Bersaglieri troops of the Italian Army use ropes to rappel down a jagged cliff face. They then take up prone positions in a line, where their unique black capercaillie feathers can be seen on their helmets. They fire their rifles. Afterwards, they crawl forward in formation and slash through a barbed wire obstacle. (WWI; WW1)
View of a road in Romania, crowded with refugees, carrying their belongings as they flee ahead of oncoming German troops during World War 1. They use every imaginable method to transport their property, including bullock carts and wagons. Some simply carry their belongings. (World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Following World War I, a scene of United States soldiers with their "war brides" and babies in Europe, preparing to return to the U.S. They carry their luggage in hand. A child sits in a stroller. Soldiers hold babies in their hands.
Unemployed United States military veterans of World War I demonstrate and protest in the United States, appealing for jobs and work. They march with flags, boards and placards. Boards and banners read, "Keep your promises, Give us work", "give a job to a vet". Houses along the sides of the street. Men stand on a vehicle and address the demonstrators. Flag on the vehicle.
A group of French soldiers is seen standing in a trench during World War 1. Several make their way along the trench to the hulk of a German tank, turned on its side. Camera pans the exposed bottom of the overturned tank with one tread visible. Two French soldiers stand next to it. Several fallen German soldiers are seen on the ground nearby. Next, four French medical corpsmen are seen carrying a wounded soldier at shoulder height on a litter. Two soldiers move body of fallen comrade using a two-wheeled cart. Change of scene to French soldiers near their trenches at base of a steep hill, partially covered with boards. Several soldiers walk past them transporting fallen on a cart. Wounded being assisted as they leave a damaged building, possibly serving as a field first aid center. Several French soldiers standing near a comrade with a bandaged foot who leans on a large board. Behind them are shell or bomb-damaged buildings.
Battle of the Ancre in World War 1. British troops moving to the front by way of "communication trenches." Once in place, soldiers are seen using their rifles to launch grenades at the German lines. Smoke from shell bursts drifts across the no man's land outside the trenches.
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