This silent film shows “The War on the Ground”. It consists of footage shot by British and American cameramen during World War I, and was released in the 1960s. At :47 German prisoners are seen being moved behind allied lines. At 1:36 a French mortar is fired by an artillery crew with effects seen at 1:50. At 2:40 reinforced French positions are shown. At 2:48 a German graveyard, now behind French lines, is shown. At 3:26 supply wagons are on the move while at 3:36 armored cars file down a road. At 4:16 a large group of soldiers mills about. At 5:19 a railroad car with an artillery piece on it is elevated for firing. At 6:06 troops move artillery across a pontoon bridge. At 7:18 German prisoners are interrogated. At 7:45 some German prisoners from the Battle of Champagne are shown, some of 25,000 captured. They are inside a stockade. At 10:06 various ordnance is displayed including hand grenades, bombs and torpedo type charges.

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