First a posed group of Rawlinson, Fourth Army commander, with his staff. Then, indoors, for the benefit of the camera Rawlinson traces a military manoeuvre on a wall map with a pair of dividers.The li...
Part of the area is flooded. A marching column sets out for the front lines. Engineers knock in stakes for wire defences in the second line and fix wire to them. A relief patrol moves up in single fil...
A balloon of 23rd Kite Balloon Company defended by a 13-pounder anti-aircraft gun on a lorry mount. A crashed RE8 reconnaissance aircraft (compare with the same scene in IWM 68 MESOPOTAMIA - DIYALA RI...
In Havana, Cuba, 6,000 factory hands thrown out of work by the effect of the war on trade protest outside the Congress. In Lisbon the Portuguese send troops, shown leaving by ship, to Angola (Portugue...
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 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...
The Lord Mayor opens the "Bank", which consists of the shell of a Mark IV Tank turned into a bank to sell War Bonds (no good shot of the tank). Sir Eric Geddes, the First Lord of the Admiralty, queues...
(Reel 1) The departure of the Archduke (later Emperor) Karl with General Conrad von Hötzendorf from Vienna to inspect Austrian troops in the Tyrolean region, close to the Italian Front. Outside a hun...
Before moving to the front: Janda (smith) and his wife.
Before moving to the front: Tomeš (farmer) and his wife.
Before moving to the front: Bárta (laborer) and his wife.
The face of Bárta´s wife after his return from the war. The woman cries and hugs her husband.
Jiří Voldán (actor: Vladimír Ch. Vladimírov) and his fiancée Maryša (actress: Suzanne Marwille) with the rifle.
Medium shot of Toman's wife Lída (actress: Marie Rosůlková), his son Vláďa (actor: Zdeněk Záhorský), and Dr, Šrámek (actor: František Smolík), who is shaking Vláďa's hand. Vláďa is wea...