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. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Wounded U.S. soldiers on their crutches exit an American Red Cross building at Saint Nazaire in France soon after the end of World War 1. The soldiers embark the transport vessel, SS Manchuria. Red Cross workers help the troops in getting aboard the ship.
Shows American 52nd and 53rd Coast Artillery Regiments uncovering and preparing a 14-inch railway gun for operation in Belleville, France, during the Meuse-Argonne offensive of World War 1. Several railroad guns are seen in the field. One is labeled USN (U.S. Navy) 110. A supervisor walks past it using a megaphone to issue an order to the gun crew. The crew uses block and tackle to move and load a heavy shell. Scene shifts to a soldier climbing out of a trench with a manual in his hand. Camera shifts to one of the rail guns being fired, emitting a huge black cloud of smoke. Two more railway gun firings are recorded. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Soldiers, of U.S. Army Coast Artillery Regiment, place camouflage coverings atop a 14-inch railroad gun, in France, during World War 1. View of the camouflaged gun as its barrel slowly rises and it fires. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Railroad guns being fired by U.S. Army 52nd Steam Ship and 53rd Coast Artillery Regiments at Belleville in France during the Meuse-Argonne offensive of World War I. Smoking barrels of the giant rail guns seen after firing.
World War I U.S. Army 52nd and 53rd Coast Artillery Regiments troops at a railroad gun position in Belleville,France during the Meuse-Argonne offensive of World War 1. Doughboy troops sit on the barrel of the railroad gun, pose, smile and slide, playfully. They pull out a fellow soldier from inside the gun's barrel.
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