Verdun Battle Scenes (1916)

Battle of Verdun, autumn; 1916. France. French continue to regain territory which had been lost to the Germans earlier in the year. MS crosses on graves in ground. Various shots devastated battlefield; pieces of metal; rubble everywhere; shots of corpses - generally horrible. A few living soldiers seen walking across carrying wounded. More dead soldiers both French and German; headless corpse; rotting corpses, pieces of corpses. Trench full of dead. Soldier crosses little bridge over this trench. German soldiers crowded in back of trucks. German soldiers in action: soldiers in trench; seen from behind. Soldiers crouching in shell holes in devastated battlefield. MS soldiers running past camera. French soldiers raising barrel of huge gun; painted in camouflage. More shots of giant railway guns. Soldiers walking single file on ridge in distance. Good shots of French gun in a pit; covered with canopy that looks like sod. French soldiers cross field. Map showing French Army’s advance. Shots of another