British rough material of the Battle of Amiens, Western Front, mid-August 1918.
(Reel 1) Near Bapaume a German "anti-tank gun" lies in an unidentifiable wreck with its crew dead beside it. Shells burst in the distance. Two 6-inch Mk VII guns are drawn by Holt tractors to new posi...
I. 'CAPTURED GERMANS. German prisoners of war captured by the French and Serbian Troops in the offensive which is being made towards Monastir.' German POWs fall in on station platform - the wagons of ...
I. 'RUSSIANS IN MACEDONIA. Russian troops disembarking from the transport to help the Allies in Macedonia.' Small paddle-steamer crowded with Russian troops runs alongside quay and men disembark. 'HEL...
I. The build-up to war from the earliest days of film record, showing the various crowned heads of Europe.II. The Balkan wars of 1912, the development of Germany's Navy, and the inauguration of Presid...
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...
The Tardenois offensive, starts with the bombardment of Chassins (?). Oulchy-la-Ville and Oulchy-le-Château, captured virtually undamaged by 41st Division. British soldiers of 34th Division rest by a...
Refugees watch horsed transport move down a road by a shell dump. The gunners attend to their 155mm howitzers. Lorries move up another road. Gunners check that a 155mm Schneider gun is properly limber...