1914-1918WORLD WAR I
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VARIOUS SCENES COLUMS OF ALLIED SOLDIERS, MOSTLY FRENCH, MARCHING ON DIRT AND MUDDY ROADS ON WAY TO FRONT LINES; SOLDIERS IN TRENCHES CLOSE TO GERMAN LINES, THROWING HAND GRENADES; TUNNELLING UNDER GERMAN LINES, LOUNGING ABOUT IN TRENCHES
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"ALGERIAN INFANTRY AND CAVALRY, WHO HEROICALLY HELPED TO DEFEND PARIS DURING THE "BATTLE OF THE MARNE", BEING RUSHED TO THE FIRST LINES OF THE "BATTLE OF VERDUN".
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MONTAGE HIGH ANGLE OF LONG ENDLESS COLUMNS TROOPS MARCHING, TOWARDS CAMERA, DOWN DIRT ROADS. INCLUDED ARE MOUNTED CAVALRY
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"KILTIES WITH FRENCH AT VERDUN". COLUMNS OF SCOTTISH SOLDIERS WEARING KILTS (KILTIES) MARCHING THROUGH VILLAGES ON DIRT AND MUDDY ROADS. TOWARDS CAMERA.
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"RIVERS OF MEN" - FRENCH (ALGERIAN) TROOPS, OFFICERS ON HORSEBACK MARCHING ON ROAD AS FAR AS EYE CAN SEE.
RIFLES, BACK PACKS. TOWARDS CAMERA. PAN |
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HIGH ANGLE LONG COLUMN DONKEYS LADEN WITH SUPPLIES FOLLOWED BY TROOPS. LARGE BODY OF TROOPS STOPPED ALONG ROAD FOR REST.
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"A CONCENTRATED ARTILLERY ATTACK"
DUG IN ARTILLERY PIECES AND CREWS, FIRING CONTINUOUSLY. CANNON ON WHEELS ROLLS BACK SEVERAL YARDS AFTER FIRING. |
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"GERMAN SHELLS BREAKING ALONG FRENCH FRONT"
PAN EXPLODING SHELLS ARE SEEN IN DISTANCE ALONG WIDE FRONT. FRENCH SOLDIER IN FRGD ATTENDS TO HORSE. |
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"BIG GUNS GOING INTO ACTION"
VARIOUS SCENES FRENCH GUN CREWS PUSHING CARTS ON RAILS WITH HUGE SHELLS INTO POSITION ALONGSIDE HUGE CANNON MOUNTED ON RAILROAD TRACKS, LARGE BAGS OF POWDER ARE TAKEN OUT OF METAL CONTAINERS, CARRIED TO BREECH OF GUN. HUGE SHELLS ARE LIFTED INTO PLACE WITH BLOCK AND TACKLE. |
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SOLDIERS SIT AT ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN MOUNTED ON VEHICLE, FIRE IT CONTINUOUSLY. ONE MAN LOADS BREECH, ANOTHER PULLS FIRING STRING, TWO AIM GUN.
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FRENCH OFFICER, BACK TO CAMERA, PEERS OVER TRENCH AT ENEMY LINES THROUGH HAND HELD PERISCOPE.
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"TUNNELING UNDER GERMAN TRENCHES WITH COMPRESSED AIR"
TWO FRENCH SOLDIERS CLIMB OUT OF TUNNEL ENTRANCE CARRY ROCKS AND DEBRIS ON A STRETCHER, AS TWO OTHERS FEED LONG HOSE FROM COMPRESSOR TO SOLDIER IN TUNNEL USING AIR-POWERED CHISEL TO CUT THROUGH ROCK AND DIRT. |
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"COMPRESSED AIR STATION THREE MILES IN THE REAR".
SOLDIERS HANDLE ROLLS OF HOSE FOR COMPRESSOR. |
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TITLE: "IN THE TRENCHES"
FRENCH SOLDIERS IN TRENCHES LOOKING OVER TOP FOR SIGNS OF ENEMY. ONE SMOKES PIPE. |
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FRENCH SOLDIER AIMS AND FIRES RIFLE THROUGH SAND OPENING IN BAGS. ANOTHE SOLDIER LITES A HAND GRENADE, THROWS IT AND DUCKS DOWN. RE-TAKE. PAN TO OTHERS IN TRENCH.
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TITLE: "BRINGING UP MACHINE GUNS"
MACHINE GUN CREWS FILE THROUGH TRENCH MAZE CARRYING MACHINE GUNS, AMMO, TOWARDS CAMERA. |
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SOLDIERS SITTING AROUND, RESTING IN TRENCH.
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TITLE: "ALL THE COMFORTS OF HOME"
FRENCH SOLDIER SITS IN TRENCH AT ENTRANCE TO SAND- BAGGED BUNKER, LIGHTS UP PIPE, RELAXES. |
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TITLE: "IN THE JAWS OF DEATH"
"TRENCH FIGHTING AS IT REALLY IS, IN SOME PLACES ONLY FORTY FEET APART". "EVEN AT NIGHT WHEN THE WORLD SLEEPS, THE BATTLE GOES ON". MONTAGE NIGHT IS LIT UP BY FLASHES FROM ARTILLERY. |
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HEADS ARE SEEN OF FRENCH SOLDIERS IN TRENCH, BACKS TO CAMERA, AS THEY BATTLE GERMANS IN TRENCHES JUST BEYOND TREES IN FRONT OF THEM. SMOKE RISES, SHELL BURSTS IN AREA JUST IN FRONT OF FRENCH TRENCHES.
MORTARS FIRE, MORTAR SHELLS BURSTING IN DISTANCE. |
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TITLE: "THE INFANTRY ATTACK"
FRENCH SOLDIERS RUN THROUGH CURVING TRENCHES WITH THEIR HEADS LOWERED. BACKS TO CAMERA. |
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MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES FRENCH TROOPS CLIMBING OUT OF TRENCHES, CHARGING FORWARD, BACKS TO CAMERA.
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VIEW OF ABANDONED GERMAN TRENCH.
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AERIAL VIEW OF COUNTRY VILLAGES, TOWNS, AS WELL AS HOMES FACTORIES, AS SEEN FROM LOW FLYING PLANE, DONALD THOMPSON, PHOTOGRAPHER.
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AERIAL PAN OF FARM LAND AS SEEN FROM 10,000 FEET.
FLYING THROUGH CLOUDS. |
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"NEW RE-INFORCED CONCRETE TRENCHES OVER 40 FEET DEEP"
HIGH ANGLE OF FRENCH OFFICERS OUTSIDE NEW TRENCHES. |
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FLARES DROPPED FROM PLANES TO ILLUMINATE POSITIONS AT NIGHT.
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TITLE: "TRANSPORTING MACHINE GUNS THROUGH ABANDONED GERMAN TRENCHES". LONG COLUMN OF SOLDIERS GUIDING MULES, LADEN WITH MACHINE GUNS, THROUGH DEBRIS IN WRECKED TRENCHES.
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TITLE: "FRENCH SUPREMACY OF THE AIR HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED SINCE EARLY IN THE WAR. THE END OF ONE GERMAN AIRCERAFT AFTER BATTLE IN CLOUDS IS SHOWN".
"FRENCH OBSERVATION BALLOON EQUIPPED WITH SAFETY FIRST PARACHUTE". |
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DOZENS OF SOLDIERS HOLD HUGE SAUSAGE SHAPED BALLOON SEVERAL FEET OFF GROUND, WITH ROPES. SOLDIER IS HELPED ON WITH PARACHUTE BEFORE HE SITS IN OBSERVATION BASKET UNDER BALLOON. OTHER SOLDIERS HOLD DOWN THE BASKET. THEY LET GO, THE BALOON WITH OBSERVER RISES. BALLOON AS SEEN FROM GROUND. AVIATION
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TITLE: "A 9,000 FOOT LEAP"
PARACHUTE WITH SOLDIER GLIDES SLOWLY TO GROUND. |
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SOLDIER POSES AFTER PARACHUTE JUMP.
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TITLE: "FRANCE HAS 20,000 AIRSHIPS"
PAN OF LINES OF VARIETY OF VINTAGE BI-WING AIRPLANES AND GROUND CREWS, FLIERS, HANGARS, AT FRENCH AIRFIELD. |
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PILOT PLACES WOOLEN SKI MASK TYPE HEADWEAR OVER HEAD BEFORE CLIMBING INTO PLANE. MS FRENCH BI-PLANE TAKING OFF. SEVERAL TYPES VINTAGE BI-PLANES PLANE COMING TOWARDS CAMERA, TAKING OFF RIGHT OVER IT. PAN PLANE TAKING OFF, FLYING OVER PARKED PLANES, HANGARS.
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ELS GERMAN FIGHTER PLANE, AS SEEN FROM GROUND.
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TITLE: "ATTACKING GERMAN PLANE"
ELS GERMAN PLANE SEEN ATTACKING FRENCH PLANE. TITLE: "FRENCH PLANE SIGNALS FOR AID". |
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"DOG FIGHT" IN PROGRESS AS SEEN FROM AIR. GERMAN MALTESE CROSS IS CLEARLY SEEN ON PLANE'S WINGS AS IT IS SHOT DOWN. AS SEEN FROM PLANE FLYING ABOVE IT.
CRASHED GERMAN PLANE ON GROUND. |
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