WWI – Doughboys Go To The Front
WWI doughboys practice with bayonets, work with black soldiers, train with gas masks, communications, telephone, radio. Lay barbed wire, use haystack camouflage and march to the front.
WWI Videos
WWI – Saint Mihiel
How do you water 250 horses in an hour? Like this! German prisoners being used for litter carrying, field artillery, engineering, etc.
WWI – France, Various Allied Activities
Infantry moves across France September 1918. Ruins of the town of Saint — Baussant, French refugees released from German occupation. American Red Cross distributes chocolate to troops. Men occupy areas formerly held by Germans. Piano playing, etc.
WWI – Amazing Gas Masks and Gas Warning Technology for People and Horses
Shows how people turned to various methods of protection for the gas scare during WWI.
WWI – Deadly Gas Delivery Systems
Includes demonstrations of mortars, gas attack shells and compressed canister systems for delivery of poisonous gas.
Signal Corps Activities During WWI
Motorcycles with side cars! Lots of them. A field wireless set in action. Lots of cool WWI technology, telegraph operations, installing cable, etc.
Telephone, Telegraph and Radio Line Operations in France
Shows all methods of electronic communication during the war, and the poles and trenches needed to carry the wire to the front. Fascinating.
Biggest Guns of the Artillery in WWI
Twelve inch guns fire 900 pound shells and that is just the beginning.
