World War I (1914-1916)

A superior officer arrives to conduct a review of a unit of the Russian Imperial Army at the beginning of World War I, reports, and officers ride past.

A regiment's personnel march in parade formation before a general arriving for inspection, followed by a panorama of the officers accompanying him.

The general and his accompanying officers ride horseback in review of the regiment's formation.

Soldiers with rifles over their shoulders march in parade formation.

A German heavy gun fires.

Russian infantry advances along a road during the East Prussian offensive in the summer of 1914. Cavalrymen ride past.

The infantry rises under artillery fire and charges the enemy.

The corpses of slain soldiers are seen.

An officer displays a captured German spiked baton for hand-to-hand combat in the trenches.

A Russian artillery piece, adapted for firing at aerial targets, in a firing position.

Commander-in-Chief Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich among officers at a command and observation post.

An officer speaks on a field telephone.

A Russian artillery crew strips its camouflage of branches, and the gun opens fire.

Explosions in the terrain.

Infantry advances through the forest in dashes; a panoramic view of the position in the forest.

An artillery shot.

Russian cavalry moves along the streets of Lviv on September 3, 1914. Distribution of food from a field kitchen to Austrian prisoners of war.

A Turkmen cavalry regiment rides along a street in Lviv.

The gates of an Orthodox monastery.

The entrance to one of the monastery buildings.

Officers and an Orthodox priest examine relics recovered from the basement.

The regimental priest preaches to the soldiers.

Awarding of Russian soldiers on the front lines.

Russian officers of the Expeditionary Force in France on the decks of a military transport during the unloading of personnel in the port of Marseille on April 20, 1916.

Russian officers of the Expeditionary Force in France on the decks of a military transport during the unloading of personnel in the port of Marseille on April 20, 1916. Officers of the Russian Expeditionary Force disembark and are greeted by representatives of the French command.

A French infantry unit greets their Russian allies, placing their rifles at attention.

Russian officers on the shore.

A Cossack unit marches on foot during a review before being sent to the front lines.

A Cossack unit marches on foot during a review before heading to the front.

A review of one of the Russian army's cavalry units in winter; officers on horseback ride through the formation.

Soldiers carry covered banners and standards for the consecration ceremony; a panorama of the military unit's formation.

A field prayer service is held.

Soldiers carry covered banners for a field prayer service; a panorama of the units' formation is shown.

A Christmas service is held in the field, near the tents of a field church.

Ammunition is loaded onto a truck.

Ammunition is unloaded.

Unloading ammunition from the back of a truck in winter.

One of the armored cars starts moving.

The armored car driver and officer climb into the cab, and the armored car starts moving.

Armored cars and motorcyclists move to the front lines.

Loading a machine gun onto a horse pack.

Cavalry moving along the edge of a forest in winter.

A column of armored cars and motorcycles travels along the road.

Infantry fights in winter conditions: soldiers occupy a trench, climb out of it, and rush to attack across open ground.

Armored cars on the road under fire.

Infantry in a trench under fire.

A soldier fires a rifle.

Machine gun crews fire at the enemy.

Infantry fires rifles from trenches in winter.

Russian infantry fights in winter.

A panoramic view of the position of one of the infantry units of the Russian army, soldiers in a trench, explosions on the front line.

Cavalrymen change positions.