Franco-English army on the Somme (1914-1916)

Footage №39315, 6 footages, Duration: 0:48:19
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Scene №1 Franco-English army on the Somme

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France.

Franco-English troops on the Somme River.

Troops moving.

Balloons in the sky.

English infantry parade with a military orchestra.

English infantrymen and sappers.

English military vehicles with soldiers.

Calendar:

1914-1916

Chronicle Subjects:

The First World WarHistory

Scene №2

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English military convoy with forage and food.

English soldiers and officers listen to the priest's sermon.

Movement of artillery convoy, cavalry detachment.

English gunners at the gun.

Movement of English infantry units.

Soldiers in the trenches.

Military operations of English artillery.

English tanks move across the field.

Calendar:

1916

Chronicle Subjects:

The First World WarHistory

Scene №3

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France.

Movement of English infantry.

Halt in the field.

French peasants working in the field.

Combat actions of English infantry, artillery.

Calendar:

1916

Chronicle Subjects:

The First World WarHistory

Scene №4

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Movement of English infantry units.

Soldiers in trenches.

Military operations of English artillery.

Military equipment.

Calendar:

1916

Chronicle Subjects:

The First World WarHistory

Scene №5

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A detachment of French infantry moves along the road.

Transportation of shells by rail on platforms.

Preparing artillery guns for battle.

A gun fires.

Attack of French soldiers.

Captured Germans hide in trenches.

View of captured guns taken from the enemy.

Columns of prisoners move along the road.

Calendar:

1916

Chronicle Subjects:

The First World WarHistory

Scene №6

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English military units are passing by.

Artillerymen are taking up positions, preparing shells.

Soldiers are preparing weapons before the battle.

Trenches.

Soldiers are passing through a trench.

Soldiers are receiving boxes of grenades.

Artillery guns are firing.

Soldiers are at eight-inch guns - aiming, loading, firing.

Artillery crews are working.

Soldiers are carrying an aerostat, inflating the aerostats, lifting them into the air.

Artillery crews are working, guns are firing.

A Scotsman in a kilt runs into an earthen shelter.

An officer is in the shelter, writing.

Artillery crews are working.

An officer is commanding the artillerymen.

Soldiers and officers near a tank.

A tank is driving across a field.

Soldiers are removing camouflage from a tank.

A tank is driving across a field.

Calendar:

1916

Shooting locations:

France

Chronicle Subjects:

The First World WarHistory

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