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...
Paris, in September and October 1918. Captured Drahen balloons are displayed in the Tuileries Garden and on the Champs-Elysées. On the boulevards, Parisians can see the advances on the western front ...
In August 1918, Parisians stand in line in front of the Félix Potin grocery store in order to get a few potatoes. On the sixth of the same month, others wait on Rue de Buci for some wine.
In 1919, following bombings of World War I, the town Arras is in ruins. The town hall and the belfry are destroyed, and homes have lost their facades or been reduced to piles of rocks. In the streets ...
On September 30, 1919, Armenian volunteers march in the rain at Invalides to commemorate having fought at the Allies' side during World War I. A camera operator films the scant crowd.
On the ground, men try to control a dirigible's cables to help it land near a hangar. Once again in flight, this dirigible meets another, Astra dirigible.
In 1921, following the World War I armistice, the Allies occupy a section of German territory in order to obtain war reparations. The French troops are situated in the Rhenish territory, whose first F...
In August 1918, during World War I, Parisians can protect themselves from bombings by German Gothas by hiding in public shelters with varying capacities. To prevent glass from falling, shops and depar...