I. Carrier pigeons in a loft behind the French lines are fed by their soldier-keepers. In the trenches a message is fitted to one pigeon, which flies back to its loft where the message is removed. The...
The English is flawed, telling that "the first Deutsch troops are living the town" (sic). Riders for the German horsed transport mount up and lead their carts out, past trams and watching civilians. G...
A sign in the town of Breisach, "1789-1918 Ici commence le pays de la Liberté", is shown to the camera. French and German soldiers converse and fraternise together quite happily on a bridge over the ...
French officers greet Luxembourg officers in Heiderscheid. The Luxembourg troops, all quite elderly, possibly 1870 veterans, march past followed by the French. The senior French officer is read a test...
In a formal ceremony, surrounded by dignitaries and cameramen, Poincaré lays a wreath at the base of the statue of General Kléber. The camera is some distance away and the President is not easily vi...
The Prince visits the Serbian troops in their mountain positions. He dismounts from his horse, talks with his officers and looks out over the position with binoculars before riding away.Soldiers move ...
The men are French I Corps and British II Corps to the south. A mixed posed group of British and French soldiers talk with one another. British officers watch a French 75mm field gun crew opening fire...
The general area of Ypres. Filmed from just outside the town itself, shells falling on buildings on the outskirts. Two Mark V tanks, one Male, one Female, both carrying soldiers, move over open countr...