Troop movements by bike, horseback, and foot as the maneuver warfare begins again. Cannons are shooting despite a fire. A convoy of trucks and troops advances toward the lines. Shots are fired by a 75...
A woman learns, by letter, that her husband has died gloriously on the battlefield, struck by an enemy bullet while filming news footage on the front. As she weeps and worries about the future of her ...
After having created laws on practicing physical culture, the government, in collaboration with the American Committee, brings in American experts who adapt their principles to the French system. In J...
In November 1919, under the watchful eye of a police officer, Parisians stand in line in front of the first public restaurant serving a 2 franc fixed-price menu. Commissioner of provisions Henri Roy s...
Excerpts of various films made by the American Committee regarding the aid provided to the disaster victims in the Aisne department. Parade of children in uniforms. Toddlers eating their snack, nappin...
On May 18, 1918 in Saleux, the German Elfriede tank is introduced to Under-secretary of State for Inventions Jules-Louis Breton. British Officers and soldiers are also present. From July 1st through 5...
At the Mailly camp in 1916, Generals Marouchevsky, Lokhvitsky, Gilinsky and Prince Peter of Montenegro inspect the 3rd brigade of the Russian expeditionary force. In Semipalatinsk (Kazakhstan) in 1919...
While attentive and amused members of the Higher Committee of the Invention Department are watching from aboard a fishing boat, a man tests the effectiveness of a wetsuit in a pond. Submitted to milit...
Wounded soldiers eat in a hospital room.
A military doctor shows a wounded soldier to a Red Cross delegation.
Requisition of horses.
Conscripts in the assembly camp.
Wide shot of a hospital room. A standing First Lieutenant Schranel (actor: Vladimír Pospíšil-Born) shakes hands with First Lieutenant Liška (actor: František Kreuzmann), who is sitting on a bed w...
View of a dance café. Several couples are dancing on the left, including First Lieutenant Schranel (actor: Vladimír Pospíšil-Born) and Nurse Mathilde (actress: Adina Mandlová). To the right of th...
Exterior view of a train. Six Russian soldiers (prisoners of war) with Asian features are sitting or standing in the train's open door. Some of the soldiers are holding bread in their hands and all ar...