Messter-Woche 1916

1. Intertitle: Captured Englishmen from the last battles are fed. Image: English soldiers stand in line for food in the detention camp; after receiving it they come out of the building again with their soup bowls, go towards the camera. 2. Intertitle: The prisoners are evacuated to Germany. Image: A column of people moves slowly forwards. 3. Intertitle: German artillery holds back an enemy infantry attack with a barrage. Specially filmed by our correspondent. Image: Field artillery soldiers loading and firing; shell impacts in the valley. 4. Intertitle: Heavy mortar fire and hand grenade battles. Image: Impact and detonation of the mortar mines and grenades on the ground, clouds of smoke. 5. Intertitle: War reports from the east. From the breakthrough battle in Galicia. 6. Intertitle: The first Russian emplacement before Tarnopol after storming. Image: Pile of rubble, devastated landscape. 7. Intertitle: Riflemen on foot, 200 meters behind the trenches, waiting for the order to join the battle. Image: Riflemen on foot at the edge of the forest in front of pyramids of rifles; in the background of the frame a big group of riflemen, in the foreground their equipment. 8. Intertitle: Our forces advance. 9. Intertitle: Prisoners from the last battles. Image: Many prisoners standing around, some younger prisoners salute the camera; captive Russian soldiers in the detention camp; camera travels along the different types among the prisoners. 10. Intertitle: Exercises with gas masks: putting on and taking off the masks. Specially filmed by our correspondent. Image: Soldiers in a row putting on the gas masks. 11. Intertitle: An officer checks that the masks are well-fitted. Specially filmed by our correspondent. Image: An officer goes along the line and checks. 12. Intertitle: Primitive casting of wax candles for the trenches. Filmed by Martin Kopp. Image: Men casting candles. 13. Intertitle: Coast watch alarm for the bombardment of an English torpedo-boat chaser. Specially filmed by our correspondent. Image: Coast watch alarm in Flanders; German marines run out of a building and up steps. 14. Intertitle: Great spirits in spite of hard work! Specially filmed by our correspondent. Image: Members of a naval regiment smoking pipes and joking. 15. Intertitle: Cannon for defence against balloons at the breakwater. Specially filmed by our correspondent. Image: Soldiers stand next to the cannon. 16. Intertitle: Midday break for our blue jackets on the coast. Specially filmed by our correspondent. Image: Sailors queue for a meal; sailors at meal with mess tins. 17. Intertitle: Engineers at cleanup work in Soldau. Image: Men in front of a burned-out house; walls of ruined houses are demolished. 18. Intertitle: Distribution of parcels for Easter to our forces. Image: Soldiers receiving packages. 19. Intertitle: A captured enemy tank. Image: Displaying the captured English „F 41“ tank to press representatives in Berlin; close-ups of the tank; soldiers examine English tank shell. 20. Intertitle: Batumi: The Russian merchant steamer run aground by the Turks. Image: A half-sunken Russian merchant steamer in a slanted position in the harbour of Batumi. Title: The End