This is the romanticized story of Louise de Bettignies, who was a spy and heroin of the First World War. In October 1914, in Roubaix, Geneviève de Vandeville delivers mail in secret. Brilliant and ef...
Placing flowers at the cenotaph. Marshals Joffre and Foch at the Porte Maillot in Paris. Parade of French generals on horseback and soldiers on foot, filmed from the ground and the top of the Arc de t...
The Invention Department tests Gabriel Voisin's inflatable hangar. Inflatable in less than one minute, it is submitted to military authority for use by soldiers. When inflated, a huge tarpaulin connec...
The July 20, 1916 offensive in the Somme: troop movements, artillery preparations, the assault and capture of prisoners. English artillery in camp and in action. Visit from General Joffre and Presiden...
In 1915, during World War I, Tsar Nicolas II inspects his troops, then the cavalry marches past.
Daily life in a camp of Algerian spahis at the mouth of the Yser River: men resting, caring for horses, panorama of tents, portraits of Goumiers, dances, charge in the dunes and along the seaside, equ...
During World War I, soldiers transport 75 mm field guns, towed by horses across the countryside, then begin shooting.
War news: in the Macedonian mountains with the first Serbian army, General Berthelot in Romania, Portuguese troops in an English port, costumed cavalcade organized by resting soldiers, swimming at Mal...