A series of explosions in an open field (no indication of scale). British gunners loading and firing a 9.45-inch 'flying pig' mortar, repeated several times and filmed from various angles and distance...
All very dark, poor quality film. It includes scenes of Gurkhas in trenches, 60-pounder guns firing, British soldiers walking through a lemon grove and other British soldiers resting. This is followed...
The film opens with the Italians practising grenade throwing. Next, scenes of the contingent's field kitchens. The hospital tent, with wounded arriving for treatment. Bersaglieri marching at the doubl...
The young 'mother', at a table, begins her letter, "dear son" (acted). British troops unload sacks of mail for France at one of the Channel ports. The mail is taken across the Channel by ship and unlo...
(Reel 3) The episode starts with the figure 'Justice', which fades out. The captioning is outspoken. "We show you in this episode how extreme were the sufferings of those brave men who went with throb...
A rear view, from a sandbagged bunker, of a flame-projector nozzle angled upwards from a solid base. Pipes lead back to fuel cylinders in the bunker. These are operated by a civilian and an Army offic...
Men of 34th Sikh Pioneers digging a model trench, firstly marking out the ground with white tape. Gurkhas route marching through the rain. Men of 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders also on the march....
The tank is a prototype in natural metal finish, without its fittings and with the sponsons slightly recessed for rail travel; it is flying small US flags. The troops supervising it are American, with...
An Austrian soldier in underwear, three Russian soldiers around him.
A soldier with cannon in a trench during the battle of Terron.
A soldier on anti-gas overall during the battle of Terron.
The battle of Zborov: Four soldiers run out a trench.