A line of Danton Class battleships puts to sea. Two of the Dantons with, in front of them, two destroyers, possibly Claymore Class. The destroyer Flamberge passes left to right, followed by the destro...
The aircraft is taken out from its shed at Batum seaplane base. It appears to be a modified Farman M Type seaplane. The crew get in and the seaplane takes off from the water's edge. The view down from...
(Missing is an opening sequence showing the tearing up of the treaty guaranteeing Belgian neutrality.) 'Martyred Belgium' is the title introducing 'scene 2'. Britannia posed beside the figure of 'Belg...
(Reel 1) The film opens with unrelated scenes of the Western Front, mainly the Marne and Château-Thierry areas. Then Theodore Roosevelt beside the grave of his son Quentin. Behind-the-lines scenes of...
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...
The earliest flights were in spherical balloons. In 1903 the Wright brothers made the first flight (their Mark II Flier of 1904 is shown in flight). A 1910 Glen Curtiss Golden Flier. A 1927 Douglas M4...
In a formal ceremony, surrounded by dignitaries and cameramen, Poincaré lays a wreath at the base of the statue of General Kléber. The camera is some distance away and the President is not easily vi...
US soldiers disembark from their ship at a French port. A group of US Navy officers and men posed with French children they have temporarily adopted. More Infantry on the march. A long column of US nu...