On the trip to Paris, Verdun is visited during a stopover. The vacationer walks through the busy streets and strolls past shop windows.
A soldier tells young children, with simple words, the story of the Battle of Verdun.
Relief infantrymen (tirailleurs) near Fleury-devant-Douaumont. Transporting men and munitions toward the front using truck convoys and 0.60 m railroads. Panorama of the Meuse Valley and Verdun. Daily ...
Verdun after six months of fighting: panoramas of the destruction on the banks of the Meuse River, downtown, at the citadel and in the cathedral. Firefighters taking action. General Dubois giving comm...
After a panorama of the village of Fleury, a 75 mm battery takes some shots. An infantry makes headway in the countryside. Then, English generals inspect a battalion of chasseurs à pied (light infant...
Der französische Kriegsspielfilm Verdun – Visions d’histoire von Léon Poirier wurde 1927/28 an den historischen Stätten von Verdun inszeniert. Der Film läuft 1929 als Verdun. Das Heldentum zwe...
The German troops are about to take over Verdun. The alarm is raised. The French soldier is quietly waiting for the assault. People are evacuated. The wife is torn away from her husband who stays to d...
May 1916. A large detachment of prisoners arrives at the Souilly (Meuse) camp. The detachment stands out, with prisoners from Alsace, Poland and Denmark. Featuring: A panorama of the camp and its wall...