WWI Eastern Front; Russian Battles H1496-25 | Footage Farm

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[WWI - 1914 (?) German U-Boats; Lusitania Sinking; & troops fighting Russians] Pt 2 of 2
13:03:54 Black slug. Continued....
13:03:59 German troops manning big gun loaded in sandbagged gun emplacement as barrel cranked up w/ devastation visible behind. Gun fired twice. Black slug.
13:04:48 Flipped title: Fighting for the Fatherland, Part Five. Long line of troops marching down the road. Troops w/ Pickelhaube / spiked helmet & cook wagons, etc. along snow lined road.
13:05:28 Lone man on horse blows bugle. Slug.
13:05:32 Flipped film corrected. Fighting for the Fatherland, Part Five. Long line of troops marching along road toward camera. Troops w/ Pickelhaube / spiked helmet & cook wagons, etc. along snow lined road away from camera.
13:06:13 Lone man on horse blows bugle. Mounted troops ride into area, some w/ soft hats, others w/ Pickelhaube.
13:06:41 MS & MCU German cavalry ride toward camera at speed - some pulling field guns
13:07:05 German officer look thru binoculars / telescope.
13:07:16 Flash title: French columns are seen marching on a distant hill held by Germans.
13:07:18 Snow. Various shots French & German troops advance on each other across snow.
13:07:38 Flash title: ...follows the most remarkable pictures of actual battle taken during the Great war.
13:07:39 Troops across snow.
13:07:43 Flash title: ...surprising strength...the Germans have the advantage in position and power the attack with telling effect.
13:07:45 Soldiers run across, several fall close by.
13:08:07 Flash title: The black dots near the top of the hill are the Germans.
WW1; Eastern Front; Weather; Winter Battles; Russian Revolution; Medics;