Weltkrieg 1914-18, Frontflieger u. a.

Deutschland 1916/1917 Kurz-Dokumentarfilm
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Duration
13:11 min
Production company
Messter (Berlin), Sascha-Film (Wien)
Rights statement
Source
Bundesarchiv

Diving maneuver of "U 10" in a bay (sunk in June 1916). Observation of the airspace on deck of an Austrian warship; anti-aircraft gun is prepared for firing. Alarm at an Austrian naval air station; planes rolling out of hangars; biplanes in the sky. Railroad gun firing; battery in camouflaged position; heavy English tractor; German assault party overcoming wire obstacle; advancing infantry under cover of smoke screen; assault party advancing in trench; cavalry unit moving across country road; French prisoner train passing station; officers inspecting captured shells. Field Marshal Gottlieb Graf v. Haeseler visiting a military hospital; talking to wounded and among a group of officers; leaving in car. The new Governor of Belgium, Colonel General Ludwig Freiherr von Falkenhausen, with officers of his staff in the courtyard of his office building in Brussels (1917). Admiral Ludwig v. Schroeder and Vice-Admiral Paul Behncke on a tour of duty. Source: Bundesarchiv