A British officer, in uniform and another British soldier, in white sweatshirt, both wielding long wooden poles, engage U.S. soldiers, at random, in exercises for bayonet training. Numerous positions for firearms training are seen in background. Some snow seen on the ground. A long line of U.S. soldiers in kneeling position with their rifles. Their instructor stands in front of them as they dry fire their weapons. U.S. troops on a firing line in prone positions. Instructor behind them checks on individual soldiers. U.S. soldiers in a sandbagged position on training field. A French officer demonstrates correct way to throw a hand grenade, as the U.S. soldiers practice.
French women serving in farming roles during World War I as majority of French men are engaged in World War 1. Women farmers together with younger French boys and girls holding farming tools and walking toward fields, through some war rubble. Women with babies pick potatoes in farms. They reap crops and make stacks of it. The farmers attach a mule with a cart loaded with hay stacks. Two women pull the stacks out from the cart. The farming women and youth stand in a circle and use flails for threshing wheat.
The U.S.Navy submarine AL9 performing high speed maneuvers on the surface, during World War 1. What looks to be a camouflage paint scheme is where paint has been abraded away by the sea. Toward the end of the sequence, a Pennsylvania-class "Super Dreadnaught" battle ship is seen in the background. (Note: During World War I, Captain of the AL-9 was Captain Percy T. Wright, and the Executive Officer was Commander Terry Brewster Thompson, who later wrote about the exploits of the AL-9 in his book entitled "Take Her Down".)
Old and damaged buildings in a slum in Paris, France during World War I. The damaged buildings. Vehicles move on a road. Buildings and fog. People move in a narrow street surrounded with buildings. French signs on the buildings. A woman stands beside a cart and buys from vendors.
Old and damaged buildings in a slum area in Paris, France during World War I. The damaged buildings. People walk in a narrow street. Buildings and fog. Men stand beside a cart. People move through a narrow street surrounded with buildings. French signs on the buildings.
Old and damaged buildings in a slum area in Paris, France during World War I. The damaged buildings. A sign: 'Hotel De Nantes'. People move through a narrow street surrounded with buildings. French language sign on the buildings.
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