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1914-1916WORLD WAR I
FIRST MERCEDES TRUCK

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MASSIVE LONDON CROWD LISTENS TO "SOAP BOX" SPEAKER.
ENLISTING IN BELGIUM ARMY: SWEARING IN, SIGNING UP, RECEIVING UNIFORMS, BOOTS, BLANKETS, SUPPLIES.
RECRUITS QUEUEING ON DOCK & BOARDING BRITISH SHIPS.
LEAVING DOCK. TROOPS GO OUT TO FIGHT WWI, 1914
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FRENCH MILITARY LEADERS WORK ON "PLAN 17". FRENCH TROOPS MARCH THROUGH FRENCH CITY
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WOMAN HOLDING SIGN: "FRANCE". SAD FORLORN LOOK IN HER EYES
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DEMONIC GERMAN SOLDIER. FLAMES, FIRE IN BKGD
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WOMAN SYMBOLIZING FRANCE ON CROSS HOLDS CHAINED HANDS OUTWARD
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FRENCH TROOPS MOBILIZING. WWI MARCH OF FRENCH ARMY TOWARDS EAST. TROOPS CROSSING BRIDGE. OXEN TEAMS PULLING CANNONS
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WWI COMBAT FOOTAGE. CAVALRY RACE ACROSS OPEN FIELD
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GERMAN MILITARY LEADERS ON THE WAR FRONT WITH STRATEGIC WAR MAPS
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MOUNTAIN RANGE BETWEEN FRANCE & GERMANY
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FRENCH MILITARY LEADERS WITH THEIR WAR MAPS.
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WWI FOOTAGE: GERMAN INFANTRY TAKE OFFENSIVE ON THE WESTERN FRONT. MARCH TOWARD PARIS.
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RUSSIAN TROOPS STORMING ACROSS OPEN FIELDS. HS RUSSIAN CAVALRY RACING ACROSS OPEN LAND.
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BRITISH TROOPS ENTRENCHED ON THE WESTERN FRONT.
TRENCH WARFARE. LEAVE TRENCHES ON THE OFFENSIVE
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GERMAN REFUGEES PILING INTO TRAINS. FLEEING WITH BELONGINGS BEFORE RUSSIAN ARMY ARRIVES
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WWI FOOTAGE: GERMAN ARMY MARCHING SOUTH
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RETREATING ARMY. BELGIAN & FRENCH REFUGEES
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GERMAN CAVALRY ON THE MOVE TOWARD PARIS.
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PARIS, OCTOBER 3, 1914.
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FRENCH TROOPS DIGGING TRENCHES. FRENCH SOLDIERS IN POSITIONS BEHIND FORTIFICATION
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FRENCH GENERAL GALLIENI ON THE FRONT RECEIVING MESSAGE THAT VON KLUCK ARMY HAS CHANGED DIRECTION, SEPTEMBER 4, 1914.
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AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE PLANES OVER GERMAN ARMY MARCHING SOUTH
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GENERAL JOFFRE & MILITARY LEADERS PLANNING WAR STRATEGIES. CU WAR MAP.
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GENERAL GALLIENI ON THE FRONT SPEAKS TO JOFFRE ON PHONE
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FRENCH TROOPS ON LOCOMOTIVE LOADED WITH SUPPLIES
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FRENCH TAXIS TRANSPORTING FRESH DIVISION THROUGH PARIS. PARIS TAXI CONVOY TO THE FRONT
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WWI FOOTAGE: SOLDIERS CRANK UP PORTABLE LOOK-OUT TOWER. LOOK-OUT WITH BINOCULARS. PAN FIELD OF DEAD SOLDIERS.
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FRENCH TROOPS REVIEWED BY GENERAL JOFFRE
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GERMAN MILITARY LEADERS WALK THROUGH TRENCHES.
BAFFLED BY NEW TRENCH WARFARE. LEARNING TO DIG THEIR OWN TRENCHES
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BUGLER SOUNDS. GERMAN TROOPS LINE UP FOR INSPECTION.
GERMAN TROOPS MOUNT BICYCLES & RIDE AWAY
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FOOD LINE: PEOPLE LINED UP FOR RATIONS
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WWI PILOTS JUMP IN BI-PLANES. FLYING OVER LAND
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STILLS: DOUBLE LINE OF TRENCHES
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HIGH COMMAND OFFICERS PLANNING WAR STRATEGIES
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WWI TRENCH WARFARE
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ITALIAN SOLDIERS MARCH SINGLE FILE DOWN HILLY WINDING ROAD. MONTAGE ALLIES AGAINST RUSSIA MOBILIZING.
MARCHING THROUGH TRENCHES.
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TROOPS ASSEMBLING & USING STEEL APPARATUS WHICH WALKS AS IF ON WHEELS. PROTECTS SOLDIERS. GENERAL FOCH ATTENDS DEMONSTRATION
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FRENCH SOLDIER SPLAYED OUT ON THE GROUND PEELING FOOD, EATING. WEARY.
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SOLDIER ON BICYCLE DELIVERS NEWSPAPERS TO FRENCH SOLDIERS ON THE FRONT LINE. CU NEWSPAPER WITH BLANK ARTICLE, NO ARTICLE, CENSORSHIP. NOT UPSET SOLDIERS WITH BAD NEWS
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CU SOLDIER WRITING LETTER HOME TO HIS WIFE. COMBAT FOOTAGE AS HE WRITES LETTER HOME
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FRENCH SOLDIERS ON LEAVE AT STATION, WAITING FOR TRUCKS. SOLDIERS GET ON TRUCKS. SHAKE HANDS WITH THOSE LEFT BEHIND, GOING ON LEAVE
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ARMY SHOW: FRENCH SOLDIERS PAYING INTO BURLESQUE SHOW. MAN IN TUXEDO SEDUCES SOLDIERS IN WITH GESTURES. WOMAN GIVES SOLDIER BOUQUET OF FLOWERS, ANOTHER LIGHTS HIS CIGARETTE. ENTERTAINING TROOPS.
GIVING EACH SOLDIER FLOWER FROM BOUQUET.
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TRAIN PULLS INTO STATION. WOUNDED & DEAD SOLDIERS TRANSPORTED BY TRAIN
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SOLDIERS RUN ACROSS TRAIN TRACKS TO BOARD TRAINS.
LEAN OUT TRAIN WINDOWS.
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INTERIOR METRO CAR, CIRCA 1915
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TRAIN PULLS INTO STATION. SOLDIERS & CIVILIANS ON
PLATFORM
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PARIS, CIRCA WWI: CAFES, TROLLEY CARS, AMUSEMENT PARK RIDES, MERRY-GO-ROUND. MEN HIT GAG PUNCHING BAG WHICH HITS THEM BACK.
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WOMAN SQUEEZES INTO ALREADY FULL TROLLEY CAR IN PARIS MARKETS. STREETS, WINDOW SHOPPING.
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MAN ROWS BOAT FOR COUPLE. ROW BOATS ON LAKE. DUCKS
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WINTER TIME: BOATS ON FROZEN LAKE. DUCKS IN SEARCH OF FOOD ON ICE. STATUE FOUNTAIN WITH FROZEN ICE.
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WINTER BATTLE FOOTAGE, WWI.
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1916. GERMAN MILITARY LEADERS: KAISER & HIS CROWN PRINCE SON.
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FRENCH TROOPS MOBILIZING IN VERDUN. GENERAL PETAIN WATCHES TRUCK CONVOY ON "THE SACRED WAY". RELIEF SOLDIERS ARRIVING.
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BATLLE OF VERDUN. GERMAN ATTACK ON VERDUN FEBRUARY, 1916. SOLDIERS WEARING GAS MASKS. COMPLETE SLAUGHTER OF FRENCH TROOPS.
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PAN TO TRENCHES. ZOMBIE-LIKE FRENCH SOLDIERS WALK AROUND IN DAZE. MEN SKIRT AROUND MUD PUDDLE. SOLDIER THROWS HIMSELF IN MUDDY WATER, DRINKING.
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GERMAN PRISONERS PASS FRENCH TROOPS GOING DOWN FOR THE ATTACK.
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BATTLE WEARY FRENCH SOLDIERS EAT POTATO SALAD IN TRENCHES.
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TRUCK CONVOY WITH RELIEF SOLDIERS BROUGHT IN PASS TRUCKS BRINGING SOLDIERS OUT
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HINDENBURG MEETS WITH THE KAISER. GIVEN COMMAND OF THE WAR.
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