival held aboard the deck of the cruiser SMS Möwe, or Moewe, underway in the Atlantic, on the way back to Germany in World War 1. German sailors engage in gymnastics on horizontal bar. Two sailors compete in a tug-of war pulling a rope from the back of their heads.
Machine guns in action on front line in Europe during World War 1. German machine gun teams fire Maxim belt-fed, water-cooled machine guns from entrenched positions. Then they scramble out of their trenches. Change of scene shows German machine gunners on a hillside close to a bridge. Their leader gives a signal and they pick up and advance to the bridge. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Russian soldiers in the European Theater during World War I. The soldiers carrying rifles march forward. A boy who is their mascot marches with them. More soldiers follow behind men on horseback.
British artillerymen fire a British 18 pounder Field Gun during World War I. Some soldiers cover their ears with hands during firing.Shell explodes raising smoke and dirt. British artillerymen firing rail gun. Impacting shell raises huge upheaval of earth. Gas shell bursts in no man's land. British troops sheltering in large bomb crater, are forced to advance out of the crater as gas or smoke canisters land nearby. British artillerymen operating two rail guns. One is fired. Exploding artillery shell in distant town. British artillerymen manning a 4.5 inch howitzer that has just been fired, behind a brick wall in midst of destroyed buildings. Smoke emerges from the gun barrel. A shell bursting in the distance. British infantry charging over the top out of trenches. A medic comes back to aid a wounded soldier on the battlefield. Russian Imperial cavalry moving in formation on a field.
Russian and French troops in joint parade on Eastern Front in World War 1. Russian commander and his troops present arms. Band plays music. French and Russian troops stand in formation. Cadre of French and Russian officers in reviewing position. French General Henri Gouraud, who lost his right arm in combat, at Gallipoli, in 1915, decorates a French soldier, using left hand only. Troops march on field. Army officers watch troops. French and Russian officers and officials walk together. (WWI; WW1)
Events during World War I. Construction project. Local townspeople engaged in construction under supervision of Russian army personnel. They dig with shovels. They carry stones on poles.
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