WWI - R4 of 7
Titles: ”Rapid Transit on the battlefield... Fifth Avenue Somewhere in France.” LS convoy of trucks w/ other vehicles, both directions; troops returning on foot passing trucks of troops.
10:29:43 Title “Transporting machine guns to the front.” Mules & wagons thru town; mule pack train on country road up hillside. French trucks up steep mud road. Steam engine & car down hlil past parked trucks. Trucks pulling large artillery; others carrying artillery in back.
10:31:28 French troops unload hay from railroad to trucks & wagons. Pan ammunition crates & supply trucks, “Railway on wire”. French troops along small carts winched up hill thru woods. Mule pulls small cannon over small wooden bridge over carts winched up hill. Troops, trucks along road past resting troops. Long parked convoy of trucks, French troops board. Trucks snake across large hillside, past thru town.
10:34:37 French troops cross railroad tracks & on embankment; cross field.
10:34:52 Flash Title: “Armored cars advancing.” Camouflaged w/ men riding convoy past. Ox carts pulling large artillery across floating bridge. “New 16 inch guns mounted on trains.” Men run to set up several large camouflaged railroad gun; shell moved from railroad car & loaded for firing; two guns raised.
10:37:59 Titles: “Engines of Destruction - Shell torn Europe...” no film. “This dummy, made of waste paper from the trenches, fooled the Germans...” Large barrel & cannon as decoy, men assemble & raise barrel.
10:38:56 Title: “What the Germans didn’t see.” Men run to uncover brush from large cannon in pit below ground mounted on tracks (?). Similar gun on rails under netting.
10:40:11 Title: “Nothing like this in America” Unid. very large gun w/ camouflage paint prepared for firing, shell winched into breech, closed, barrel raised & fired.
10:41:27 Title: “France has plenty of ammunition.” Massive piles of ammunition stacked next to railroad cars. CU large shells. Men loading trucks w/ smaller shells; views of piles of shells. Men carry & stack shells.
10:43:06 Title: “$10,000 shells, 2,000 lbs each.” Men winching shells onto railroad platform.
WWI; WW1 Documentary; World War One Logistics; Ammunition; Decoys; Donald Thompson; 1916; 16” Railroad Guns; Decoys;
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WWI - R4 of 7 Titles: ”Rapid Transit on the battlefield... Fifth Avenue Somewhere in France.” LS convoy of trucks w/ other vehicles, both directions; troops returning on foot passing trucks of troops. 10:29:43 Title “Transporting machine guns to the front.” Mules & wagons thru town; mule pack train on country road up hillside. French trucks up steep mud road. Steam engine & car down hlil past parked trucks. Trucks pulling large artillery; others carrying artillery in back. 10:31:28 French troops unload hay from railroad to trucks & wagons. Pan ammunition crates & supply trucks, “Railway on wire”. French troops along small carts winched up hill thru woods. Mule pulls small cannon over small wooden bridge over carts winched up hill. Troops, trucks along road past resting troops. Long parked convoy of trucks, French troops board. Trucks snake across large hillside, past thru town. 10:34:37 French troops cross railroad tracks & on embankment; cross field. 10:34:52 Flash Title: “Armored cars advancing.” Camouflaged w/ men riding convoy past. Ox carts pulling large artillery across floating bridge. “New 16 inch guns mounted on trains.” Men run to set up several large camouflaged railroad gun; shell moved from railroad car & loaded for firing; two guns raised. 10:37:59 Titles: “Engines of Destruction - Shell torn Europe...” no film. “This dummy, made of waste paper from the trenches, fooled the Germans...” Large barrel & cannon as decoy, men assemble & raise barrel. 10:38:56 Title: “What the Germans didn’t see.” Men run to uncover brush from large cannon in pit below ground mounted on tracks (?). Similar gun on rails under netting. 10:40:11 Title: “Nothing like this in America” Unid. very large gun w/ camouflage paint prepared for firing, shell winched into breech, closed, barrel raised & fired. 10:41:27 Title: “France has plenty of ammunition.” Massive piles of ammunition stacked next to railroad cars. CU large shells. Men loading trucks w/ smaller shells; views of piles of shells. Men carry & stack shells. 10:43:06 Title: “$10,000 shells, 2,000 lbs each.” Men winching shells onto railroad platform. WWI; WW1 Documentary; World War One Logistics; Ammunition; Decoys; Donald Thompson; 1916; 16” Railroad Guns; Decoys; NOTE: Not all titles listed.