Four stories. A young man struggles to secure his future. A priest tries to establish a connection with his congregation. A boy and a girl reach adolescence. Two soldiers become friends in the trenche...
In Champagne, relief of the 22nd regiment of dragoons, preceded by its music. Backlighting on the parade of horsemen. The deployment of signs on the ground for an airplane responsible for guiding the ...
Sergeants of a British drill squad train US soldiers who carry British equipment and include a group of WACs. The Americans are put through bayonet practice against sandbags and parrying against a liv...
Der französische Kriegsspielfilm Verdun – Visions d’histoire von Léon Poirier wurde 1927/28 an den historischen Stätten von Verdun inszeniert. Der Film läuft 1929 als Verdun. Das Heldentum zwe...
„The seeds of fruit must not be grounded“ – this quote by Goethe was often used by artist Käthe Kollwitz to argue for peace. Her work on her famous anti-war monument and thinking about how an a...
The film opens with an unrelated shot of troops digging a trench line. It continues as Portuguese mule-drawn field gun limbers come down a steep grassy bank towards the camera. They turn and wheel on ...
The film opens with the Italians practising grenade throwing. Next, scenes of the contingent's field kitchens. The hospital tent, with wounded arriving for treatment. Bersaglieri marching at the doubl...
Various activities of the English regiments before the Somme offensive: Buffs, Bedfards, Suffolks, London Scottish, East Yorkshire and a battalion of the Royal Welch Fusiliers. Agriculture near the f...