The town is shown from a distance, then in close-up. The suburbs are burnt out and deserted. The main square is relatively undamaged. The collegiate church and the Church of Saint Martin show consider...
The map, in stop-frame action, shows the German invasion of France and Belgium in 1914, followed by a more detailed version of the Allied advance to victory between July and November 1918. The Allied ...
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...
The location is a town behind the Western Front. The conscripts, still in civilian clothes, march forward with US soldiers to lay wreaths on the graves of French and US soldiers.Outside the cathedral ...
Subtitle captions give the French gains in the offensive as the strongpoints Fruty, Bohery and Montparnasse, the fort at Malmaison, and the villages of d'Allemant, Vaudesson, Chavignon, Pinon and Parg...
Well behind the lines, a mass of soldiers, most probably from 123rd Division semi-posed as if waiting for transport. A senior officer is with them, possibly Lieutenant-General de Riols de Fonclare, th...
German horsed transport riders leaving Brussels on 21st November 1918. Mayor Max, released from prison, is cheered by the crowd. The King and Queen of Belgium make a state entry on 22nd November. The ...