The 'big battle' structure of the film opens with the preparatory bombardment for the days before the attack, the Infantry marching to their final positions, the attack itself, the casualties, prisone...
Military hospital ward with wounded; wounded prisoners go for a walk, including Russians in hospital gowns; French prisoners look at the Meuse; physical therapy hall; demonstration of various exercise...
The Cromwell, a boarding house in London Road, has been hit by a bomb. Firemen work to put out the various fires. The burnt-out firebombs are displayed in a heap by a policeman. A charred dead dog is ...
Marketplace in St. Quentin, arrival of the guard; farm under German administration; slightly wounded German soldiers from the Battle of the Somme convalescing; work under German supervision in the gas...
Filmed on 3 April, the remaining evidence of the famous charge of Lord Strathcona's Horse of the Canadian Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Cavalry Division, at Moreuil Ridge on 30 March. The dismounted survivors ...
The men put on their equipment, showing very clearly how full marching pack and equipment was worn. They assemble by their bell tents and, led by two regimental colours (standards) and their band, the...
Panorama of the destroyed city of Lens; church with marketplace, devastated streets and landscape of ruins; burning buildings, incl. the place of public entertainment „Le Petit Paris“; shell impac...
The film starts with a brief scene of the Zeppelin apparently about to crash (in fact an early scene of Zeppelin L7 landing under difficulties). A French 75mm motorised anti-aircraft gun takes aim. Th...
Medium shot of three privates: Tlamicha (actor: Theodor Pištěk), yawning Sakař (actor: Jindřich Plachta), and smiling Vyskočil (actor: Břetislav Hrstka).
Medium close-up of the wounded Corporal Bartoněk (actor: Jiří Vondrovič) with bandaged eyes and an arm in a cast with Nurse Tonička (actress: Truda Grosslichtová, in profile).
Wide shot of men sitting at a table in a hospital room. Sakař (actor: Jindřich Plachta) is standing at the head of the table with raised arms, speaking to the group. Sitting to the left of him is Vy...
Wide shot depicting the activity in front of a stopped train. Combat medics are carrying Lieutenant Rjepkin (actor: Vladimír Borský) from the train on a stretcher; Rjepkin is covered with a blanket....
View of a hospital room. Infantryman Sakař (actor: Jindřich Plachta) is lying on a bed with a bandaged neck and closed eyes. Leaning over him to the left is infantryman Tlamicha (actor: Theodor Piš...
Wounded Austrian soldier accompanied by nurses and military doctors.
Wounded soldiers rest on camp beds in front of the hospital building.
A military doctor shows a wounded soldier to a Red Cross delegation.