Second Battle of the Somme in World War 1.German prisoners of war assembled in fenced areas of a field. British Mark V tank in background. Allied troops move a small artillery piece down from peak of a hill. American soldiers carrying towels as they enter a building to bathe, in a rear area camp.Some of them are seen inspecting their clothing for pests before putting it back on. Others are rewrapping their leggings and putting on boots.Troops marching up a hill. Others coming through a gate engraved with name: "Ecole de Preservation." They march over a bridge from the gate. A young soldier being interviewed.He wears a ribbon on his uniform for a decoration he may have just received. He salutes an officer who stops to talk and shake hands with him.
2nd Battle of the Somme in France during World War 1. United States 27th Division soldiers dig graves at Duncan Post as others carry their fallen soldiers on litters. The graves are marked by many small crosses in a row and one large cross in the field. An American Army Chaplain says some words as the troops standby quietly.
Allied military equipment like powder in wooden boxes unloaded from a freighter Arakan at a port in Bordeaux, France during World War I. Cranes lifts wooden frame boxes from the freighter as men look on. Boxes hoisted in a sling. Crane places the boxes on the ground.
An American soldier is shown, among buildings at a military base, kneeling beside a rifle set on a stand for test firing into an earthen berm nearby. He places a round into the chamber and closes the bolt. He then opens the bolt and retrieves the round (which slips from his hand and drops to the ground). Next, two different size rounds of ammunition are shown.
American Army airmen are seen working on an American-built De Havilland DH-4 aircraft ("Liberty Plane") in a hangar, during World War 1. One airman picks up a Marlin M1918 machine gun from the ground and holds it up for the camera to photograph from various angles. He then hands the gun to two other airmen in the DH-4 cockpit, who install it next to one already in place. The scene also clearly shows the American 400 HP V-12 Liberty engine installed in the plane (cover has been removed). Next, an airman is seen in the observer (gunner) position in the rear of the airplane. He is installing a Lewis machine gun in the Scarff ring of the plane. He checks the ability of the gun to vary its elevation in the Scarff ring.
A soldier of the AEF (American Expeditionary Forces) in cold weather gear and a campaign hat operates a ten ton camouflage-painted Caterpillar-Holt tractor. It is seen coming down a shallow hill from a storage area filled with military vehicles, in France, during World War 1. The entire area is covered in snow (except for his tractor, which has been brushed clean). Closeup of the soldier seated in the tractor. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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