WW1 | "WAR AS IT REALLY IS" (1914-1916) | [1080pHD] | Colorized | AI Enhanced

From the U.S National Archives. Photographer, Donald C. Thompson. Contributor: Producer, Leslie's Weekly.
Aerial views of the harbor at Salonica, Greece; French and British destroyers in the harbor; a seaplane taxiing, taking off, and landing; and an observation balloon being raised and lowered from a ship in the harbor. Rubbled buildings and defenses at Verdun; wounded French soldiers; corpses; German prisoners in a stockade; and Pres. Poincare and Gen. Joffre decorating and reviewing French and Russian troops. A French observation balloon ascends and an observer parachutes from it. French airplanes take off, engage in dogfights with German planes, and land. Ammunition and supply trucks, armored cars, and oxen-drawn artillery advance along country roads. Supplies are moved forward by rail. Railroad guns are loaded and fired. Ammunition is stacked at dumps. Gunboats move along the Yser River and fire barrages. Artillery pieces are loaded and fired. Shows effects of the shell fire; artillery observation posts; German observation balloons; and gas being fanned from a trench. 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 spy is shot. Machine guns are moved forward. Shows skeletons beside a burial trench. Hand grenades explode in German trenches. Troops charge German trenches. Germans surrender, are marched to a stockade in the rear, and searched. Shows horrors of war, abandoned German war materiel, and French and U.S. trenches.

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Peace of Mind by Kevin MacLeod
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