An unidentified news report about various aspects of the First World War. Great emphasis is being placed on the British Army and the recruitment of soldiers.
(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...
I. (Reel 1) Craters left by the Germans in order to hinder pursuit and the flooding from the Omignon River at Caulaincourt. The wrecked sugar factory at Jeancourt. A battalion of the Leicestershire Re...
(Reel 1) Men of Australian 1st Division marching to Pozières, 16 July, followed by a cyclist patrol and a motorised machine gun battery. Men of the New Zealand Division resting briefly in a village s...
(Reel 1) Connaught Rangers eating in billets near Hulluch, March 1916. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers near Messines, June 1917. Royal Munster Fusiliers march to Mass near Hulluch, March 1916. 2nd Battal...
The group of ten men arrives by car at Australian Corps headquarters, Bertangles Château, where it is met by among others, Captain G E W Bean (in slouch hat) and Captain G H Wilkins, one of the Austr...
(Reel 21) The episode starts with 'Justice' and captioned newspaper clippings, "British forces in peril... more important than Kut". The decision to send the relief force on 4th April 1919 is reported...
(Reel 1) The departure of the Archduke (later Emperor) Karl with General Conrad von Hötzendorf from Vienna to inspect Austrian troops in the Tyrolean region, close to the Italian Front. Outside a hun...
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...
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...