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French Army soldier reinforcements heading to battle front at Verdun during World War I

French Army reinforcement soldiers on military vehicles approaching the Verdun Front in France during World War 1. Other soldiers and men on the street of a French village watch as the line of vehicles, artillery, horses, supplies, and soldiers move through the town. Houses and shops along the sides of the street. Line of French military vehicles paused on a road.

Location: Verdun France
Date: 1916
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027563
French troops in battle of Verdun, France, during World War I.

Views of destroyed buildings in World War 1. French troops march into town on a road surrounded by completely destroyed buildings. They tow a covered heavy long gun behind a truck. French Army trucks moving in a line across barren fields. Battery of fortified French artillery guns firing. French infantry going "over the top" leaving their trench on the attack. No Man's Land, with shells exploding. French troops running on the attack. A line of French soldiers moving along the ridge of a hill. French troops assaulting fortified German positions on higher ground, partly obscured by battle smoke. Smoke (possibly gas) drifting across no man's land. (WWI; WW1)

Location: Verdun France
Date: 1916
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040028
French soldiers work and medics treat a wounded soldier inside Fort Vaux, Verdun, France.

Underground life at Fort Vaux, after it was recaptured from the Germans, during World War I. The fort has obviously suffered varying degrees of damage in the course of battle. French soldiers inside the fort. Medics treat a wounded soldier. A soldier talks on radio. Another soldier sits nearby. The Germans continue attempts to recapture the fort themselves, and fire artillery shells that burst around the fort. Smoke arises due to firing.

Location: Verdun France
Date: 1916, October
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: French
Clip: 65675045737
King Alfonzo XIII, of Spain, escorted by French Marshal Ferdinand Foch, visits war torn Verdun and battlefield.

King Alfonzo XIII of Spain, French Marshal Ferdinand Foch, and other officials, speak with a Roman Catholic clergyman inside bombed-out remains of Cathedral of Notre-Dame (7 Pl. Mgr Ginisty, 55100 Verdun, France) in Verdun, France. The king and others walk out of the building. King Alfonso XIII at the Gare de Verdun train station. King Alfonzo XIII, and others, escorted by French Marshal Ferdinand Foch, examines the Verdun battlefield. Snow on the ground. From a high point overlooking the battlefield, Marshal Foch points out key locations with his swagger stick and then escorts the king down into a trench and dugout. The king with Marshal Foch in a car.

Location: Verdun France
Date: 1919
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040037
German biplane preparing for a mission. Aerial views of Verdun. German troops subject to British artillery barrage.

German pilots prepare to fly a mission in a Rumpler C.IV two-place biplane during World War I. German armorers stow small bombs in the rear cockpit, and mount a large one underneath the airplane. Scene shifts to pilot in cockpit as he taxis along an airfield. Skull and cross bones is painted on side of the airplane fuselage. A parabellum machine guns sits in the empty rear cockpit. Sequence shifts to aerial views of a city from a reconnaissance airplane, at 1000 meters altitude. Among things seen are a river and an impressive building (possibly a cathedral). Views of photographer taking pictures from the rear cockpit, while the airplane is in flight. Aerial views of the city of Verdun and of battles taking place in no-man's land. (indicated by smoke rising). At this point, a sequence shot by an intrepid German combat photographer, from the battle of the Somme,is inserted. It shows trenches subject to an intense British artillery barrage. The German troops are seen fleeing from their trenches and running to escape the bombardment. Some extremely heavy explosions occur on the German positions. (Note: a slate erroneously characterizes the running German soldiers as advancing.)

Location: France
Date: 1916
Duration: 4 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051093
French soldiers marching as General Philippe Pétain's car passes, WW1

French soldiers, wearing the M15 Adrian helmet, marching through a forest in France (likely the Battle of Verdun) during World War 1. French soldiers in foxholes. French infantry marching up a hill, a dog accompanies the soldiers. The camera follows General Philippe Pétain's car as marching soldiers pass on the Voie Sacrée ("Sacred Way"). Camera follows General Philippe Pétain's car as it drives through a French village (likely Souilly, the headquarters of General Pétain).

Location: Verdun France
Date: 1916
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079209
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