- Title: P-212-71
- Summary: THOSE EXCITING DAYS: WWI
- Description:00:54:37 - NEW YORK CITY STREETS AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. 00:54:39 - 1914 CARS DRIVE PAST. 00:54:58 - THE GEM MOVIE THEATER MARQUEE. 00:55:04 - INTERIOR OF THEATER AS PIANIST PLAYS. PEOPLE WATCH NEWSREEL OF CZAR. GOOD HISTORICAL FOOTAGE. 00:55:42 - WILHELM OF GERMANY. 00:55:48 - HUNTING. 00:55:50 - ANIMALS ROUNDED UP AND LET GO TO MAKE HUNTING EASIER. 00:56:00 - GREAT SHOT OF A BUCK. 00:56:03 - HUGE PILE OF RACKS. ALMOST PROPHETIC 00:56:11 - AUSTRIA'S FRANZ JOSEPH 00:56:18 - UNIFORMED MEN WITH PLUMED HELMETS MARCH BY EUROPEAN RULERS 00:56:21 - JOSEPH'S GOVERNMENT PUSHES SERBIA INTO WAR. 00:56:24 - SERBIAN TROOPS ALMOST TOO HAPPY. 00:56:28 - CU BEARDED MAN WITH GUN, SMILING 00:56:31 - KAISER MARCHES PAST BATTALION 00:56:34 - MARCHING TROOPS. 00:56:43 - TSAR'S TROOPS MOBILIZING. 00:56:48 - ARMY OF MEN ON HORSEBACK. 00:56:54 - ARMORED BATTALION. 00:57:02 - COSSACKS CHARGE ON HORSEBACK. RUSSIAN ARMY. 00:57:14 - AUGUST 1,1914 GERMANY DECLARED WAR ON RUSSIA. COPY OF ORDER. 00:57:15 - AUGUST 3, 1914 GERMANY DECLARED WAR ON FRANCE. SNOWY STREET SCENE WITH MEN FRANTICALLY HANDING OUT PAMPHLETS 00:57:20 - FRENCH TROOPS GO TO WAR. WAVING FROM TRAIN. 00:57:33 - MARCHING MEN WITH GUNS. 00:57:40 - AUGUST 4, 1914 GERMANY INVADES BELGIUM. 00:57:50 - BELGIAN REFUGEES LEAVE THEIR TOWN. 00:58:01 - ENGLAND DECLARES WAR ON GERMANY. WWI. 00:58:03 - BRITISH TROOPS ASSEMBLE AND MARCH. 00:58:11 - FIELD MARSHALL FRENCH SALUTES TROOPS. 00:58:14 - FRENCHMEN MARCH TO THE FRONT. THROUGH FRENCH VILLAGES. 00:58:28 - ARTILLERY. 00:58:41 - PARIS. TAXI CAB ARMY. 00:58:49 - BATTLE OF THE MARNE. 00:58:54 - TRENCH WARFARE. 00:59:01 - GERMAN PRISONERS SENT TO THE REAR 00:59:07 - LINES OF PRISONERS WALKING 00:59:11 - FRENCH MARSHALL FOCH EXAMINING TROOPS 00:59:16 - FLEET OF THE TSAR'S SHIPS. GOING TO ENGAGE WAR ON THE TURKS. 00:59:20 - LOTS OF SOLDIERS RUNNING AROUND ON SHIP. 00:59:26 - FIRE AT BATTLE SHIP. 00:59:29 - SHIP SINKS. WATER COMING OUT OF SHIP BLACK SMOKE 00:59:50 - OFFICER PEERS THROUGH BINOCULARS. 00:59:57 - FLAG LOWERING AS SHIP SINKS 01:00:03 - CROWDS IN ROME IN 1915. 01:00:08 - ITALIAN TROOPS JOIN THE FIGHT. 01:00:16 - ENGLAND'S PRIME MINISTER LLOYD GEORGE. 01:00:23 - YOUNG WINSTON CHURCHILL. 01:00:32 - DOUBLE DECKER BUSES CARRY TROOPS TO WAR. 01:00:38 - TROOPS MARCHING 01:00:44 - KING GEORGE AT THE FRONT. 01:00:51 - TESTING THE TANK. NEW ERA OF MECHANIZED WARFARE. 01:01:02 - KING GEORGE PEERS THROUGH TELESCOPE 01:01:06 - POISON GAS AND FLAME THROWERS. 01:01:21 - RUSSIAN ARMY IN SNOWSTORM. 01:01:34 - TROOPS DANCE. 01:01:45 - MARCHING ACROSS SNOW. 01:02:04 - MARCH 1917. CZAR OVERTHROWN. 01:02:08 - PEOPLE TRYING TO GRAB LEAFLETS HUNGRILY 01:02:14 - MARCHING WITH HUGE FLAGS. BOLSHEVIK. 01:02:16 - LENIN WITH ARMY 01:02:21 - TROTSKY 01:02:24 - ARMY SALUTING 01:02:30 - RED SQUARE. COMMUNISM. TONS OF PEOPLE CROWD THE SQUARE 01:02:37 - FRANCE'S LEADER. KISSING, SHAKING HANDS. 01:02:49 - MARCHING THROUGH FIELDS OF WHEAT. 01:02:55 - TRAINS FILLED WITH WAR EQUIPMENT. BIG GUNS 01:02:58 - ROWS AND ROWS OF SHELLS BEING MOVED BY TRAIN. 01:03:04 - CANONS GO OFF 01:03:10 - EXPLOSIONS. 01:03:19 - COMBAT FOOTAGE. 01:03:22 - HUGE FIREWORKS LIKE EXPLOSIONS 01:03:26 - DEVASTATION 01:03:40 - RUINS OF VILLAGES IN FRANCE. 01:03:49 - SOLDIER WAVES WITH CIGARETTE IN MOUTH 01:03:50 - FRANCE DEVASTATED 01:03:58 - MEN WALKING THROUGH THE RUINS 01:04:07 - AMBULANCE DRIVING U.S. VOLUNTEERS. 01:04:12 - BEING DECORATED. MEN WITH FLAGS STAND BEHIND 01:04:16 - CAMERA PULLS AWAY TO SHOW FOOTAGE BEING SHOWN ON A SCREEN. BACK TO THE THEATER WITH GUY PLAYING PIANO. AUDIENCE.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1914
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1910s
- File Name: P-212-71