Battle Of Verdun Begins (1916)

Re-enactment of Battle of Verdun, February 21-22, 1916. Verdun-sur-Meuse, France. VS German Army artillery team firing field team. Side view of another big gun firing. Wide shot from some meters behind trench, explosions in distance. French Army troops manning field guns. Same wide shot fire on ground, flame throwers used. Man peers over trench. More gunfire, sky lighting up. High angled shot looking down at German trench, a hail of rubble rains down in front of camera. Germans manning gun position. Back to wide shot soldiers shooting flame throwers from trench. MS Germans at gun. Germans huddled in trench. CU same. CU German looks at watch, he shoots small pistol as a signal. Germans scramble out of trench as bombs hit. Bomb explodes near camera. Wide shot soldiers running out of trench. Cut to Germans lying in shallow ditch as bombs explode around them. Wide shot soldiers running over burning ground. Germans lying on ground jump up and run. Map showing German line. Conv