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The First World War - PT4
Belgium: CU cartoon illustrating the "Rape of Belgium." TLSs Belgian soldiers marching along bombed city of Leuven. Panning LS houses in ruins, people milling about, sifting through remains. TLS wagon train of refugees on road. GV city street w/soldiers & civilians.
The First World War - PT4
Western Front, Triple Entente Forces: Belgrade, Serbia: MS Serbian Army commanders looking at map on table in the field. Panning TLS Serb artillery & artillery unit. LSs explosions & smoke rising from mountain. France: TLSs British Army battalion at camp: sitting in small groups, cooking, resting; breaking down tents; etc. TLS British artillery unit on road, horse-drawn carriages. TLS British infantry marching on road. LS/TLSs Australian troops wearing bush hats marching though field.
The First World War - PT4
Belgium, Central Powers: GVs Commander in Chief of German force on the European Front PAUL VON HINDENBURG and his staff incl General Erich Ludendorff posing on steps. LS/TLSs Kaiser Wilhelm II & officers reviewing troops in field in Belgium, sand dunes in BG; TLSs German troops marching with rifles shoulder bound.
The First World War - PT4
France, Western Front, Battle/Combat, Mobilization: Great MSs French Army soldiers wearing kepi hats in trenches, barbed wire posts in one shot. TLSs French soldiers cleaning rifles in trench. CU French poster announcing that the Government has left Paris, signed by Gallieni, the Military Governor of Paris, and dated 3rd September 1914. Good TLSs "Taxis of the Marne" -- long line of taxi cabs carrying soldiers driving down street, some waving to civilians. (General Gallieni had commandeered Paris taxicabs & private cars to take reserves to the front in the Battle of the Marne.)
The First World War - PT4
Western Front, Battle/Combat: Excellent TLS/MSs hard-working British & Australian Army artillery units loading & firing field artillery, intercut with nice shots of ground explosions.
The First World War - PT4
Europe, German POW: MSs German prisoners of war marching through a village, standing and eating bread, being served soup. MSs German POWs taking showers in special field shower. MS young German soldier w/ his uniform tunic half off, man tapping or making marks with pen on his upper arm (not an injection, but maybe checking tuberculosis test?). MS Germans sitting on the ground, some still pulling their shirts on. Panning MS prisoners sitting in field, many lie down resting, some mending things.
The First World War - PT4
Triple Entente: MSs King GEORGE V decorating Australian soldiers during field ceremony.
The First World War - PT4
Triple Entente: MSs General JOSEPH JOFFRE decorating French soldiers, pinning medals & kissing both cheeks. Premier GASTON DOUMERGUE follows along, shaking hands. MS Gen. Joffre kissing two French colonial Muslim soldiers.
The First World War - PT4
Triple Entente: MS British King GEORGE V & President of France RAYMOND POINCARE exiting car. MS Prince of Wales & General Joseph Joffre getting out of 2nd car. MSs of the four walking onto field, inspecting troops. Nice action TLS/LSs of French cuirassiers (cavalry) galloping across the field.
The First World War - PT4
Triple Entente: MS King George V inspecting group of boys in military uniforms, standing at attention. MSs Queen Mary and Princess Mary of England inspecting women's ambulance corps.
The First World War - PT4
Triple Entente: MS Gen. Joffre & General JOSEPH GALLIENI pacing on otherwise empty railroad platform at Compiegne, France. MS British Field Marshal Lord HORATIO KITCHENER arriving at train station. Great h/a TLSs Lord Kitchener walking through trench w/ group of French generals & Prime Minister Gaston Doumergue, then looking field glasses. TLS group walking across field, toward cam.
The First World War - PT5
Prologue to the Great War (WWI) - PT5: Great historical documentation chronically the events of World War One. This section features Central Powers vs. Triple Entente Powers, battle on the Western Front, mobilization of troops, the death of Austria's Emperor & England s Naval might. Time Period: 1915-1916.
The First World War - PT5
Western Front, Trench Warfare, Winter Battle/Combat: LS camouflaged field cannon firing. MS British soldiers loading, firing mortar from trench. MS British soldier exiting trench bunker, putting on gas masks. MS Tommies walking through zigzag trench while wearing gas masks. TLS field artillery firing from concealed position. Great TLS ground explosion; TLS Tommies walking through trench, some throwing snowballs at each other. MS Brit soldiers rushing along trench with rifles, closing gate. TLS field guns firing. Nice side view TLS waves of Tommies coming out of trenches, advancing. GVs heavy artillery firing & ground explosions.
The First World War - PT5
Italy Enters War, Triple Entente, Mobilization: Panning TLS Italian soldiers march past King Emmanuel & generals on reviewing stand. MS King VICTOR EMMANUEL and his cousin the Duke of Aorta. TLS/MSs troop trains pulling into station, Italian troops marching. TLS side of beef being loaded onto trucks. TLS supplies carts. TLSs big artillery guns being moved (one on rails, another on wagon with crude tank treads on spoke wheel). TLS troops marching away from cam.
The First World War - PT5
Triple Entente, Italian Mobilization, Alps: TLSs Italian troops dragging artillery up mountainsides in the Alps. MS troops pulling huge field gun up incline. Great MS/TLSs Italian troops digging trenches through very deep snow in the Alps, soldiers walking out of tunnel. LS ski troops crossing flat open space between snowy mountains. MS infantry troops struggling up snowy path using rope.
The First World War - PT5
Death of Franz Josef, Emperor of Austria (November, 1916): High angle LS funeral procession stemming from palace. GV black horses with black plumes pulling sort of baroque hearse, mourners walking alongside. High angle LS funeral procession passing crowds lining the road through palace garden.
The First World War - PT5
Austria, Central Powers: MS newly crowned Emperor of Austria-Hungary KARL I & his wife Queen ZITA standing on train platform. MS Queen Zita smiling, holding bouquet. MS royal couple meeting two young boys. TLSs Karl & Zita walking toward cam with officers trying to clear path through friendly crowds who keep handing flowers to Zita.
The First World War - PT5
Austria, Central Powers: MSs Emperor Karl I meeting officers, troops (Iron Cross plainly visible on his uniform in some shots). TLS Italian POWs (captured by Central Powers) marching along muddy road. Panning MS Italian prisoners. MS German officers on-board the Austrian ship St. Stephan.
The First World War - PT5
Title card: Chapter IV. War on the high seas: MS Royal British naval flag flying from pole. LS British Grand Fleet in the Firth of Forth (shot from middle of water looking straight at the bridge; dreadnaughts). MCU King George V peering into cam. MCU Admiral JOHN JELLICOE. MCU Admiral DAVID BEATTY. MCU Admiral Doveton STUTDEE. MCU Admiral WEMYSS, 'later to be 1st Sea Lord."
Boom Days - PT2
American History and Politics 1927: Charles Lindbergh's solo flight across the Atlantic.
Boom Days - PT2
Charles Lindbergh flies solo across the Atlantic Ocean: TLS crowd racing across airfield in France, night, May 21, 1927. MS American flag flying from pole. TLS American Embassy in Paris, France. Low angle MS/TLSs aviator CHARLES LINDBERGH posing w/ U.S. Ambassador to France MYRON HERRICK on balcony. TLS crowd outside embassy. MS Charles Lindbergh posing in front of Spirit of St. Louis. CU Charles Lindbergh. MS Lindbergh leaving US embassy in Paris, boarding car. LS Lindbergh boarding U.S. ship, sailors standing on deck. LS sailors standing, saluting.
Boom Days - PT2
Charles Lindbergh returns to the United States, New York's Welcome Home: Profile MS Lindbergh looking through binoculars, rear admiral standing beside him. Excellent aerial of the Statue of Liberty (backside) & Liberty Island, boats in harbor. Great panning TLS harbor clogged with steamships spewing smoke. Traveling shot sailors sitting on bow of sailing ship. TLS/LSs massive tickertape (ticker tape, ticker-tape) parade along Broadway in New York City. High angle TLS crowd of men, litany of fedoras & straw boater hats.
Boom Days - PT2
Charles Lindbergh Hero's Welcome in Washington DC: GV Charles Lindbergh alighting U.S. naval vessel w/ his mother Evangeline Lindbergh (VO also mentions Navy Sec. Charles Adams, though he did not hold the post until 1929; Curtis Wilbur was Sec. in 1927). MS Lindy shaking hands w/ crowd on dock. GV Lindbergh entourage leaving docks via open-air car. LSs Lindy arriving at ceremony in DC. MS President Calvin Coolidge greeting Lindbergh at podium. High angle LS massive crowd gathered. MS President Calvin Coolidge awarding Charles Lindbergh w/ the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Boom Days - PT3 - Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact of 1928
U.S. Secretary of State Frank Kellogg posing on walkway of boat upon arriving in Paris, France; adult Caucasian men standing with him. Rear view of delegates standing up in meeting hall. French Foreign Minister Aristide Briand speaking; men on either side of him listening; empty chairs in FG. Signed Kellogg-Briand document. Adult Caucasian male waits for Secretary Kellogg, who exits building, gets into car; adult Caucasian male valet holds door open. Secretary Kellogg posing with wife, Clara Margaret Cook Kellogg. CU of Secretary Kellogg.