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Franco-British Army on the Somme. (1914 - 1916)
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Scene №1 Franco-British army on the Somme
France.
Franco-British troops on the Somme.
The movement of troops.
Balloons in the sky.
British infantry parade with a military band.
British infantry and engineers.
British military vehicles with soldiers.
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1914-1916The First World War History
Scene №2 Operations of the Anglo-French forces on the Somme
British military convoy with fodder and products.
British soldiers and officers listen to the sermon of the priest.
Movement artillery convoy, cavalry detachment.
British gunners at the guns.
Movement of British infantry units.
Soldiers in the trenches.
Hostilities Russian artillery.
British tanks moving across the field.
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1916The First World War History
Scene №3
France.
Movement of the British infantry.
Halt in the field.
French peasants working in the fields.
Fighting the British infantry, artillery.
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1916The First World War History
Scene №4
Movement of British infantry units.
Soldiers in the trenches.
Hostilities Russian artillery.
Military equipment ..
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Scene №5
French infantry squad moves on the way.
Transportation shells by rail platforms.
Artillery preparation for battle.
Gun shoots.
Friendly French soldiers.
Captured Germans hiding in the trenches.
View captured guns captured from the enemy.
Columns of prisoners running along the road.
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Scene №6
British military tested parts.
Gunners take positions, prepare shells.
Soldiers before the battle, prepare arms.
Trench.
Soldiers pass through the trench.
Soldiers receive boxes of grenades.
Shooting artillery.
Soldiers at eight-inch guns - impose, charge, shoot.
Work artillery calculations.
Soldiers sneaked balloon inflated balloons rise into the air.
Job artillery calculations, shooting guns.
Scotsman in a kilt runs into earthen shelter.
Officer in the shelter, says.
Work artillery calculations.
The officer in command of the gunners.
Officers and soldiers near the tank.
Tank rides on the field.
Soldiers removed from the tank camouflage.
Tank is on the field.
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France
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