Soldiers start digging a trench system and wiring up the positions. Finned mortar bombs for a 58mm Crapouillot (?) are carried forward into a front-line trench and used to bombard the German positions...
(Reel 1) Replacements, probably in Britain October-December 1917, drill and train. The brigade itself in France, probably early March 1918, resting, marching, eating and swimming. The brigade horse-sh...
(Reel 1) Australian 2nd Division at outdoor physical training and Swedish drill, followed by bayonet training and Lewis machine gun practice, probably in 'W' training area, Bouvelinghem, August 1917. ...
I. The La Bassée Canal sector. British troops commencing barbed wire defences in open country on 17 April. On the same day troops in Béthune (?) dig a trench-line, with shells bursting over the hous...
1st or 4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards, with 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards, in a street, probably Richebourg-St-Vaast, about to be led off by a pipe and drum band for a Christmas service, 25 December 19...
Wrecks of crashed or damaged British aircraft arrive at the salvage depot on lorries, and the larger pieces are lifted off by crane. One almost complete fuselage is a Bristol F2B Fighter. The machines...
The film uses actuality material backed by some acting. It begins with a WAAC recruiting march and inspection, before going on to show a girl noticing the advertisement placard for Queen Mary's Army A...
(Reel 19) The episode starts with 'Justice' followed by the badge of the British Intervention Force. The actuality material opens with British troops boarding SS Carlotta at Tilbury docks, in May 1918...
Wide shot of a hospital corridor with Dr. Šrámek (actor: František Smolík), nurse Mathilde (actress: Adina Mandlová), and Lieutenant Rjepkin (actor: Vladimír Borský). Other patients can be seen...
Wide shot of a hospital room during doctor's rounds. In the centre, a Muslim patient in a robe and with a fez on his head sits on a bed. To the left of him stands a group of five doctors with doctors ...
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...
Medium shot of an Austrian soldier, Dr. Šrámek (actor: František Smolík), Nurse Mathilde (actress: Adina Mandlová), and other doctors standing by a desk in an office.
Wide shot of an Austrian soldier, Dr. Šrámek (actor: František Smolík), Nurse Mathilde (actress: Adina Mandlová), and other doctors standing by a desk in an office.
Medium shot of two nurses. Tonička (actress: Truda Grosslichtová) is holding a wash basin with a sponge and Mathilde (actress: Adina Mandlová) is washing the face of a lying patient. In the backgro...
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...
In the foreground, Lieutenant Rjepkin is lying on a hospital bed. Two doctors and Nurse Mathilde (actress: Adina Mandlová) are standing over him. Dr. Klíma (actor: Karel Veverka) has a stethoscope i...