Scenes On The Menin Road

Scenes On The Menin Road British infantry units move to the front in Belgium - troops on back of trucks. Wounded soldiers brought back along the Menin Road to first aid station - Red Cross ambulance carriages and trucks - soldier has wounded arm dressed. Stretcher bearers walk along muddy track. 08:32:20 MCU troops file through trench in tin hats - turn to look at camera. Digging out trench. German prisoners under guard. Badly wounded soldier laying on ground being given dressing - another soldier holds his hand. 08:34:30 LS infantry advance across open field. Artillery units out of trench w/ machine guns. Heavy gun bombardment of German lines - explosions. Soldiers at dressing station. Heavy gun carriage drawn by sixteen horses past camera. 08:37:06 German PoWs marched to the rear under guard, some wounded. 08:38:00 Canadian troops march across ditch. WWI. Trench Warfare.