Public Domain Films And Royalty Free Stock Footage World War I: Chivalry Replaced By Machine They were sent by the millions to wage a war in a time of Kings and Empires with the expectation that it would simply be a war of maneuver and a few sharp actions to 'teach the enemy a lesson' and then a victory parade or two. Few were prepared for the first modern war where chivalry was replaced by machine and honor reduced to slaughter as soldiers employed and faced the first bombing airplanes, the earliest tanks, deadlier submarines and the first large-scale use of chemical weapons. The First World War ended with the entire continent of Europe scarred by miles of trenches, spent of resources and littered with the bodies of millions who died for National pride in the 'Great War'. Show All Historical Military Collections HISTORY U.S. FOREIGN RELATIONS YOUTH TO MATURITY Compilation of major U.S. events and politics beginning with the first half of the 19th century and ending on the eve of World War I. (public domain films) 30 min COL keywords: opening of trade with japan, civil war, president abraham lincoln, president theodore roosevelt, intervention HISTORY U.S. FOREIGN RELATIONS RELUCTANT WORLD POWER Compilation of major U.S. events and politics beginning on the eve of World War I and ending with the attack on Pearl Harbor. (public domain films) 30 min COL BW keywords: president woodrow wilson, isolationism, world war I, spanish civil war, president franklin d roosevelt, pearl harbor 94TH AERO SQUADRON - 1918 Documents the activities of the first American air squadron based in France in World War I. The “Hat In Ring” insignia was used to commemorate the United States entry into WWI by taking the phrase of tossing one's “hat in the ring”, a boxing phrase to signify one's willingness to become a challenger. (public domain films) 1918 BW 25 min keywords: 94th aero squadron, hat in the ring insignia, lt. eddie rickenbacker, general william 'billy' mitchell ARMY'S FIRST, THE - WWI AND WWII COMBAT The battlefield history of the United States First Army with scenes of the battle of Saint-Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in WW I, landing on the beaches of Normandy, the drive across France and the First Army fighting its way into Germany to meet the Russians at the Elbe River in WW II. (public domain films) 1917 - 1945 BW 28 min keywords: world war I, wwI, world war II, wwII, governors island, u.s. first army, combat, battle scenes, victory parade ARTILLERY - KING OF BATTLE History of the development of U.S. Army field artillery from the cannon used by Washington in 1775 to the big guns and battlefield missiles of today. (public domain films) BW 26 min keywords: field artillery, cannons, wwi, wwii, korean war BATTLE OF PICARDY 1918 On the Western Front in WWI. Series of French animated maps showing the disposition of Allied and German troops prior to the Allied offensive, the Allied attack and the German collapse. (public domain films) BW 14min (SILENT) keywords: wwi, world war i, western front, battle of amiens, battle of picardy, animated maps MANY ROADS TO GLORY Todays Army Transportation Corp depends on trains, trucks, helicopters. and airplanes to move men and supplies to any combat zone in the World. (public domain films) BW 28 min keywords: military logistics, supply trucks, red ball express, wwi, wwii, korean war, natural disaster supplies, disaster aid MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE The Meuse-Argonne Offensive was the greatest American battle in WWI to break the rail network supporting the German Army. (public domain films) 1918 BW 5 min (SILENT) keywords: wwI, world war I, meuse-argonne offensive, battle of the argonne forest, grand offensive, hundred days offensive ROLE OF ARMOR, THE Documenting the evolution of tanks and armored vehicles and the role armor has played in WWI through the Korean War. (public domain films) BW 28 min keywords: tanks, armored vehicle, wwi, wwii, north africa WORLD WAR I ACTIONS: 1914 - 1918 War engulfs the continent of Europe and fueled by the Industrial Reovolution, brings about more modern and deadlier weapons that decimate an entire generation of citizen-soldiers. (public domain films) 78 min BW (SILENT - SUBTITLES) keywords: war, warfare, world war I, world war one, wwi, the great war, combat, tanks, planes, artillery, submarines WORLD WAR I ACTIONS: REEL 7 IN HD Scenes of WWI with unrestricted submarine warfare by German submarines, flotsam from the RMS Lusitania, ground warfare and political turmoil. (public domain films) 1914 - 1918 BW 12 min (SILENT) keywords: wwi, world war i, u-boat submarine warfare, rms lusitania ocean liner WORLD WAR I BALLOONS, AIRCRAFT, SUBMARINES Machines of war, observation balloons, fighter aircraft, and U-Boat submarines bring a new lethality to the WWI battlefield. (public domain films) 9 min BW keywords: war, warfare, world war I, observation ballons, fighter aircraft, zeppelin bomber, u-boat submarine, q-ships DON'T FORGET TO VISIT OUR HISTORICAL TURN OF THE CENTURY SECTION! 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