The Marquis, as a descendant of de Rochambeau, watches the ceremony. The actual presentation is made by the Marquise, watched by a number of civilians. Following the presentation the regiment marches ...
A congregation including Robertson and the trainees comes out of King's College Chapel after a service. Robertson watches a drill demonstration on the backs at King's by the trainees, and presents dec...
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...
The men are French I Corps and British II Corps to the south. A mixed posed group of British and French soldiers talk with one another. British officers watch a French 75mm field gun crew opening fire...
The men are due to serve with the French Army. They practise a river-crossing using pontoon ferries, drill and bayonet exercises on a parade ground, digging trenches in the scrub and making a mock att...
The Legion, led by its band, marches up to the front of the cathedral at Puy-les-Volontaires for a mass. The Legion in the main square at Breuil holds a review before its leaders while a number of civ...
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 parade waits to move off from Chamberlain Square. It includes a US Army colour party with one man dressed as 'Uncle Sam'. A banner proclaiming "Win The War Day" is draped over the Town Hall. The p...
31103 - Thann - Rue des Boeufs - Saint-Thiébaut Church (Thann, Haut-Rhin) Stereoscopic glass plate from a private collection in Alsace-Lorraine.
Austrian soldiers and a group of children and civilians.
Recruitment commission. In the foreground stands Jiří Voldán (actor: Vladimír Ch. Vladimírov).
A crowd of civilians on Wenceslas Square in Prague during mobilization.
A crowd of civilians on Wenceslas Square in Prague during mobilization.