Mai 1916. Un important détachement de prisonniers arrive au camp de Souilly (Meuse). Les prisonniers d'origine alsacienne, polonaise ou danoise forment un détachement distinct. Panorama du camp et d...
(Reel 1) Men board troopships, including SS Leviathan, in New York harbour. On the crossing there are sports, a dance, and jive by black troops. A submarine attack is repelled by destroyers. The men d...
Identifiable material is as follows. Reel 1: a flight of Bristol F2B Fighters taking off from an aerodrome; Prime Minister W F Massey of New Zealand arriving in France, probably October 1916. Reel 2: ...
Anzac Beach in July 1915 (not "May, a month after the landing". See Notes - Summary). Men of the ANZAC Corps help build Watson's Pier. Further up the beach, caves and shelters have been dug into the h...
A narrow gauge railway carries 9.2-inch shells and troops forward. A poor middle-distance view of a tank flying a flag moving up with supporting troops on foot. Soldiers moving into a devastated wood ...
The rail station at Châtel-Chéhéry near the Aisne on 11th October 1918 showing the limit of the German advance to Paris. A view of the town itself two days later. German prisoners of war at a camp ...
Watering horses of 1st Field Artillery Brigade in the Forêt de la Reine, just north of Boucq, with considerable military traffic congestion. Men of 18th Infantry Regiment advancing in 'artillery form...
The 'big battle' structure of the film opens with the preparatory bombardment for the days before the attack, the Infantry marching to their final positions, the attack itself, the casualties, prisone...
At the door stands mother of Jiří Voldán (actress: Marie Ptáková) with the guard. On the bunks sit prisoners.
Under the gallow stands Jiří (actor: Vladimir Chinkulov Vladimírov), his fiancée Maryša (actress: Suzanne Marwille) embraces him. Some cadavers lay around.
Jiří Voldán (actor: Vladimír Ch. Vladimírov) with bandaged head stands in uniform near the barred window.
Mother of Jiří Voldán (actress: Marie Ptáková) and two policemen.
Wide shot of a standing train occupied by Russian officers and regular soldiers. A group of Austrian soldiers stands in front of the train. Several of them are wearing armbands of the Red Cross.
Exterior view of a train. Six Russian soldiers (prisoners of war) with Asian features are sitting or standing in the train's open door. Some of the soldiers are holding bread in their hands and all ar...
Wide shot of a hospital corridor with Dr. Šrámek (actor: František Smolík), nurse Mathilde (actress: Adina Mandlová), and Lieutenant Rjepkin (actor: Vladimír Borský). Other patients can be seen...
Wide shot depicting the activity in front of a stopped train. Combat medics are carrying Lieutenant Rjepkin (actor: Vladimír Borský) from the train on a stretcher; Rjepkin is covered with a blanket....