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French bombardment of German trenches at Messiges

Animated map showing French bombardment of the German trenches at Messiges during World War I. Next are shown actual scenes of the no man's land and trenches following the bombardment. Everything has been obliterated. (World War I. World War 1. WWI. WW1)

Date: 1915
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027314
U.S. AEF soldiers set up machine gun defenses North of Villers-Tournelle, during World War I

Two U.S. soldiers in a foxhole, set up a French Hotchkiss Model 1914 heavy machine gun, North of Villers-Tournelle, during World War I. Several American soldiers crawl across a field and set up another Hotchkiss machine gun on a tripod. One of the supporting soldiers runs forward to give the gunners two ammunition cannisters. Scene shifts to another team setting up a Hotchkiss Model 1909 light machine gun, on a tripod. Soldiers with ammunition are seen in background. Several American machine gunners step through their own barbed wire defenses to set up another Hotchkiss Model 1909 light machine gun. A machine gun crew firing a Hotchkiss Model 1914, pointed skyward. One feeds strips of 8mm lebel ammunition into the gun. (World War 1. WWI. WW1)

Date: 1918, May
Duration: 2 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675027492
U.S. Army (AEF) troops establishing base camp North of Villers-Tournelle, during World War I

U.S. troops excavating for a deep dugout as part of their defenses North of Villers-Tournelle, during World War 1. Another scene shows troops in their bivouac area performing routine maintenance around their dugout shelters. Lines of wash are seen drying. Some prepare meals over camp fires. One soldier emerges from his dugout to scan the skies for enemy aircraft. An officer sits at a table and examines charts. Soldiers relax at entrance to a large dugout field kitchen, where a slab of meat sits on a butcher table. (WWI. WW1)

Date: 1918
Duration: 2 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675027494
Secretary of State, Cordell Hull visits the Normandy beachhead during World War II.

Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley escorts U.S. Secretary of State, Cordell Hull on a tour of the beachhead at Normandy, during World War 2. He points out items of interest to the Secretary Hull. The beach is filled with war materiel, and many ships are off shore.

Date: 1944, July 17
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675027618
Secretary of State Cordell Hull and Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley visit wounded soldiers at Army field hospital

Secretary of State Cordell Hull walks towards hospital tents of the 267th U.S. Army Field Hospital, where he visits with wounded soldiers. Secretary Hull talks to the wounded soldiers and shakes hands with some. Medics stand behind him.. Secretary Hull and Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley sit in a jeep. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, July 17
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675027620
French gun crew firing a Schneider Obusiers de 520 (520mm howitzer) rail gun, during World War I

French artillerymen fire a Schneider Obusiers de 520 (520mm howitzer) rail gun, partially entrenched. The barrel is lowered after firing. The camera then records the French crew preparing to fire, again, as an American soldier takes photographs. They convey a shell on a moving platform (which they also ride). The gun crew partially cranks the round forward, and then all push it into the gun breech. The next scene shows the round being fired. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Date: 1918, November
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675029231