German newsreels of the First World War (1914-1917)

Panorama of an aircraft carrier of the German fleet.

Officers of an oncoming ship, standing at the side, examine the cruiser.

Landing of a seaplane on the water.

A sailor gives signals with flags.

German soldiers on the pier before loading onto a transport ship.

View and panorama of the pier, rifles arranged in "trestles", transport at the pier.

View of part of the pier (from above), soldiers climbing the gangway onto the ship.

View of the pier with troops lined up on it before boarding 6transport ships (from above).

Loading of infantry units of the German army onto a transport ship.

Soldiers climbing the gangways onto the transport ships.

Soldiers with full gear descend into the hold of one of the ships.

Distribution of lunch to the soldiers from a field kitchen located on the deck of the ship.

Troops on the deck of the ship during transportation to Libau.

A military transport passes by the German navy's warships moored in the canal.

A swing bridge across the canal.

Boats at one side of the ship.

A German infantry regiment marches through the streets of a city.

A German cavalry convoy moves along the road to Cambrai during the offensive in France in 1914.

A German horse-drawn convoy moves along the road to Cambrai during the offensive in France in 1914. German convoys and cavalry move along the roads of France.

A column of horse-drawn pontoon bridges of the German engineering troops moves along the road.

A German bomber preparing for takeoff, the crew puts on flight uniforms, mechanics check the engines and load ammunition.

The bomber taxis to the takeoff.

The bomber begins its run along the airfield, soldiers of the service unit carry away equipment.

A German airplane in flight.

Wing braces of a biplane.

An airplane flying to a target.

View of part of a populated area (from above).

View of a city street covered in construction debris after the end of the fighting, German soldiers on the street, a car with officers passes by.

A horse-drawn convoy of French refugees passes by.

Refugees boarding railway cars.

Austrian artillery conducts combat operations in mountainous terrain.

A German artillery crew fires at the enemy.

The actions of the crew members during gun loading and firing.

An Austrian artillery battery fires from a camouflaged shelter.

The crew of one of the guns at a firing position.

Austrian infantry attack in hilly terrain.

German navy destroyers with torpedo armament while moored at base (panorama).

German troops moving along the road to Saint-Quentin.

Panorama of a part of the German military convoy during a stop in one of the villages.

Columns of trucks and horse-drawn transport of the German army move along the road in both directions.

A destroyed British tank.

Panorama of the destroyed British wire entanglements.

A knocked out and dismantled British tank.

View of the front of the tank.

Corpses of convoy horses, broken carts.

Panorama of the ruins of residential buildings.

Emperor Wilhelm II and his entourage during an inspection of the military camp.

Wilhelm II gets into the car and drives away.

View of the destroyed hydraulic structure.

Panorama of the destroyed city block.

Residents of the French settlement, left without a roof over their heads, stand on the street with their belongings.

View of part of the railway station (above), refugees with their belongings on the rails.

Panorama of destroyed houses.

View of the street with half-destroyed houses, German soldiers are walking along the street.

German soldiers quartered in half-ruined houses tidy up their uniforms.

Soldiers carry things out of the basement.

View of a destroyed city street, German officers walk past the ruins.

A view of a burning coastal oil storage facility.