Messter-Woche Nr. 9 / 1915

Messter Week No. 9/1915

Intertitle 1: Berlin: captured horses, which are not useful for the army, are auctioned off. Image: Horses are examined before the auction.  

Intertitle 2: Russia: Effects of the Turkish naval shells. Image: Destroyed buildings.  

Intertitle 3: Arrival of new replacement troops at the station in Lowich. Exclusive footage by our reporter. Image: station; train arrives; soldiers on the platform.  

Intertitle 4: a modern battlefield. Triple trenches, enemy artillery firing in the background. Exclusive footage by our reporter. Image: Panorama pan over a battlefield.  

Intertitle 5: The devastations of Neidenburg. Exclusive footage by our reporter. Image: Pan over destroyed house facade.

Intertitle 6: Ammunition depot for field guns. Exclusive footage by our reporter. Image: Soldiers fetching ammunition from storage.  

Intertitle 7: War reports from the West. (Intertitle only)  

Intertitle 8: Our telegraph lines in enemy territory are often destroyed by Frenchmen and have to be repaired as quickly as possible. Recorded by Martin Kopp. Image: Man in uniform climbing telegraph pole.  

Intertitle 9: A soldiers' swimming pool behind the front, a boon for our braves in the field. Photographed by Martin Kopp. Image: Soldiers in the swimming pool.  

Intertitle 10: Tearing down the houses destroyed by enemy shells in Lille. Photographed by Martin Kopp. Image: demolition of ruined houses in Lille.  

Intertitle 11: Hunters on foot, 200 meters behind the trenches, waiting for the command to intervene in the battle. Image: hunters with rifle pyramids before marching off to the front.  

Intertitle 12: America: New York: American marines marching past. Image: marines marching through a New York street; crowd looking on.  

Source: Bundesarchiv