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In 1920, in a village in French Alsace, many people have come to attend the national holiday celebration. Officers and well-known civilians are in attendance and a Major General presides over the loca...

In October 1918, posters hung in the Paris streets implore passersby to subscribe to the fourth national loan to "regain all of France's sweet land." Parisians can see trophies of war such as the subm...

November 1916. Funeral service for the victims of November 14. General Plentey, who is deputy mayor and in command of Place d'Amiens, gives a speech at the Hôtel-Dieu. Arrival at the cathedral.

To fight Austria, the Italian army crosses rivers, digs trenches, and builds bridges. Faced with the mountain, the troops climb, and hoist up heavy artillery.

Montage of intermission intertitles made for movie theaters: a movie director notably conveys his greetings to his clientele from the front.

In February 1916, french soldiers inspect a Zeppelin's wreck, shot down by the autocannons' section of Revigny near Brabant-le-Roi

Though the railroad bridge has been destroyed at Rocchette Piovene, the enemy is firing shots in retaliation, and the Isonzo river is low, yet the Duke of Aosta's troops advance towards Gorizia step b...

During the First World War, near Château Thierry, the french and british armies are fighting against the ennemy. Wounded German soldiers are taken prisoners, a truck carries a 305 mm tank and a hot-a...

Lefrancois, a father of six, is a soldier. His seventh child is on the way and will be named Victory. Lefrancois cannot remember why he tied a knot in his handkerchief. Although he has received the Wa...

Jean and Suzette, two orphans, are raised by the inn-keeper Frantz Hobscher who mistreats them. When World War I is declared, the imperial authorities order Hobscher to trick spies into thinking he's ...

The year is 1915. The French air force, fighting on the front lines, is divided into bomber, reconnaissance, and fighter plane squadrons. Before taking off, the pilots responsible for bombing enemy li...

During World War I, the Americans support the Allies. In order to prevent people from dying of hunger, they send goods to France, then Belgium. Tons of flour and wheat are unloaded from barges, as wel...

Little Ginette learns from a newspaper that Amama, a "Turco" (a soldier from the French colonies), has been decorated for his superb feats in battle. In admiration of his incredible bravery, the young...

In 1917, the King's Liverpool soldiers and the King's Own Shropshire Light Infantry advance toward the front lines to take position. Stretcher-bearers attempt to cross a trench.

Emperor Nicolas II and the Hereditary Grand Duke salute the Russian troops who then perform gymnastic tricks, a tug-of-war, and sack race. His Majesty Nicolas II, accompanied by an archbishop, then vi...

During the First World War, Vickers manufactured munitions and war materials needed for combat. In the workshops, shrapnel and shells are manufactured by workers, while women and young girls assemble ...