Some of the troops line a trench, others a sunken road. Engineers of 3rd (Marne) Division build a light bridge over the river. Transport crosses a stone bridge as the sappers continue to repair it. A ...
The map, in stop-frame action, shows the German invasion of France and Belgium in 1914, followed by a more detailed version of the Allied advance to victory between July and November 1918. The Allied ...
The Governor, who is ex-Minister of War, has an escort of lancers. The Sultan's Guard of zouaves, guns and lancers marches past, led by its French officers.The recently-captured Hurtebise plateau in t...
French soldiers in one of the villages on Lake Garda wander around admiring the view. One addresses a letter he has been writing, others groom their horses, others buy food from the street vendors. Be...
The marines, part of the Japanese destroyer flotilla assisting in anti-submarine patrols in the Mediterranean, are rowed ashore from their ship. There are a number of cargo vessels at anchor but no wa...
I. Men of Sixth Army board a troop train at a station. Others march along roads to the battlefield, between Noyon and Amiens. Conditions are very foggy. Soldiers rest as a horsed transport column pass...
A 145mm naval gun is stuck in soft ground despite all efforts to pull it clear with ropes. Finally sledges are fitted to the wheels and it is dragged clear. A squadron of Nieuport 28s parked on an air...
The item shows normal life continuing in Paris. The markets trading in the open, uncongested and normal traffic flowing in the Place de l'Opéra, and people walking through the parks and boulevards an...