2-man Renault FT Light Tank being demonstrated during World War 1. It moves through various wooded areas and negotiates steep inclines. (Note: Following the war, this type of Renault tank was often referred to as the FT-17.)
Retreating Turkish soldiers on horse-carts late in World War I. Other men on horses with guns and other ammunition. Turkish field hospital with white flag with red crescent laying on encampment grounds. Soldiers in pith helmets. Turkish military fighters on camels and horses in a desert region. Men on bullock carts with wooden wheels in the desert, moving supplies.
Emperor Karl I (Emperor Charles I) of Austro-Hungarian empire reviews Austrian troops in Austria-Hungary during World War I. Soldiers stand in a line along the mountain side. Emperor Karl I discusses with them. A woman stands along with the soldiers.
View of several fallen French soldiers lying in a trench during World War 1. Scene shifts to a French medical corpsman treating wounded hand of a soldier in a trench. Medics and soldiers searching trenches for wounded. Teams of stretcher bearers carrying wounded on their shoulders. Ambulatory wounded French soldiers make their way along a trench to a first aid station, followed by stretcher bearers carrying a wounded soldier, whom they carefully move into a dugout. Change of scene to behind the lines in a French town, where wounded are loaded into an ambulance. View of the ambulance driving past a war-damaged church building. (WWI. WW1)
French soldiers being decorated in a field during World War 1. Marshal Philippe Petain presents individual and unit awards to french soldiers. Closeup of French unit guidon with awards attached. Petain converses with some of the honored soldiers. (WWI. WW1)
Opens with camera panning over debris filled Canal du Nord and then continuing along and up its concrete sides to the top. British troops walk along the high ground above the opposite side of the damaged canal. Next, Commander of British forces, Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, and French Premier, Georges Clemenceau, step from their respective automobiles, and walk together in a war torn area in France, during World War 1. Other officials and military officers join them. Closeup of British Field Marshal Sir Julian Byng, Commander of the Third Army, conversing with another General officer and then with a French priest Other officers stand behind him and a dog sits on the ground, nearby. Premier Clemenceau with a French General speaking to French women in a city. A civilian official (wearing a black mourning armband) joins them. Next, Haig and Clemenceau are seen walking together toward an honor guard of French soldiers, drawn up in formation along the roadside. The proceed to a contingent of British troops, including a military band, standing in formation. Haig and Clemenceau walk through the ranks inspecting the troops. They are next seen as Marshal Haig introduces British General Sir Herbert Plumer to Premier Clemenceau. French soldiers stand at attention in the background. Views of different officers and officials conversing, including Field Marshal Sir Julian Byng speaking with General Plumer. The statesmen and Generals then visit the damaged former German headquarters. Sign above the building reads:”Kommandantur.” The building is pockmarked by shell and bullet holes. Clemenceau leads the party exiting the building. Debris covers the front steps. Clemenceau and Haig return to the same car, saying farewell to others in the party. An officer places a carriage robe over the French Premier’s legs, and they drive away. Next scene is on the outskirts of Ypres, as the remains of a damaged hospital are demolished by British Forces after it was deemed dangerous and unusable due to German shelling.
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