First World War (1934)

Caption: 1895. Germany, Berlin.

A line of soldiers marches across the square, a crowd of passers-by.

German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck.

An honor guard from the German Guards Regiment stands in formation in front of a building with columns.

Caption: 1903. Children in sailor suits: Prince George of Wales, Prince Albert and Princess Mary perform exercises with rifles.

Caption: 1907. Emperor Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna accept greetings from officials.

Moscow, 1913. The Imperial exit from the Assumption Cathedral of the Kremlin.

Kostroma, 1913. Their Majesties exit from the Trinity Cathedral of the Ipatiev Monastery.

Caption: 1910. Germany, Usedom Island, 1913. Emperor Wilhelm II and Empress Augusta Victoria, accompanied by courtiers, visit the orphanage in Ahlbeck.

Emperor Wilhelm II watches the girls performing a dance with jugs.

Emperor Wilhelm II talks to a man in a cap at a drinking fountain, with ladies in white aprons nearby.

Emperor Wilhelm II poses for a newsreel with a group of orphanage girls, the girls are in uniform, with anchors on the collars of their dresses.

Military factory.

Poland: production of heavy gun barrels.

Production of shells.

USA. The American president delivers a speech to the public.

Caption: 1911. Great Britain.

Coronation of George V. The carriage of the king and queen passes by, accompanied by a guard of honor.

Berlin.

Visit of King George V. English King George V gets into an open carriage, followed by Emperor Wilhelm II (in the uniform of an English field marshal).

Visit of Emperor Nicholas II to Germany.

Emperor Nicholas II and Emperor Wilhelm II ride in an open carriage along the line of the German guard.

Empress Augusta Victoria and English Queen Mary sit in the open carriage; the carriage drives off accompanied by an escort of generals in full dress uniform.

Austria-Hungary.

Emperor Franz Joseph I, accompanied by his retinue, walks along the line of officers, salutes.

Emperor Franz Joseph I walks accompanied by his retinue, salutes, and accepts flowers from a woman.

Emperor Franz Joseph I gets into a carriage.

Villa Wartholz, 21 October 1911. Wedding of Archduke Karl and Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma.

Members of the Austro-Hungarian imperial family are standing on the balcony: Emperor Franz Joseph I is talking with Archduke Karl and his wife Zita.

Emperor Franz Joseph I is talking with Archduke Karl, in the background is Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the Austro-Hungarian archduchesses.

Emperor Franz Joseph I is talking with a lady, handing a bouquet of flowers to Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

Panorama: the Archduke is talking with the Archduchess, Archduke Franz Ferdinand is laughing.

Girls in white dresses are passing by.

Archduke Karl, Princess Zita surrounded by relatives.

Emperor Franz Joseph I, Archduke Franz Ferdinand with ladies.

Balkan War 1912-13 Soldiers of the Bulgarian army and militia marching in formation.

Bulgarian Tsar Ferdinand I in the window of a train carriage.

Turkish prisoners of war under escort of Serbian soldiers.

Panorama of Turkish prisoners of war.

Bulgarian generals examining a map.

Turkish prisoners of war marching.

Serbian militiamen exiting the fortress gates with rifles at the ready.

Montenegrin King Nicholas receiving military attachés: Austro-Hungarian, Italian.

Italian King Victor Emmanuel III and his wife marching, accompanied by members of their retinue, generals and admirals.

Germany.

Men in top hats marching.

USA. President Woodrow Wilson taking the oath of office, giving a speech.

Military parade, soldiers in dress uniform and marines marching in formation.

Germany, Leipzig, October 18, 1913. Jubilee celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary of the victory in the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig.

Emperor Wilhelm II shakes hands with German generals in dress uniform.

German generals in dress uniform walk along the stone embankment.

Emperor Wilhelm II, King Friedrich Augustus III of Saxony, the King of Bavaria, the King of Württemberg and German generals walk past the tent, with the public in the stands.

Emperor Wilhelm II, accompanied by generals in dress uniform, walks among the standing officials and military personnel.

Emperor Wilhelm II, King Ludwig III of Bavaria, courtiers and generals in dress uniform exit the building with the inscription on the facade MDCCCLXIII (1863).

A panorama of warships and flags of the German Navy.

Emperor Wilhelm II in an admiral's uniform gets out of the carriage, courtiers help him, then Empress Augusta Victoria gets out, the courtiers salute.

German warship at the pier.

German warship, crew formation on board.

German military cruiser "Gneisenau".

Sailors play the violin, dance.

German destroyers at sea, pass in a wake formation.

View of the German squadron, filmed from on board a German warship.

Members of the German imperial family, in the center: Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm.

Caption: 1914. Berlin.

Parade of the German Guard.

Emperor Wilhelm II, General von Emich pass along the line of guards.

Emperor Wilhelm II talks with General von Emich in front of the entrance, generals and officials are standing.

Emperor Wilhelm II accepts greetings from officials.

Austria-Hungary.

Archduke Franz Ferdinand rides on horseback, accompanied by the military.

The Austro-Hungarian cavalry and horse artillery - gun teams ride by.

Archduke Franz Ferdinand, sitting on horseback, talks to the ladies.

Hunting.

Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm pass by.

Emperor Wilhelm II talks with Archduke Franz Ferdinand, hunting trophies lie on the ground: a mountain goat, a deer.

Stills from the film: officers exit a car and salute Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, who are standing at the entrance to the administrative building.

Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife talk to local authorities on the steps of the cathedral, descend accompanied by adjutants, get into a car, and drive away.

Chronicle: the newspaper Le Petit Parisien with photographs of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife and Archduke Karl and his wife reports on the Sarajevo assassination.

The New York Times, Poland: photograph: the arrest of G. Princip.

Photo: the uniform of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, covered in blood.

Funeral.

Funeral procession: officers of the Austro-Hungarian navy carry the coffin with the body of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

Le Petit Parisien: an article about the Sarajevo assassination.

The Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph rides across the square in an open carriage, the public rejoices.

The Dernière: about the Austro-Serbian conflict.

Le Petit Journal with a report on the German invasion of Belgium.

Germany, Berlin, August 1, 1914. Declaration of war.

The public on the square in front of the palace.

Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm (in a hussar uniform with a death's head symbol on his hat) rides through the crowd in a car.

Panorama: the public on the square, heads in hats.

German guards march in a parade formation along the street past the shop windows, a military orchestra, Emperor Wilhelm II rides by on horseback, accompanied by Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm and generals, followed by a carriage with Empress Augusta Victoria, the public greets them.

German soldiers march in a formation along the street, men stand, a horseman directs the movement with a hand gesture.

German guards march in a parade formation.

L'Entransigean newspaper, article on mobilization in Russia.

Sevastopol, April 18, 1915. Kulikovo Field.

Emperor Nicholas II in a Cossack uniform (Circassian coat), accompanied by military personnel and members of his retinue, inspects the 1st and 2nd Kuban Plastun Brigades.

Emperor Nicholas II, commander of the Imperial Headquarters, Cavalry General V.B. Frederiks, Commander of His Imperial Majesty's Own Convoy Retinue, Major General A.N. Grabbe, are talking.

Emperor Nicholas II is reviewing the parade of the Kuban Corps.

Emperor Wilhelm II gets out of an approaching car and helps King Wilhelm II of Württemberg get out of the car.

A panorama of German soldiers standing in formation.

Emperor Wilhelm II, holding a field marshal's baton in his hand, is walking along, accompanied by members of his retinue and generals.

The German soldiers take off their helmets in salute.

France, 1916. Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, accompanied by a general and officers, walks along a line of German soldiers.

Germany, 1930s.

Field Marshal A. Mackensen, wearing a hussar's uniform, salutes the audience greeting him.

France, 1916. German soldiers are walking along in formation.

Emperor Wilhelm II and Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm stand at the doors of the headquarters, German soldiers march past.

German soldiers march along the city street, they are greeted by the townspeople.

The order of mobilization of 1914. French soldiers march along the city streets, they are greeted by the townspeople.

General J. Joffre in a ceremonial uniform in a group of military and civilians.

French soldiers and soldiers of the colonial troops march in ceremonial formation.

An address of the German command to the residents of Luxembourg.

Emperor Wilhelm II, accompanied by generals, receives a parade of soldiers of the German Landsturm.

German soldiers march along the city streets.

A collage of newspaper clippings with headlines about the war.

The Berliner Tageblatt newspaper about Great Britain's entry into the war.

A propaganda poster with the appeal of the Minister of War Lord Kitchener: "More men, until we win." Great Britain, London, 1914. Mobilization.

A reservist detachment marches in formation.

British soldiers, a military orchestra, and men in civilian clothes march in formation along a city street.

The English King George V, on horseback, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and a general, takes the parade and salutes the passing troops.

British soldiers march in formation.

Ottoman Empire.

First Balkan War, 1912. Headquarters of the Bulgarian troops.

Bulgarian officers are standing on the porch.

The captured Turkish general Yaver Pasha and a Bulgarian general get into a car parked by the porch, and the car drives away.

Constantinople.

Turkish soldiers walk through an arch decorated with the flags of the Ottoman Empire.

Illustration: a German soldier shoots a pistol into the heart of a woman who represents Belgium.

Belgium, Liege, 1914. Soldiers of the German Landsturm walk along the street past destroyed houses.

A panorama of a ruined city.

Carts and refugees drive along a country road.

German Landsturm soldiers and townspeople walk along a city street.

Serbia, 1914. Prince Regent Alexander watches through binoculars, General Mišić stands nearby.

Serbian generals discuss a plan of military action over a map.

Greece, Thessaloniki Front, 1916. A French battery in position.

Mountain landscape, explosions. 1914. Serbian generals in a trench watch through binoculars.

Landscape, explosions.

Prince Regent Alexander receives a report from a Serbian officer, General Mišić follows him.

A British field camp.

A panorama of British soldiers at a halt.

British soldiers dismantle tents.

British soldiers perform drill exercises.

British soldiers, soldiers of the Australian and New Zealand Corps (ANZAC), march in formation.

Coming out of the building: Generals P. von Hindenburg, E. von Ludendorff, Commander of the 8th German Army Lieutenant Colonel Max Hoffmann, staff officers, Austro-Hungarian military representative, posing for a newsreel.

Emperor Wilhelm II visiting the theater of military operations: taking a parade.

German soldiers marching in formation.

Emperor Wilhelm II in a group of generals and officers, the imperial standard fluttering.

Emperor Wilhelm II marches accompanied by generals and an admiral.

French soldiers in the trenches.

Panorama: general view of French positions, French soldiers firing rifles.

Leaflet - appeal of the military governor of Paris, General Gallieni, to the army and residents of the city, September 3, 1914. Paris.

Mobilization of Parisian taxis to the Marne.

Cars driving through the city.

British heavy gun, British gunners loading the gun.

General view of the battlefield, explosion.

British heavy battery in position, gun salvos.

Gun shots.

ANZAC battery, shots, gunners loading a gun.

German prisoners of war pass by on the road.

Prisoner of war camp.

German prisoners of war behind barbed wire, eating bread.

Distribution of hot food to German prisoners of war.

German prisoner of war /close-up/ wearing glasses eats bread.

German prisoners of war take a shower under the supervision of French orderlies.

A doctor examines a German prisoner of war, stripped to the waist.

German prisoners of war cut their comrades' hair, a French soldier with a red cross armband on his shoulder passes by.

German prisoners of war sit on the ground, inspect linen, rest.

Panorama: German prisoners of war sleep on the ground.

France.

The English King George V, accompanied by members of his retinue, including General Lord Kitchener, awards a soldier of the Australian-New Zealand Corps.

General J. Joffre, accompanied by the Minister of War Millerand, awards soldiers and officers of the French colonial troops. R. Poincaré gets out of a car that has pulled up and salutes the English King George V, who is following him.

A car pulls up, a French officer opens the door.

France, [1914] English King George V at the front.

George V passes by accompanied by General J. Joffre.

George V, President of the French Republic R. Poincaré, General J. Joffre watch the parade of French troops.

French cavalry gallops.

Great Britain.

English King George V inspects the cadets of the Naval Corps, walks along the ranks.

George V talks to junior cadets.

English Queen Mary, accompanied by the ladies of her retinue, inspects the ambulance detachment, walks along the line of women, the drivers of ambulances.

France, August 1915. Railway station.

General J. Joffre walks along the platform, talks with a French general.

Visit of the British Minister of War, Field Marshal Lord H. Kitchener to France.

Field Marshal Lord H. Kitchener, French Minister of War A. Millerand, General J. Joffre, Military Governor of Paris General J.S. Gallieni, French and British officers pass by.

Field Marshal Lord H. Kitchener, French Minister of War Millerand, General J. Joffre pass along the guard of honour.

Field Marshal Lord H. Kitchener, Minister of War Millerand, General J. Joffre at the front, pass through the trenches.

Field Marshal Lord H. Kitchener, General J. Joffre, a French and a British officer in a trench, Kitchener looks through binoculars.

Field Marshal Lord H. Kitchener, Minister of War A. Millerand, General J. Joffre, Military Governor of Paris General J.S. Gallieni and their entourage pass through a field.

France, winter, British positions.

British soldiers load a mortar, shots are fired.

British soldiers walk along a trench, putting on gas masks as they go.

British soldiers in gas masks walk along a trench.

View of positions covered with camouflage netting, barbed wire.

Explosion.

British soldiers walk along a trench, a soldier throws a snowball at a comrade.

British soldiers walk along a trench, holding rifles with fixed bayonets.

A shot from a gun camouflaged with a net.

British soldiers charge, clouds of smoke.

A British gun, gunners at the gun, a shot.

Explosion.

Soldiers with rifles run across a snow-covered field, the dead fall.

Parade of Romanian troops, officers salute the soldiers passing in formation.

Austria-Hungary, 1917. Emperor Charles I with his wife Zita of Bourbon-Parma, accompanied by members of their retinue, accept congratulations from students of educational institutions.

Ceremonial meeting of Emperor Charles I and his wife, ladies waving handkerchiefs.

Girls in white dresses present bouquets to the emperor and empress.

Emperor Charles I receives the report of the generals, shakes hands.

Italian front.

Emperor Charles inspects the Austro-Hungarian mountain riflemen.

Emperor Charles I, accompanied by generals, talks to a mountain rifleman.

A column of Italian prisoners of war passes by.

Panorama: Italian prisoners of war.

Pola, 1917. Austro-Hungarian naval base.

Emperor Charles I and his entourage on board a warship, walks along the deck, salutes, shakes hands with a naval officer.

Flag of the British Navy.

British squadron at sea.

Close-up: English King George V in an admiral's uniform.

Close-up: Admiral of the British fleet Sir Rosslyn Wemyss.

Close-up of Admiral John Rushworth Jellicoe of the British fleet.

Close-up of Admiral David Beatty of the British fleet.

Close-up of Admiral Sir Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee of the British fleet.

The British squadron at sea.

A torpedo boat flying the Italian flag passes, smoke.

Waves overboard the passing ship.

Sailors throw mines from the side of the ship.

A warship at sea, gunfire – shelling the shore.

Explosions of houses, smoke from fire, destruction of buildings.

Warships at sea, gunfire from onboard guns.

Close-up: loading a naval gun.

Gun fired.

Explosion, destruction of the building.

Panorama of the destroyed building (Durazzo?).

A French warship entering port.

French warships at sea.

Sailors on board a French ship.

The periscope of a German submarine appears on the surface of the water.

The captain of a French warship shouts into a megaphone, a sailor with a telescope and a sailor with binoculars run up.

French sailors fire an onboard gun.

French sailors drop depth charges from the deck.

French squadron at sea.

French naval officer, sailors at their instruments.

Supplying shells, sailors placing shells on a cart.

Warship at sea, gun salvos.

French sailors loading a gun (view of the interior).

Onboard warship, guns.

French sailors loading a gun.

Gun shots.

French sailors roll back a cart with shells.

The Black Sea, shelling of the Anatolian coast of Turkey, a building is burning on the shore.

Shots from the onboard guns.

Panorama: Anatolian coast.

Warships at sea.

Ships of the British and German fleets at sea.

Sailors loading a gun.

Salvos from onboard guns, sea battle.

Explosions on the surface of the water.

The ship goes under water.

The destroyer drops torpedoes.

Shots from the ship's guns.

Explosions on the surface of the water.

Dropping depth charges from the destroyer.

Large explosion on the surface of the water.

The British squadron at sea.

Explosions.

Shells hitting warships.

The warship goes under water.

The English King George V visits the warship, climbs the gangway accompanied by Admiral de Robeck and the Prince of Wales.

George V, Admiral David Beatty on the deck of the warship, sailors pass by, salute.

A panorama of British sailors on the deck of the warship.

George V awards orders on ribbons to the admirals.

Sailors on the deck of the warship salute with their sailor caps.

An Italian torpedo boat sails by, a torpedo is fired.

June 10, 1918. Different angles of the Austro-Hungarian battleship Szent-Istvan diving into the water.

Sailors on the deck.

Sailors jumping into the water.

The battleship Szent-Istvan capsized.

A panorama of sailors on the deck of an Austro-Hungarian warship watching the sunken battleship.

France.

The Belgian King Albert I and his wife Queen Elizabeth visit an aviation unit, shake hands with French pilots.

The Belgian King Albert I awards the French pilot, ace Charles Nungesser.

King Albert I, wearing a flight suit, stands next to an airplane, puts on his hat, and a French general and a French officer stand nearby.

King Albert I sits in the airplane cockpit in the observer's seat.

France, (before 1914).

The Spanish King Alfonso XIII and his entourage inspect an airplane.

German pilots: Manfred von Richthoffen in the center.

The airplane takes off across the field.

An airplane flies by.

Bon-Maisons, July 5, 1917. French General Franchet d'Esperey presents an award to pilot J. Guynemer.

Pilot J. Guynemer explains the structure of the airplane to the French General F. d'Esperey.

American soldiers.

Italy, San Pelagio airfield, August 9, 1918. Gabriele d'Annunzio and Italian pilot Natale Palli are sitting in the airplane cockpit. G. d'Annunzio passes by, accompanied by Italian pilots and officers.

French soldiers lift the balloon into the sky.

The pilot fires a machine gun.

View of the airplane flying by from the balloon basket.

French soldiers loading an anti-aircraft gun on a truck platform.

Italian soldiers landing a tethered balloon – pulling the ropes.

Italian soldiers in a trench firing a machine gun at an aerial target.

An airplane flies by.

A pilot fires a machine gun.

Italian soldiers landing a tethered balloon – pulling the ropes.

A French anti-aircraft gun on a truck platform.

An airplane flies by.

French soldiers standing by a crashed German Albatros airplane.

Sisters of mercy examine the dead pilot, take him out of the cockpit.

An airplane flies by.

The burning balloon falls down.

An airplane flies by.

Close-up: dropping aerial bombs.

Explosions on the ground.

The Italian Serinissima squadron, pilots near airplanes.

Airplanes are flying by.

Airplanes of the American squadron at the airfield, the airplane is taking off.

A burning balloon in the sky, falling down, an airplane is flying by.

An airplane is flying over the balloon.

An explosion and ignition of the balloon.

An aeronaut jumps out of the basket of the balloon with a parachute.

A burning balloon is falling.

The airship "Schwaben" is flying over the city.

General view of the city from above, an airship is flying by.

Silhouette of the mast of a military ship, smoke, an airship is flying by.

German sailors are watching the flight of the airship from the shore.

Air defense.

Night.

Searchlight beams are shining, illuminating airplanes in the sky, volleys of anti-aircraft guns, American gunners are firing at airplanes.

Flashes of explosions.

A burning balloon is falling, clouds of smoke.

Emperor Wilhelm II and King Ludwig III of Bavaria are animatedly talking by a train carriage.

A passenger steamer is leaving the pier, the sailors are removing the mooring ropes. 1917. The German submarine "U-35" on the surface.

Shelling from the side gun of a transport ship.

The transport ship is sinking.

The conning tower of the German submarine "U-35", Captain-Lieutenant Lauter-Arnold de Laperriere - a sea wolf of the Kriegsmarine - in a group of German submarine officers is crossing out the names of sunken ships from the Lloyd's register.

Close-up: a hand holds a pencil, crossing out the names of sunken ships.

The crew of the submarine "U-35" takes on board the crew of a sunken transport ship.

The submarine is at sea, waves are breaking against the side.

The submarine "U-35" on the surface is shelling a transport ship from the side gun.

A transport ship is rapidly sinking.

Sailors in life jackets approach the side of the submarine U-35 in a lifeboat.

The transport ship is being shelled from an onboard gun.

Explosions on the surface of the water near the side of the transport ship.

The conning tower of the submarine U-35, submarine officers are watching through binoculars.

Transport ships at sea, fires on board.

The submarine U-35 is on the surface, submariners are watching the sailing ship from the conning tower.

A lifeboat sets off from the side of the submarine U-35, swims towards the side of the sailing ship.

The sailing ship lists and slowly sinks into the water.

The submarine is on the surface at sea, waves are breaking against the side.

A submarine officer is watching through a periscope.

The submarine is submerging.

A submariner loads a torpedo into the torpedo tube, closes the cover.

A submarine officer gives the command to fire over the intercom.

Submarine sailors in the engine room activate the torpedo tube.

A trace of a torpedo on the water.

View of the torpedo hit and the explosion of the transport ship through the periscope eyepiece.

The transport ship submerges.

A British transport ship at anchor.

The flag of the British Navy on the ship's mast.

The crew of the British transport ship on board pose for a newsreel, waving their arms and hats.

Submarine submerging.

The deck of the British transport ship, the crew deploying an artillery piece camouflaged on board.

The artillery sailors aim the piece.

An explosion on the surface of the water.

The crew of the transport ship closes the doors of the compartment on the deck hiding the piece.

A German submarine sails by.

The crew of the transport ship opens the doors of the compartment, deploys the piece of artillery.

A German submarine on the surface, the crew on board.

A boat approaches the side, a naval officer goes on board the submarine, hands the captain a sheet of paper, British sailors go on board the German submarine.

View of the sinking transport ship from the German submarine "U-35".

A torpedo from the German submarine "U-35" hits the side of the transport ship, a column of water from the explosion.

The ship goes under water.

The newspaper "Le Matin" about the severance of diplomatic relations between the USA and Germany.

The White House, the President of the USA Woodrow Wilson in his office.

The White House, US President Woodrow Wilson in his office.

Woodrow Wilson working at his desk.

The document is the US Congress resolution on entering the war.

Close-up: General John Pershing.

General D. Pershing walks along the deck of the ship, poses for a newsreel.

France, 1917. General D. Pershing, accompanied by French generals and officers, visits the House of Invalids, walks along the line of the honor guard of French veterans.

Close-up: US Navy Minister Joseph Daniels.

In his office, on board the ship, speaking to American officers.

Close-up: Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin Roosevelt poses for a newsreel.

American Admiral William Sims.

The American squadron at sea.

A panorama of the deck of a warship, the Stars and Stripes fluttering, sailors on the deck of the ship.

British Admiral David Beatty visits a US Navy ship.

Admiral D. Beatty shakes hands with American sailors.

Admiral D. Beatty gives a speech to the crew on deck.

English King George V, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, climbs onto the deck of an American warship, sailors salute, officers report, and shake hands.

George V, the Prince of Wales in military uniform, Admiral D. Beatty, American admirals: Hugh Rodman, William Sims, pose for a newsreel.

King George V, the Prince of Wales shake hands with American admirals, naval officers.

USA, New York, 1917. American soldiers march in parade formation along a city street, with the public on the sidewalk.

American soldiers in field gear walk up the gangway.

American soldiers walk up the gangway onto a transport ship.

American soldiers on board a transport ship.

Panorama: a transport ship at sea.

The newspaper "Le Petit Parisien" from April 4, 1917: "The USA at war with Germany.

The American Congress has approved the military law." An American officer blindfolds President W. Wilson, the president takes a lottery ticket out of a glass urn.

An American transport ship with soldiers on board, soldiers waving.

A panorama of American transport ships at sea, their sides painted with camouflage paint.

The Stars and Stripes flag flutters on board.

Women on board a transport ship, a naval officer helps a woman put on a life suit.

Women in uniform on board a transport ship.

American soldiers stand in line for lunch.

American soldiers in life jackets eat at tables.

An American soldier plays with a puppy.

An officer watches through binoculars.

An American transport ship at sea, guarded by a destroyer.

A destroyer sails by.

The periscope of a submarine above the surface of the water.

American sailors on the deck of a ship firing a gun.

Explosions on the surface of the water.

Dropping depth charges from a destroyer.

Explosions on the surface of the water.

A destroyer sails by, waves rage, funnels smoke.

France.

American soldiers descend the gangway from a transport ship.

American soldiers march in formation.

The French greet the arriving American soldiers, American soldiers march in formation through the streets of the city, women throw flowers at the soldiers' feet.

American soldiers march in formation through the street of the city, carrying the Stars and Stripes.

Great Britain, London, Buckingham Palace, 1917. English King George V with his wife, Field Marshal French greet the American soldiers marching in formation.

British Prime Minister Lloyd George stands at the gates of the palace, next to him is a lady in a black dress trying to open an umbrella.

Moscow, 1918. Landscape: view of the Kremlin from the Moskva River.

Mogilev, 4 October 1916. Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Staff.

Church parade on the occasion of the holiday of Her Imperial Majesty's Own Convoy.

The following are emerging from the doors of the palace of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief: Emperor Nicholas II, Heir Apparent Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich, Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich, Grand Duke Georgy Mikhailovich; Nicholas II receives the report of the Convoy's retinue commander, Major General Count A.N. Grabbe.

The Convoy's Cossacks are marching in parade formation across the square in front of the palace; F.M. Kireyev is walking across the square with his saber drawn.

Panorama: Emperor Nicholas II is talking with Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich; behind them are the Grand Dukes, Grand Duchesses, and staff officers.

At the entrance to the palace stand Grand Duke Georgy Mikhailovich (in a Circassian coat), Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich, and the Grand Duchesses.

Archpriest of the army and navy Father Georgy (Shavelsky) walks along the line of the Cossacks of the Convoy, sprinkling the Cossacks, followed by Emperor Nicholas II, Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich, the commander of the Convoy, Major General Count A.N. Grabbe, Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich, Grand Duke Georgy Mikhailovich, and generals.

Emperor Nicholas II congratulates the centurions on the transfer to the Convoy, third from the left is centurion N. Galushkin, fourth from the left is centurion A. Gramotin, fifth centurion from the left is P. Ergushev, behind the Emperor stand the heir to the Tsarevich, the commander of the Convoy, Major General Count A.N. Grabbe.

Emperor Nicholas II, the Heir Tsarevich, the Grand Duchesses in a group of Cossacks of Her Imperial Majesty's Own Convoy pose for a film shoot, Poland, from left to right: E.D. Shkuropatsky, F.M. Kireyev, M.I. Svidin, M.A. Skvortsov, A.N. Grabbe, I.A. Veter, G.A. Rashpil, A.K. Shvedov, S.G. Lavrov, V.E. Zborovsky, N.V. Galushkin, A.A. Gramotin, P.G. Ergushev; the Cossacks salute.

Caucasian Front, winter 1916. Kuban Cossacks march in formation along a mountain road.

Russian soldiers escort Turkish prisoners of war.

Soviet-Polish War, 1920. Polish soldiers eat bread and laugh.

Polish soldiers on the city square.

Russia.

Wounded soldiers get off a tram.

Demobilized soldiers with their belongings (possibly the return of prisoners of war) are standing near a train carriage on a railway platform and are boarding the carriage.

A man in a cap with a red star checks the documents of the soldiers boarding the carriage.

Soviet-Polish War, 1920. Polish soldiers at a rest stop.

Russian Republic, March 1917. A.F. Kerensky in a group of students from educational institutions poses for a newsreel.

Everyone takes off their hats.

Stills from the film: night, soldiers with rifles running down the street, passers-by scattering, soldiers rolling a gun.

Chronicle: Petrograd, 1917. Demonstration, soldiers passing by with banners and slogans.

Funeral of the victims of the revolution, a funeral procession, coffins being carried.

Men in civilian clothes with rifles on their shoulders walk in formation down the street.

Moscow, Red Square, 1920s.

Parade.

Red Army soldiers in Budenovka hats marching in formation.

Petrograd, winter 1917. A sleigh loaded with boards passes over a bridge.

Pedestrians walk along the street, trams are stopped.

A snowstorm.

Children are sitting at tables in the city square, having lunch.

Children are in line for a hot lunch.

A woman in a white apron gives out bread to children.

Winter.

Moscow, Red Square, the Tsar Bell. V.I. Lenin is sitting in an armchair in his office, gesticulating.

France, 1918. Arrival of the English King George V and his wife.

The English King George V descends the gangway onto the pier, English officers salute.

The English King George V and his entourage visit a field hospital, talk to the wounded.

The English King George V and his wife greet the arriving Belgian King Albert I and his wife.

The Belgian King Albert I with his wife, accompanied by Belgian generals, Poland: the English King George V awards Belgian officers.

The English King George V, the Belgian King Albert I, the children of the Belgian King, and English officers walk along the seashore.

The English king salutes and gets into a car.

The English King George V, Field Marshal Douglas Haig, a girl runs up and hands the king flowers.

The President of the French Republic R. Poincaré shakes hands with King George V, Marshal J. Joffre and a girl with a bouquet of flowers approach them.

Marshal J. Joffre, President R. Poincaré, King George V, Marshal F. Foch, and Field Marshal D. Haig talk and pose for a newsreel.

Herbert Hoover with a group of officials sitting at a table drinking tea.

Romania, 1918. Cardinal Mercier talking to a man in a top hat.

Romanian King Ferdinand I on horseback inspects a parade.

Romanian soldiers in helmets march in formation.

Romanian Queen Maria with her daughter in a group of courtiers.

Greece, Thessaloniki, 1918. A British general and Greek officers watch Greek soldiers march in formation.

A group of Greek officials: officials, army and navy officers, a representative of the clergy, President E. Venizelos shaking hands with a British general.

Palestine, Jerusalem, 1918. Men in fezzes and British officers drive through a crowd in open cars along a city street, men in fezzes and children walk past British soldiers standing in formation.

In front of the building are British officers in colonial helmets, Jews.

Belgium, Spa, 1918. Headquarters of the German army. P. von Hindenburg, E. von Ludendorff in the office, bent over the table, studying the map of military operations.

Emperor Wilhelm II, Field Marshal P. von Hindenburg come out of the door and go down the stairs.

Emperor Wilhelm II shakes hand with Field Marshal P. von Hindenburg at a parked car.

Emperor Wilhelm II talks with E. von Ludendorff, helps him get into the car with a hand gesture.

Field Marshal P. von Ludendorff talks to wounded German soldiers sitting in wheelchairs.

Field Marshal P. von Hindenburg walks past German veterans standing with banners, talks with veterans.

Headquarters of the German army.

Emperor Wilhelm II, talking with Field Marshal P. von Hindenburg, General I. von Heeringen is present.

Emperor Wilhelm II, Field Marshal P. von Hindenburg, and German generals emerge from the doors of the Prival Hotel.

France, 1917. Headquarters of the Allied Forces.

American General D. Pershing shakes hands with Marshal F. Foch.

Marshal F. Foch with a group of French generals.

Marshal J. Joffre talks with General D. Pershing.

The Italian King Victor Emmanuel III, accompanied by French and Italian officers, walks past a line of French Alpine Chasseurs.

November 1918. A group of British army commanders and chiefs of staff, with Field Marshal D. Haig in the center.

British Field Marshal D. Haig presents an award to a French officer.

General A. Petain, a French general, comes out of the door.

Prime Minister of the French Republic J. Clemenceau greets a man in civilian clothes, the military.

A representative of the US government walks along the line of French soldiers, salutes.

A representative of the US government at the positions, watches through binoculars.

An American general talks to a lady.

Close-up: an American general, officers.

An American general makes a speech.

France.

Headquarters of Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm.

At the door of the headquarters, Emperor Wilhelm II receives a report from a German officer, Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm is standing nearby.

Headquarters of the German army.

Field Marshal P. von Hindenburg, General E. von Ludendorff pose for a newsreel.

German soldiers and a military orchestra march in formation along a country road.

Field Marshal P. von Hindenburg stands on the side of the road, accepting the parade.

German soldiers in marching gear and a convoy march along a country road.

British soldiers are clearing rubble along the road with shovels.

A British horse train is passing along the road.

British cavalry is passing.

British soldiers are passing through a communication trench.

British soldiers are passing along a trench.

French soldiers are marching in formation.

Horse artillery is passing.

A French train is passing, soldiers are passing.

American General D. Pershing is speaking to American troops.

Panorama: American soldiers - many helmets.

Close-up: American General D. Pershing is giving a speech.

A horseman is holding a banner (NDP "42"), American soldiers are standing in formation. (Possibly a review of the 42nd Division).

American soldiers are marching in formation along a country road.

American soldiers are marching along a stone wall.

A column of American soldiers is marching through the fields.

American soldiers are marching along the street of a ruined city, American and French officers are standing on the side of the road.

A horse-drawn convoy passes along the road among the ruins.

The Italian front.

Italian soldiers pass against the backdrop of a mountain landscape.

A tractor carries a heavy gun.

American soldiers pass in a chain across the field.

An American battery in position, gun volleys.

A gun in position, American artillerymen at the gun, a horseman passes by, leading a horse by the bridle.

An explosion in the field, smoke.

Dead horses and an overturned cart lie by the side of the road.

Battlefield, explosions, American soldiers run to the attack.

German soldiers run to the attack against the backdrop of a forest landscape.

An ammunition depot, American soldiers carry shells.

A machine gun fires from the bushes.

German soldiers run to the attack.

American soldiers fire from a machine gun.

Dead German soldiers fall.

German soldiers run to the attack, the dead fall.

Dead German soldiers lie on the ground.

American soldiers are running to attack, the dead are falling.

German soldiers are firing a machine gun.

American artillerymen at the gun, a shot.

An American officer is watching through binoculars, a soldier is recording his observations in a notebook.

German soldiers in a position fortified with sandbags, firing a machine gun.

French soldiers are running to attack.

French soldiers - medics are lifting a stretcher, a wounded man is lying on the stretcher.

An ammunition depot, American soldiers are carrying shells.

German soldiers are running to attack.

A German soldier in a helmet (from the back) looks out from the bushes.

American artillerymen are wiping a shell with rags.

Battlefield, explosion.

A dead German soldier rolls into a trench.

Battlefield, explosion.

The body of a German soldier lies on the rails.

Battlefield, explosions.

American soldiers are running to attack.

American soldiers run out of cover.

French soldiers are running to attack.

French soldiers climb out of the trench and run to attack.

German soldiers run in panic, gas masks around their necks.

German prisoners of war pass along the communication route of the trench.

German prisoners of war pass.

German prisoners of war pass along the trench with their hands raised.

French soldiers watch the German prisoners of war pass.

French soldiers - orderlies carry stretchers with the wounded, wounded soldiers pass.

Trenches littered with corpses.

The corpse of a German soldier lies on the ground (face down).

French soldiers-orderlies carry a stretcher with a wounded man.

French soldiers-orderlies load a stretcher with a wounded man into an ambulance.

A German soldier wounded in the head passes.

French orderlies pass by the ambulance, carrying a stretcher with a wounded man, wounded French soldiers pass.

The corpse of a French soldier lies in the mud on the ground.

Corpses of soldiers lie on the ground.

Battlefield, flamethrower volleys, black columns of smoke.

French soldiers are walking down a city street, leading the wounded with bandages over their eyes, a French soldier is walking, wiping his face with a handkerchief.

Panorama: a forest, a corpse of a German soldier is lying on the ground.

A French Schneider tank is driving by.

French artillerymen are loading a gun.

Gun volleys.

Corpses of German soldiers are lying on the ground.

Panorama: corpses of German soldiers, French soldiers are digging a grave with pickaxes.

Artillerymen are loading a gun.

Gun volleys.

Explosions on the battlefield.

Italian front.

Italian soldiers are setting up a machine gun on the parapet of a trench.

Italian medics are lifting a wounded man from a stretcher.

Wounded, bandaged soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian army.

Italian soldiers are carrying the wounded on raincoats.

Explosion.

A French heavy gun on a railway platform.

Explosion.

A French battery in position, gun volleys.

A French officer watches from a trench through binoculars.

A gun carriage passes, spray flies.

A heavy gun on a railway platform, a gun salvo.

Explosion.

American soldiers in a trench preparing to attack.

American soldiers run to attack, descend into a crater in front of a barbed wire fence.

Battlefield, explosion.

American soldiers lie down in a crater, there is an explosion nearby.

American soldiers climb out of the crater, overcome the barbed wire fence, run to attack through clouds of smoke, medics unfold a stretcher.

German prisoners of war carry a stretcher with a wounded American soldier, American soldiers are standing on the side of the road.

German prisoners of war put a stretcher with a wounded man on the ground, a panorama of wounded American soldiers lying on the ground, a medic delivering water.

German prisoners of war carry a stretcher with a wounded man.

A German prisoner of war medic (Red Cross emblem on his sleeve) bandages the wounded man.

German prisoners of war lead the wounded man by the arms, they are accompanied by an American soldier with a rifle over his shoulder.

German prisoners of war carry a stretcher with a wounded American soldier, American soldiers stand around.

American artillerymen load guns, shots are fired.

Battlefield, explosions, American soldiers run to the attack.

American soldiers in a trench, ready to attack.

An American artilleryman at a gun, a shot.

American soldiers climb out of the trench, run to the attack.

American soldiers run to the attack, the dead fall.

American soldiers climb out of the trench, run to the attack.

A French battery in position, gun salvos.

An American battery in position, gun salvos.

Emperor Wilhelm II at the front, awarding German soldiers with Iron Crosses.

American General D. Pershing awards American soldiers and officers.

Greece, Thessaloniki Front.

A French general awards the Order of the Legion of Honor to Serbian officers.

A French general thanks a French officer for his service (kisses him three times).

An English gun fires from a position camouflaged by a net, a gun crew.

Battlefield, explosions.

French soldiers run to the attack.

English King George V awards a Scottish rifleman, present: Queen Mary, British officers.

A British MK V tank drives across the field, British soldiers run to the attack.

Battlefield, large explosion, clods of earth flying.

English King George V awards widows of those killed at the front, Queen Mary shakes the widows' hands, General Lord Plumer is nearby with a list in his hands.

A heavy gun on a railway platform, camouflaged by a net, American gunners are standing nearby.

Battlefield, explosions.

American soldiers enter a populated area, run along the road.

A heavy gun on a railway platform, a shot.

Destroyed houses, clouds of black smoke, a house is destroyed.

American gunner, a shot from a gun.

A British MK V tank rolls down the slope of a ravine.

American soldiers are running to attack.

A French Renault FT-17 tank climbs a hill, American soldiers are running to attack.

Three Renault FT-17 tanks are driving across a field, smoke.

An MK V tank is driving across a field in smoke.

A Renault FT-17 tank passes through a destroyed house.

French soldiers are running to attack.

Heavy guns on railway platforms, shots.

A railway bridge over a river, explosions on the surface of the water.

Heavy guns on railway platforms, volleys, explosions.

An American artilleryman at a gun.

Heavy guns on a railway platform.

Battlefield, large explosion.

American soldiers are running to attack through the smoke.

British Prime Minister D. Lloyd George presents an award to a woman, pins an award to her clothes, shakes her hand, pats a child on the cheek.

American soldiers in a trench.

Large explosion, clods of earth flying.

French soldiers lie down in a trench, explosion, smoke.

German soldiers in a trench preparing to attack, a shell hits the trench, explosion, German soldiers climb out of the trench on ladders, explosion.

German soldiers in a trench, clouds of smoke.

German soldiers running to attack.

Explosions.

General view of the battlefield, German soldiers running to attack, explosions.

France, November 1918. There is a poster in French on a building "L'ARMISTICE" ("The Armistice"), people are walking past.

Four French soldiers are dancing past the jubilant crowd.

A British soldier is playing the accordion, a British sailor is waving his hand.

American soldiers are waving their hats.

American soldiers are fraternizing with German soldiers, shaking hands.

An American soldier puts his helmet on a German soldier, puts on a German soldier's peakless cap, and they share a cigarette.

An American officer exchanges hats with a German officer, they pose for a newsreel, and shake hands.

A military cemetery, crosses on the graves.

A cannon salvo.

Split screen: 1920s, events in the world.

Italian dictator B. Mussolini makes a speech from the balcony.

Split screen: 1920-30s, types of weapons, military parades in different countries of the world.

USSR, Moscow.

Parade on Red Square. I.V. Stalin on the rostrum of the mausoleum.

Split screen: parade on Red Square.

Split screen: parade of French troops.

French politician A. Briand speaks from the rostrum.

French tracked vehicles drive across the field, with French soldiers sitting in the back.

Parade of French troops.

Manchuria.

Pu Yi on horseback.

Split screen: military parade in Manchuria.

Split screen: events in India.

Mahatma Gandhi.

Split screen: parades, military equipment, ships at sea.

US President F. Roosevelt speaking.

Split screen: military equipment, planes in the sky, warships.

Holland, Doorn.

Emperor Wilhelm II stacking firewood.

Military cemetery, crosses on graves.

American officer posing for newsreel, shaking hands.