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...
Three British, one French and three Belgian soldiers walk through an archway. French soldiers of I Corps, on foot and in lorries, pass in both directions down an undamaged street with Belgian troops. ...
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 "Deuxième Bataille Offensive de Verdun" opens with a bombardment. A 145mm naval gun firing under tarpaulin, showing its loading mechanism clearly. Other guns join in - a 155mm heavy howitzer, a 7...
The hospital is a temporary affair of Nissen huts. The Queen and General Anthoine walk with their escort down a path between two huts and enter one of the wards.The village of Esnes has been reduced t...
The Minister of Agriculture, Ferdinand David, and the former deputy for Colmar, the Abbé Wetterlé, leave the town hall with their followers, led by three young girls dressed in the regional costumes...
The archbishop and dignitaries leave the cathedral after the mass, and go into the cemetery where the archbishop pronounces a benediction over the graves. Everyone then leaves.A pan over the positions...
II. French newsreel item on German prisoners of war at Saint-Dizier, France, September 1917.Some of the prisoners work in a wood cutting timber and piling up sticks. Others dig up stones for roadfill....