Line of many WWI British Mk IV tanks, 1917. At least one is a "Baggage" (Supply) tank. From 1916: British Mk I "Male" tank with 6-pounder gun moves forward. Brief shot of Mk I "Female" (machine-gun) tank with anti-grenade mesh on roof. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
British Army officer leads British Cabinet officials on tour of the wartime front in France, during December, 1939, in the so-called "Phoney War" at outset of world War 2. A British Naval officer accompanies them. The weather is foggy. Next, a closeup reveals that among the officials is British foreign minister, Lord Halifax (Viscount Halifax). The group converses as they are escorted about the British Expeditionary Force areas of operation. Momentary glimpse of General Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, Commander of II Corps in the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). Views of extensive fortified trenches, and a sign reading: "Canadian Front Line, 1917." Change of scene shows contingent of Canadian troops marching in a town. Their commanding officer salutes as they pass. Standing with him, is a French officer in battle helmet. Local French civlians watch the troops on parade. More soldiers march past in background, behind the French spectators. Scene shifts again, to the civilian officials being escorted on tour of the area. Camera focuses on the Canadian War Memorial, at Vimy Ridge, and then pans to the touring group arriving there.
French troops moving large artillery pieces along a tree-lined road in France during World War 2. French soldier smoking a pipe as he rides on four-wheeled carriage transporting an M1917 155mm artillery piece. A French Char B1 Bis Tank driving away from the camera. Its turret and main gun are rotated to the rear. French soldiers ride atop the tank as it moves through a village. They are followed by an H-35 light tank with soldiers draped on its turret. A Somua tank with foliage on it. An H-35 light tank with foliage camouflaging. Assortment of vehicles including trucks and a motorcycle with side car, transporting French soldiers.
Airmen at aircraft assembly factory in France during World War I. Fire truck pulls out of open fire station with firemen clinging on side of the vehicle. Board at rear of the truck reads "3rd AICFDN". Mortar pool area shows 1917 model trucks and other vehicles driving on street. Model T trucks, liberty trucks, touring cars, water trucks and all types of early mortar vehicles parked in line.
United States Army troops arrive and join with French forces during World War I. Open troop Trucks filled with American soldiers arriving in French town during World War 1. One of the soldiers clowns around, hanging off the truck. U.S. troops, armed with rifles, in a deep trench, watching one of their comrades firing his rifle over the top. Soldiers firing a Hotchkiss Model 1914 machine gun and a Vickers Mark I .303 water-cooled machine gun. French troops firing 320 mm railway guns. Artillery shells bursting on ground. Mortar Crew puts on gas masks and fires mortar. Artillerymen firing 155mm Howitzer M1917A4. Shells bursting on target in distance.
American and French soldiers digging bodies from the ruins of buildings in Villers-Tournelle and Noyers-St.Martin, France, during World War 1. They place a white sheet on a litter and place a body upon it. American troops in steel helmets search wreckage for survivors or casualties. One soldier uses a shovel. Two Americans in field uniforms. One wears an Brodie steel helmet (likely a Marine in an M 1917 helmet). Several American soldiers emerge from the cellar of a damaged building.
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