WWI - France; Artillery Caves; Trenches Used & Built; Verdun; Mortars; Tank Demonstration
Gaumont Graphic No. 599 Title: With The French at Maurepas... Horse teams pulling wagons along muddy road & across water.
12:41:44 Large caves w/ troops w/ picks & sandbags in front. Machine gunners in front of cave.
12;42:24 Trucks, some w/ artillery in back, on road passing both ways. Horses tethered next to stone fronted huts dug into bluff; soldiers walking past w/ packs. Troops advance
12:43:42 Title: French Front Line Trenches... Deep sandbagged trench w/ men & rifles against wicker braced wall. Soldiers in pit w/ sandbags.
12:44:23 Firing big gun, shell hoisted. Barrel cleaned & powder charge put in. Fired. Very large mortar fired.
12:45:01 GG no. 538 Title: On the Verdun Front - Reinforcements... Trucks w/ men thru village. Trucks along brick road pulling heavy gun carriage. Smaller artillery & supply wagons pulled by horses thru French town. Trucks on rural road.
12:46:24 Title: Real Hard Work...French Trenches Amongst Stone Guarries... Rocky trench & cave covered w/ thick earth, men look up at camera. Slate on metal roofs.
12:47:22 Men digging wie & deep trench w/ pick & shovels. Metal corrugated bomb shelter built in trench; men stand in entrance. Planking on bottom of trench, man poses
12:49:18 Sir Douglas Haig off ship, reviews troops - Dover?
12:49:34 Tanks pass over hill; through water. goes out of frame.
12:50:50 Repeat reviewing troops, tanks running in shallow stream then back up steep bank; over rubble pile.
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WWI - France; Artillery Caves; Trenches Used & Built; Verdun; Mortars; Tank Demonstration Gaumont Graphic No. 599 Title: With The French at Maurepas... Horse teams pulling wagons along muddy road & across water. 12:41:44 Large caves w/ troops w/ picks & sandbags in front. Machine gunners in front of cave. 12;42:24 Trucks, some w/ artillery in back, on road passing both ways. Horses tethered next to stone fronted huts dug into bluff; soldiers walking past w/ packs. Troops advance 12:43:42 Title: French Front Line Trenches... Deep sandbagged trench w/ men & rifles against wicker braced wall. Soldiers in pit w/ sandbags. 12:44:23 Firing big gun, shell hoisted. Barrel cleaned & powder charge put in. Fired. Very large mortar fired. 12:45:01 GG no. 538 Title: On the Verdun Front - Reinforcements... Trucks w/ men thru village. Trucks along brick road pulling heavy gun carriage. Smaller artillery & supply wagons pulled by horses thru French town. Trucks on rural road. 12:46:24 Title: Real Hard Work...French Trenches Amongst Stone Guarries... Rocky trench & cave covered w/ thick earth, men look up at camera. Slate on metal roofs. 12:47:22 Men digging wie & deep trench w/ pick & shovels. Metal corrugated bomb shelter built in trench; men stand in entrance. Planking on bottom of trench, man poses 12:49:18 Sir Douglas Haig off ship, reviews troops - Dover? 12:49:34 Tanks pass over hill; through water. goes out of frame. 12:50:50 Repeat reviewing troops, tanks running in shallow stream then back up steep bank; over rubble pile. WW1 - Fighting; Weapons;