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1916-1919WORLD WAR I
EXCELLENT WWI FOOTAGE
FIRST SUBMARINES, LENIN, TROTSKY, RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

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TRUCKS CARRYING BRITISH. TROOPS ON TOP MOVING INTO FRANCE, JULY 1, 1916. 4TH BRITISH ARMY.
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SOLDIERS FROM ALL BRITISH EMPIRES: HINDU, CANADIANS, AUSTRALIANS ASSEMBLING
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BATTLE SCENES WWI.
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GERMAN TRENCH TAKEN BY ENGLISH
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ENGLISH SOLDIER LIGHTS WOUNDED GERMAN SOLDIER'S CIGARETTE.
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BRITISH SOLDIERS LEADING GERMAN POWS AWAY TO FIRST
AID POST.
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ARMY DOCTOR CHECKS WOUNDED SOLDIER. GIVES ANOTHER SOME WATER FROM CANTEEN. WOUNDED MEN AT FIRST AID POST
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BRITISH FLEET-ARMADA: MAY 31. ENGAGE IN BATTLE WITH GERMANY. BATTLE AT SEA.
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POV GERMANS DURING BATTLE. VIEW FROM U-BOAT SUBMARINE
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BRITISH SAILING SHIP MOVES NEAR GERMAN SUB. MEN IN ROWBOAT BRING TURTLES TO GERMAN U-BOAT. CU HUGE SEA TURTLES
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GERMANS LET BRITISH SAILORS GO IN LIFE BOATS THEN DESTROY BRITISH SAILING SHIP.
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BRITISH SAILING SHIP SINKS QUICKLY
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COMMANDER OF GERMAN U-BOAT TAKES OUT BOOK OF BRITISH REGISTERED SHIPS. CROSSES OUT NAME OF NEWLY SUNKEN ONE. CU CROSSING OUT NAME
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POV FROM U-BOAT SHOOTING TORPEDO AT BATTLESHIP.
HITS & SINKS BATTLESHIP. COMMANDER CROSSING OFF ITS NAME FROM THE LIST
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HITTING & SINKING ANOTHER "ENEMY" SHIP. FEBRUARY 1, 1917
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GERMANS ON SUBMARINE COUNTING UP SUNKEN SHIPS
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PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON HOLDS TELEPHONE. SIGNING PAPERS AT DESK
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LITTLE GIRL ON SIDELINES OF MILITARY PARADE WAVES AMERICAN FLAG
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ENLISTED MEN GOING OFF TO WAR IN EUROPE. MILITARY PROMENADE THROUGH SUPPORTIVE AMERICANS.
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WWI FOOTAGE: SNOWSTORM IN RUSSIA. SOLDIERS SITTING, EATING, KEEPING WARM. PAN HUGE GROUP
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FEBRUARY 19, 1917. RUSSIAN MOB SACKS THE BAKERIES OF ST. PETERSBURG. CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE. PEOPLE ON TROLLYS THROW THINGS AT POLICE. UNRULY MOBS, RIOTS
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MAN UP ON SIDE OF BUILDING POKES STUFFED CHICKEN OR SOME KIND OF ANIMAL
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IMPERIAL GUARD ABANDONING POSTS AT WAR. SINGING, THROWING HATS: MARCH 15-16, 1917. COLLAPSE OF MONARCHY
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ZOOM IN CU TYPEWRITER TYPING GENERAL ORDER NO. 75.
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TONS OF SOLDIERS TYPING IN COMMUNICATION ROOM
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SOLDIER'S MORSE CODE MESSAGES. CU MACHINE BEEPING.
MAN IN HEADPHONES DECODING MESSAGE
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CU MESSAGE WRITTEN AS HE DECODES IT
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CU SOLDIER ON PHONE OUTSIDE PLUGGING IN COMMUNICATION
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POV LOOKING THROUGH BINOCULARS AT WAR GROUNDS
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SOLDIERS IN TRENCHES
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CU GOING OVER MAP OF PLANS FOR ATTACK. FINGER POINTS AT DIRECTIONS
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MONTAGE SOLDIERS AWAITING GO AHEAD.
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SOLDIER GESTURES "COME ON". THEY MOVE OUT
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BARREN LANDSCAPE, BARE TREES
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WWI COMBAT FOOTAGE
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SOLDIERS HELP EACH OTHER PUT ON BANDAGES
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MONTAGE OF DEAD SOLDIERS
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FRENCH TROOPS MUTINY. REBELLION, GO ON STRIKE. LEAVE EN MASSE. WONT FIGHT. LONG LINE OF SOLDIERS GOING AWOL
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PARIS CITY STREET SCENE DURING WWI: PEACEFUL. WOMAN FEEDS SWAN
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MAN HELPS MATA HARI PUT ON COAT. GOES OFF IN CAR
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FRENCH PEOPLE FILLING STREETS OF PARIS. FASHIONS CIRCA 1917
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TRAIN ON ROUTE TO ST. PETERSBURG
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CU LENIN IN TRAIN
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LENIN'S TRAIN ARRIVES IN ST. PETERSBURG
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LENIN ADDRESSES PUBLIC (MOS). PAN HUGE CROWD OF SUPPORTERS LISTENING. PASSIONATE FOR CHANGE. SINGING
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SOLDIERS RELEASED FROM SIBERIAN PRISONS ADDRESS THE PEOPLE OF RUSSIA
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MOB-LIKE CROWD GRABBING FOR INFORMATION BEING PASSED OUT IN STREET
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RUSSIANS DEMONSTRATING FOR PEACE. RIOTS BREAK OUT.
SHOOTING MACHINE GUNS BREAK UP CROWD. PEOPLE FLEE FOR THEIR LIVES
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DEAD, CASUALTIES OF DEMONSTRATIONS. RUSSIANS WALK AROUND UNBELIEVING
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MAN TAKES RING OFF DEAD PERSON
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RED GUARDS ASSEMBLING UNDER TROTSKY. LENIN SEIZES POWER. GUARDS TAKE OVER BUILDINGS, STATIONS ETC.
NOVEMBER 7TH.
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MUTINOUS CRUISER AURORA, CANNONS AIMED AT PALACE
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NOVEMBER 7TH CONGRESS OF SOVIETS TAKES POWER
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HUGE IRON GATES OF PALACE
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CONGRESS MEMBERS ON BALCONY OF PALACE
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CU LENIN, TROTSKY
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GERMAN & RUSSIAN ARMIES CELEBRATE GETTING RID OF CZAR
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BERLIN: CONVOY OF ARMY TRUCKS LEAVING BUILDING
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GENERAL LUTTENDORF AT DESK SIGNING PAPERS. STRAGIST HINDENBURG ARRIVES FOR MEETING. HUGE WORLD MAP.
PLANNING MILITARY STRATEGIES
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CLEMENCEAU GETTING OFF TRAIN WITH OTHER FRENCH LEADERS
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CU FRENCH NEWSPAPER HEADLINE
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FRENCH SOLDIER IN TRENCH READING
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OLD MAN CLEMENCEAU, WITH HELP OF CANE WALKS, THROUGH TRENCHES WITH MILITARY LEADERS. FRENCH SOLDIER SMOKING PIPE PAUSES UPON SEEING HIM
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CU WRISTWATCH .
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MARCH 21, 1918: ASSAULT PLANNED BY LUTTENDORF. WWI FOOTAGE
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GERMAN ARMY WALKING THROUGH TAKEN TOWN WITH ENGLISH PRISONERS
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KAISER & MILITARY LEADERS FOLLOWING PROGRESS ON MAP.
CU MAP WITH FINGERS POINTNG
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CLEMENCEAU ARRIVES AT NEW HEADQUARTERS, MEETING MILITARY LEADERS
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CU GENERAL FOCH
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POV FROM STERN OF BATTLESHIP WATCHING WAKE OF SHIP &
OTHER SHIPS BEHIND & BLIMP. AMERICAN FLEET
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POV FROM PLANE FLYING OVER ARMADA-FLEET
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AMERICAN DOUGHBOYS-SOLDIERS ARRIVE IN FRANCE. PEOPLE OF FRANCE WELCOME THEM. SING AMERICAN WAR SONG AS TROOPS MARCH THROUGH STREETS OFF TO BATTLE. "GLORY HALLELUJAH"
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SOLDIER IN TRENCH LOOKING THROUGH BINOCULARS
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SURPRISE ATTACK JULY 13. 27 GERMAN PRISONERS TAKEN.
INTERROGATE PRISONERS WHO REVEAL GERMAN SUPREME OFFENSIVE
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KAISER'S TRAIN ARRIVES. CONFERS WITH OFFICERS ON PLATFORM
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UNDERLINGS HELP OFFICERS & KAISER PUT ON MILITARY OVERCOATS
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FRENCH TROOPS WAIT FOR ATTACK THEY LEARNED OF.
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SOLDIERS IN GAS MASKS FILL CANNON & FIRE. OTHERS UNCOVER HIDDEN CANNONS, FIGHTING BEGINS
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SOLDIERS READY TO ATTACK, CROUCHED IN TRENCH
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KAISER & HIS MILITARY LEADERS AT THEIR CAMP
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GERMANS ATTACK, BUT FRENCH HAD EVACUATED NIGHT BEFORE LOTS OF WASTED AMMUNITION!
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FRENCH FROM NEW POSITION CRUSH GERMAN TROOPS WHO RETREAT. SURPRISED THEY FALL BACK
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AMERICAN TROOPS ON THE FRONT LINE
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MONTAGE DEAD SOLDIERS
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ZOOM IN ON KAISER LOOKING DEFEATED
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GENERAL FOCH IN FRENCH FOREST
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POV IN CAR RIDING THROUGH FOREST
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COMBAT VEHICLES BEING TESTED IN WOODS. LIGHT-WEIGHT TANKS
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SERIES OF SHOTS FROM SINGLE CANNON
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CU TANK ROLLING THROUGH WOODS
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CANNON FIRING
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TANKS EASILY ROLLING OVER TERRAIN UP HILLS & ACROSS LAND. MOVING IN
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DARING MAN ON TEAM OF HORSES TRIES TO ESCAPE ON DIRT ROAD. ENEMY FIRE ALL AROUND HIM
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GERMANS RETREATING, RUNNING AWAY
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CU GERMAN SOLDIERS RUNNING AWAY
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MONTAGE GERMAN ARMY WITHDRAWING TROOPS
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GERMAN TROOPS LAY DOWN GUNS & SIT DOWN
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GERMANS PUSHING & SHOVING FOR FOOD HANDED OUT AT POW CAMEP. MEN GRAB FOR THINGS THROWN OUT TO THEM
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CONVOY OF TANKS
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CLEMENCEAU VISITS LIBERATED REGIONS TOTALLY DESTROYED BY GERMANS. HANG FRENCH FLAG BACK UP. BUILDINGS STILL SMOLDERING
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WWI FOOTAGE: BRITISH MOVING FORWARD. TANK CALLED "MARY' ROLLS BY.
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CELEBRATIONS AFTER LEARNING ABDICATION OF KAISER.
PEOPLE WILD IN THE STREETS
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BELGIAN KING SITS ON HORSE AS SOLDIERS PASS HIM.
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BELGIAN KING & QUEEN RIDE HORSES THROUGH BELGIAN CITY FILLED WITH HAPPY CELEBRANTS
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GREAT SHOT OF HELD-BACK HORDES OF PEOPLE BREAKING THROUGH & STORMING ACROSS CITY SQUARE. GERMANS RUN RIOT IN GERMANY
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JUNE 28, 1919: VERSAILLES. DELEGATIONS SIGN PEACE TREATY. CLEMENCEAU, LLOYD GEORGE, WILSON. LEAGUE OF NATIONS TREATY OF VERSAILLES.
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CU MARCHING SOLDIERS' FEET ACROSS COBBLESTONE. PARADE OF ASSOCIATION OF VETERANS IN BERLIN. STEEL HELMETS, GERMAN MARCHING BAND. GROUP OF SOLDIERS LIFT VARIOUS FLAGS AT SAME TIME
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SOMBER MARCH THROUGH AISLES OF SUPPORTERS COVERING BOTH SIDES OF ROAD. NAZI MARCH IN RAINY STREETS.
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