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WORLD WAR I - TRENCHES
220505 11:00:00
- 11:48:54 1914
- 1918 b/w Si Russia
in World War One Overlap from 220504 (WWI)
INCLUDING:
Troops march down road. Troops in trenches,
soldier using periscope, soldier using field telephone. Gun firing.
11:01:51 Cossack dancing by troops - celebrations. Soldiers in foggy conditions, some on horseback - grave
11:03:09 The wounded arrive home - carried from railway car - into carriages
and trams.
Digging trenches, including women. Ox carts along road
11:05:13 Graves / Funerals - mourning. Troops in trenches. Wounded on stretchers. Troops
advance. Dead soldiers
11:08:12 Aerial views from Balloon
11:08:39 Troops in the field -
winter- preparations for battle. Snow. Military vehicles
along road. Soldiers looking
at map in snowstorm - into military truck and off down road. Troops in trenches in blizzard.
Cossacks. Troops advance out of trench. Prisoners of War
? Parcels handed out to
soldiers. Troops march
through countryside - snow. Crossing bridge. Officer
looking through binoculars. Trenches. Wrecked military equipment. Tsar with
officers. Crowds watch troops pass
through town. Tsar with officers.
11:23:49 Crowds in Red Square- recruits? march through
11:25:10 Digging a trench - the wounded lie under trees. Nurses, troop train / hospital train,
interiors casualties bandaged, doctors / surgeons and nurses. Wounded transferred to train. Interior
hospital
11:29:48 Croquet played by train, nurses join in.
11:30:40 Grenades thrown into snowy forest - explosions
Officers discuss over map. Troops march though snow - pan over snowy landscape
- soldiers march through trenches - using binoculars - artillery - troops up snow covered hill. Bomb damaged town. Line of artillery
Ammunitions factory - women workers 11:37:50
220545 05:09:30
- 05:19:44 1800s
- 1918 B/W SD
Good reconstruction of early American history - Part two: Civil War - Indian warfare - Mexican War - Spanish
-American War - WWI
05:09:30 American Civil War Confederate soldiers marching,
galloping on horseback & charging with guns & crossing bridge under
fire. Yankees fall off horses. Union Army advancing & in battle.
Explosions. Sign Bull Run. Cannons fired on battle field. Troops gallop thru burning town. Firing guns & Confederates
fall.
05:12:02 Classic civil war scenes
w/ soldiers bayonetting each other over barricade. Names of battles. Fierce fighting on horseback. Soldiers advance in row, kneeling &
firing; running over trenches. War against Native American Indians (sequence in style of
Western movie) GOOD. Settlement
town street. Convoy of pioneers in
desert. Indians on horseback
attack. Woman runs out of burning
house w/ child. US soldier sounds
trumpet. US soldiers chase &
shoot at Indians; CU Indians off horses in desert & hand to hand
fight. Soldiers riding off in
canyon. CU cart wheel &
pioneer convoy. Crashing waves on
shore.
05:15:21 First arrival of steam
train in station w/ welcome committee. Plowing & sowing seeds.
05:15:34 Spanish-American War -
Map of Cuba - US soldiers land on shore in 1898. Troops advance & fire guns; run w/ large American flag. Cuban troops firing. Spanish (?) flag replaced by US. US soldiers on rooftop w/ flags.
05:17:02 Mexico 1916 - US troops
w/ pack train in desert; firing guns.
05:17:31 Headlines re WWI - WAR
- mobilisation. US troops arrive
in France; on road. MCU doughboys
legs. Excellent staged trench warfare scene! Climbing out of trenches, firing, shells exploding, high angle shots troops fighting on
battlefield, barbed wire, troops run towards camera & collapse as planes
fly overhead.
05:19:15 Headlines War
Ends. Armistice celebrations in
USA; ticker-tape parade.
Good battle reconstructions; Military Propaganda; Historical Films;
220659 05:25:06
- 05:25:48 1914
- 1918 b/w Si World
War One - Somme
Ammunition cars and huge cannons moved to front lines. Cannon moved on railway
train. Soldiers running over trenches (staged) Huge cannon lowers
barrel.
220689 01:12:40
- 01:19:16 1914
- 1918 B/W SIL World War
One - Stock Newsreel Excerpts -
INCLUDING:
01:17:56 French troops march through village - troops on road with wagons and
vehicles.
01:18:26 Battle scenes 1916 - Artillery / field gun firing. French
troops go over the top from trench. Smoke and explosions as soldiers battle up hillside.
01:19:02 French woman at Verdun war grave cemetery. War memorial visited by VIPs - this section looks to have
been shot much later.
End
220692 04:21:52
- 04:31:45 1918 B/W SIL WWI -
German Retreat and Battle of the Arras, The - Reel 1
Cyclist patrol arrives at village and welcomed by civilians. 6
Howitzer hidden in disused French
hangar. Gun detachment leave their
dugout and man the gun. Shells
wheeled on small trolleys. Germans
shelling of British positions. Field guns. LS village
shelled by Germans. South
African troops raid enemy trenches. Arras railway station showing barbed wire defences. German shells bursting in Arras and destruction.
04:26:53 Bombardment in
fields. Men fix ladders in trenches. Hussards moving up to Arras on
horseback. Masses of cavalry
waiting in field. London Stock
Exchange Battalion resting. Kings
Liverpools and Kings Own Shropshire Light Infantry on way to attack in
infantry formation. Battlefield
and explosion near front line. German prisoners help carry wounded. Carrying stretchers across trenches. German dead on battlefield.
220695 08:00:00
- 08:18:51 1916 B/W SIL WWI - War
As It Really Is Reel 6
Scottish infantry passes through Mametz. Telephone wire is strung. Troops throw grenades. Prisoners are marched to the rear. Joffre confers with aides. Tunnels are made under German trenches with air drills, mines are
planted, and the trenches exploded. A German spy is shot. Machine guns are moved forward. Shows skeletons beside a burial trench. Machine-guns carried to trenches. Hand grenades explode in German trenches (trenches forty feet apart). German shell falling behind French trench. French 120mm guns firing tear
shells. French Troops charge
German trenches.
220696 09:00:15
- 09:16:25 1916 B/W SIL WWI -
Battle of the Somme Reel 2
On the British Army.
Royal Warwickshires eating at camp on eve of great advance. Bombardment pounds the trenches over Beaumont Hamel. Royal
Warwickshires march to front. Battalion of Worcesters fix wirecutters to their rifles and move to
front. Flying Pigs fired at
enemy trenches by 9-45 inch trench mortars. Field battery brought up against
captured German trenches; two horses killed by fire. 15-inch Howitzer (Grandmother) manned
by Royal Marine Artillery: soldier polishes shell marked to Willie with
compliments.
Part Two 09:09:03 The Morning of the Attack
Bombardment of German trenches 01Jul16.
Lancashires awaiting instructions and fixing bayonets, passing through
communication trench to first line. Blowing up German trenches with huge mine. Royal Engineers
rushing off to wire the crater for occupation by advance troops. Setting up machine guns and firing from
top of French parapet. Shrapnel
bursting over German first line trenches. British troops rush out of trenches for
attack. Warwickshires advance
up captured trench. British
Tommies rescue wounded comrade.
220729 07:39:03
- 07:47:16 1914
- 1918 B/W SIL WWI - The
St. Mihiel Drive
Gen. Pershing poses in his office. Trucks and troops move up a road. Artillery is fired. Patrols
cut through barbed wire and infantry advances behind tanks - coming out of trenches. DH-4 airplanes
lined up on a field. Artillery is
moved up, loaded, and fired. Infantry crosses captured trenches. Crossed out sign Hindenburg Strasse
replaced by Washington St. Captured German dog. Refugees from villages are fed and prisoners are herded to the
rear.
220732 10:00:37
- 10:15:08 1914
- 1918 B/W SIL WWI -
France in Arms [Reel 5]
INCLUDING:
Railway guns, steam train up and past seen through trees. Artillery under camouflage net.
French artillery fires, shell casings thrown into piles, infantry
advances. Various shots different
big guns firing.
10:03:53 Title Over the top to
Victory. Photographed at 6 a.m. this is the only bona fide picture ever made of
French troops advancing upon the enemys entrenchments. Shots, troops in trench, officer
looking at watch, soldiers with fixed bayonets sheltering in trench from
enemy fire, troops out of trench and running across field. Flamethrower? making smoke. Troops advance from trench to
trench.
10:05:56 Prisoners of war
marched through trench and through village. POWs into camp. Prisoners fed. 10:07:51
220739 21:00:50
- 21:16:02 1918 B/W SIL WWI -
Retreat of the Germans at the Battle of Arras 1918
Mules carry water to artillerymen during battle. Smoke rising from battlefield
21:02:18 British Trench mortars blast German barbed wire defences
21:02:49 The Leicester and
Northumberland Fusiliers march to trenches.
21:04:08 Cavalry troops mount
horses and ride off.
21:04:53 Tank returning to Allied
lines after victorious engagement. Cheering troops.
21:05:23 Cold-stream and Welsh
guards march to the front.
21:06:39 Battlefield service -
mass of troops at prayer - priest.
21:07:43 Australian troops
marching to front.
21:08:17 Scaling ladders are
prepared in the trenches.
21:09:46 LS South Africans raid
German trenches and return with prisoners.
21:12:38 Kings Liverpool Light
infantry advance out of trenches and across battlefield. An explosion near the front line
21:14:41 Bomb supplies are issued
to troops in front line trenches.
21:15:11 City of London Boys go
over the top under shellfire.
220742 01:30:18
- 01:43:58 1918 B/W SIL WWI -
Military Training with the British Army in Picardy 1918
INCLUDING:
US 111th Infantry troop units disembark at Calais from crowded boat deck,
Casino sign in background. march along dock. Officers pose. Duffle bags aka kit bags stacked on dock & loaded onto trucks.
01:33:02 112th Infantry troops
draw Enfield rifles & bayonets from storage. Cleaning guns. Steam train runby w/ freight cars.
01:33:50 British troops show
bayonet & trench tactics to 307th & 308th Inf. troops. Practice w/ dummies, running into
trenches & bayonetting sacks, then firing rifles & running out of
trench. Hanging bayonet
targets & troops advance & jab them. GOOD. 01:37:59
220743 02:07:38
- 02:18:23 1916 B/W SIL WWI - La
Revanche Des Francais Devant Verdun (Oct-Dec 1916) Reel 4
INCLUDING:
Large guns under tarpaulins fired from rocky hillside as men cover ears. Brief shot of railroad gun mounted on
train firing at village. French
infantry cross ruins of Verdun town & advance across no man's land - really
muddy w/ water filled bomb craters. Men resting in mud w/ smoke & explosions beyond. Out of trenches & advancing w/
packs & rifles. Pans of
barren countryside w/ smoke from explosions or ?? drifting across. View of trench line running up
opposite hill. Good explosions. 02:11:22
220931 21:29:41
- 21:38:26 1918 B/W SIL Where Italy
Meets The Hun R4 Pt1
INCLUDING:
Italian artillery positions in Alps. Loading shells and firing heavy guns. LS smoke over targets on Austrian defense line, vars MS
explosions. Infantry advances up
hillside. Infantry advances across
rocky terrain, keeping low, rushes into [enemy?] trench.
21:36:04: MCU loading and firing
machine gun. 21:36:35:
221076 08:30:31
- 08:38:26 1918
? B/W SIL Scenes On The Menin Road
INCLUDING:
British infantry units move to the front in Belgium - troops on back of trucks. Wounded soldiers brought back
along the Menin Road to first aid station - Red Cross ambulance carriages and
trucks - soldier has wounded arm dressed. Stretcher bearers walk along muddy track.
08:32:20 MCU troops file through trench in tin hats - turn to look at camera. Digging out trench. German prisoners under guard. Badly wounded soldier laying on ground being given dressing - another
soldier holds his hand.
08:34:30 LS infantry advance
across open field. Artillery
units out of trench w/ machine guns. Heavy gun bombardment of German lines - explosions. Soldiers at dressing station. Heavy gun carriage drawn by sixteen
horses past camera. 08:37:06
221092 16:19:48
- 16:25:33 1914
- 1918 c B/W SIL [WWI Battle Montage &
Armistice Scenes]
Soldiers carrying wounded on stretchers outside field hospital - medics
treating wounds.
16:20:47 Long montage battle
sequence w/ staged & actuality shots - soldiers charging from trenches - heavy artillery firing - French & Scottish soldiers decorated - tanks firing
& advancing - explosions.
16:23:34
221103 09:05:01
- 09:07:58 1914 B/W SIL [Austro-Hungarian
Empire / WWI]
German troops leave for war, 1914. Troops running out of trench in
battlefield - faked w/ explosions. Dignitaries parading. Austro-Hungarian royal family on balcony & milling about - wedding -
men hunting ?
European Royalty - 1910s. Military parades
221135 16:19:47
- 16:29:56 1918
c B/W Sil [America Goes Over]
(ca 1918) Pt. 3 of ?
Has later cartoon titles
Many dead bodies in trenches & crater. Gen Pershing w/ French General on road.
US troops marching both sides of camera in huge formation; aerials of men
marching onto shiop at dock & waving from ship up to camera. Black troops dancing on shipboard.
16:21:38 Troop transports escorted
by Navy ships & lookouts. Good
shots of stormy sea & lifeboat drill on troop ship. Destroyer firing front deck gun at
U-Boat; Y-gun throwing depth charges for camera. Explosions beneath surface. Dense black smoke screen being laid over convoy. Camouflaged ship & blimp.
16:23:40 Off ship down gangway,
soldier w/ dog in rucksack. Large
number of troops marching to railroad boxcars & leaving station platform. Women dipping soup or coffee from large
bucket. Man shaving while riding
on flatcar.
16:24:56 Shelling of Cantigny w/
large artillery under camouflage netting. Firing from among trees. Destruction of woods,
village. Pile of dead bodies.
16:25:58 Trucks of Americans thru
French village. Houses of Chateau
Thierry under fire. Destroyed houses. Belleau Wood captured by Allies. Treating wounded in trenches. Taking information from German
prisoners, some wounded; pose for camera.
16:27:23 Line of ships bringing
troops from USA. Camouflaged ships
w/ troops waving. Map showing
Germans pushed back on 18Jul18. Large tank, and troops advancing from trenches (dark and
foggy. Silhouetted. Continued...
221506 01:10:54
- 01:21:00 1918
(?) B/W SIL [WWI - German Declares War; US
Homefront Parade; Military Training; Politicians] R1 of 2
INCLUDING:
Montage: Newspaper articles re
Kaiser declaring war. Kaiser in
full dress uniform walks down steps w/ other military VIPs. Large crowd of German soldiers take off
helmets & cheer. CU French
announcement of War; troops marching, women watch. Soldiers run
across battle field in LS. Paris
taxis to front; battle scenes. Officer salutes; troops move up; troops out of trench; US troops
marching thru town or city. President Wilson & others in top hats; General Pershing w/ French generals. Battle scenes. Troops run toward camera thru smoke or
gas. Two men in top hats shake
hands. Military band leading
parade up street past camera in middle. Men on reviewing stand w/ top hats over heart. 01:13:04
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