I. The build-up to war from the earliest days of film record, showing the various crowned heads of Europe.II. The Balkan wars of 1912, the development of Germany's Navy, and the inauguration of Presid...
(Reel 1) Material from various phases of the Somme offensive without regard for logical or chronological continuity. The film opens with the unloading of supply trains, and soldiers on the march to th...
(Reel 9) A bombardment in progress. Mk I tanks move up. Fatigue parties (described as "doctors") move forwards. Prisoners are brought in and the captured area mopped up. The German Crown Prince's head...
Indian soldiers resting after a march. An Indian water-truck column refilling their trucks from a river using hosepipes and pumps. The construction of a sandbag observation tower, and British troops o...
While their French Army guards watch, the German prisoners work breaking rocks and shovelling soil, probably for road-fill.
Newsreel item on German prisoners at work in Brittany, early 1915.
(Reel 1) The opening shows the destruction near Bapaume and Péronne caused by the German retreat. Buildings have been blown up, trees cut down. A British cyclist patrol is greeted by the population o...
A balloon of 23rd Kite Balloon Company defended by a 13-pounder anti-aircraft gun on a lorry mount. A crashed RE8 reconnaissance aircraft (compare with the same scene in IWM 68 MESOPOTAMIA - DIYALA RI...
A column of Ford light trucks carrying "supplies". (Compare with the same scene in IWM 68). Men of the Gurkha Rifles moving through an RFA park. Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, the Norfolk Regiment, wading...
Medium shot of Lieutenant Rjepkin (actor: Vladimír Borský) in profile and nurse Mathilde (actress: Adina Mandlová).
Medium shot of Rjepkin (actor: Vladimír Borský) standing next to a night stand in a hospital room. In the background is a window with a panoramic view of Brno.
Several Austrian soldiers are moving about in front of a standing train. Several of the soldiers are carrying cargo. Other soldiers are looking out of the windows and open doors of the train.
Medium shot of an Austrian soldier standing with an Austrian colonel (Jaroslav Marvan), Dr. Šrámek (František Smolík), and Lieutenant Rjepkin (Vladimír Borský). The soldier is pointing his bayon...
Wide shot of a corridor. Standing in front of the door to Dr. Šrámek's office are Nurse Mathilde (actress: Adina Mandlová) and Rjepkin (actor: Vladimír Borský) flanked by Austrian military guards...
Wide shot of an office. Standing from left to right are: Dr. Šrámek (actor: František Smolík), an Austrian colonel (actor: Jaroslav Marvan), a military guard, Lieutenant Rjepkin (actor: Vladimír ...
Wide shot of an officer. Lieutenant Rjepkin (actor: Vladimír Borský) is standing on the left. Dr. (actor: František Smolík) is standing behind a desk on the right with his back to Rjepkin. An Aust...