A view of the plain of Mulhouse from the town of Thann. The town is attractive and shows no signs of war. A young lady wearing traditional Alsatian costume holds an American flag in honour of the US e...
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...
I. French newsreel item of General Henrys, commanding French forces, arriving by Breguet Type 14 aircraft to visit his men on the Salonika Front, April 1918.II. French newsreel item of motor-cultivato...
Three soldiers, probably of 5th Artillery Regiment, relax on top of a pile of rubble and make souvenirs from expended 75mm shell-cases. Using light hammers and punches they work intricate designs of w...
The soldiers bring the full coaltrucks out to the surface of the mine. The coal is dumped from the trucks and horse-wagons are loaded from the dump. A traction engine runs a coal-crusher. A few soldie...
The formal ceremony takes place at the general's headquarters. He pins decorations on the standards of seven regiments, including that of 21st Battalion, Chasseurs (?). In Châlons, close to the headq...
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 on the Acropolis on 25th June guarding Athens from the Parthenon. They are armed and have machine gun posts set up, but there is an element of sightseeing in their behaviour. This is f...