The episode opens with a table showing the increase in personnel of the Army and Navy in the first twelve months of the war. A new merchant ship is launched. Australian soldiers in dress uniform march...
This episode follows the normal structure of First World War 'battle' pictures. The troops in columns march up to the villages behind the lines. The guns, including a 12-inch railway gun and an 18-pou...
The captions are violent: "From July 1st our offensive never slackened; town after town fell to the assaults of our indomitable troops." A map of the Flers-Courcelette area. Male and Female Mark I tan...
Troops at the Front receive letters from home (acted). The Guards Division in very muddy conditions in the Loos sector, including the 'Southerland Avenue' position. A full caption of Prime Minister As...
Arrival of the Indian Corps in Marseilles in September 1914. A montage of recruiting posters. Civilians are exhorted to join the Army. They queue at the Central London Recruiting Office in Westminster...
Winter on the Western Front 1915-1916. Soldiers travel on a light railway; a 6-inch howitzer and 9.2-inch howitzers firing in damp and snow; troops in snow-covered trenches, including one 'over the to...