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Shooting training of German soldiers

Caption: "German soldiers shooting at floating targets painted to represent human heads".

SubjectImagined technology Training
Spatial CoverageGerman Empire
Temporal CoverageWorld War I
Salt used to create snow in toy soldier battles

Title: "SALT IMITATES SNOW IN TOY BATTLE FIELDS".

SubjectTrivialization (toys)Technology
Spatial CoverageUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Temporal CoverageWorld War I
British radio station hidden in Ascension Islands

Article title: "RADIO USED IN GREAT WAR FOR FIRST TIME".

SubjectTechnology Communication
Spatial CoverageUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Ascension Islands
Temporal CoverageWorld War I
The new German, French and British artillery

Title: BIG GUNS CHANGE WAR TACTICS

SubjectTechnology Artillery (and shells)
Spatial CoverageGerman Empire French Third Republic United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Temporal CoverageWorld War I
Belgian motorcycle

Article title: "SCOUTS AND LOOKOUTS WATCHING THE ENEMY".

SubjectTechnology Transport Reconnaisance
Spatial CoverageBelgium
Temporal CoverageWorld War I
Canadian armored car

Title: "ARMORED VEHICLES USED IN EUROPE'S WAR".

SubjectTechnology Transport Tanks and Armored Vehicles
Spatial CoverageCanada
Temporal CoverageWorld War I
Observation ladder with a steel shield

Caption: "Observation ladder fitted with steel shield, such as is used by the French artillery with the batteries of famous "75" guns. The shield protects every part of lookout's body".

SubjectTechnology Reconnaisance Personal protection (other)
Spatial CoverageFrench Third Republic
Temporal CoverageWorld War I
Russian armored train

Caption: "Section of one of the heavily armored trains which have been used by the Russian forces in transporting food supplies and ammunition to the Polish battle front, running the gantlet of the enemy's long-range guns".

SubjectTechnology Transport Tanks and Armored Vehicles
Spatial CoverageRussian Empire Eastern Front
Temporal CoverageWorld War I
Ear protector

Caption: "Wearers of this ear protector hear ordinary sounds, but are protected from vibrations of big gun fire".

SubjectTechnology Personal protection (other)
Spatial CoverageEurope
Temporal CoverageWorld War I
The new Krupp anti-aircraft gun

Caption: "Latest product of the Krupp gun works: a new type of weapon for defensive operations against enemy aircraft".

SubjectTechnology Anti-aircraft
Spatial CoverageGerman Empire
Temporal CoverageWorld War I
Fighting in French trenches

Title: Gripping Scenes of French Troops in Action During Heated Fights

SubjectTechnology Trenches and fortifications Reconnaisance Machine Guns Anti-aircraft
Spatial CoverageFrench Third Republic Forest of Argonne Western Front of World War I
Temporal CoverageWorld War I
Bayonet practice of Canadian soldiers

Caption: "Bayonet practice against straw bags scattered on ground, another step in training".

SubjectTechnology Training
Spatial CoverageCanada
Temporal CoverageWorld War I
French military dirigible

Caption: "One of the late types of military dirigibles, a French craft with an armored nacelle for the protection of its crew".

SubjectImagined technology Airplanes and Zeppelins
Spatial CoverageFrench Third Republic Western Front of World War I
Temporal CoverageWorld War I
Observation platforms constructed by Austrian soldiers on tree tops

Caption: "Series of observation platforms, constructed by Austrian engineers, in tree tops at the edge of a forest skirting a battle field".

SubjectTechnology Reconnaisance
Spatial CoverageAustria-Hungary
Temporal CoverageWorld War I
How machine guns are carried by soldiers

Caption: "This shows how an infantryman, when it is necessary, carries one of the heavy automatic machine guns".

SubjectTechnology Machine Guns Transport
Spatial CoverageEurope
Temporal CoverageWorld War I
Full-head steel helmet and armor

Caption: "Steel helmet and cuirass worn when taking open observation within close range of the enemy".

SubjectTechnology Personal protection (helmets)Personal protection (armors)Ancient Weapons
Spatial CoverageEurope
Temporal CoverageWorld War I
Armored sidecar

Caption: "This armored motorcycle and sidecar, one of the new types of war vehicle in use in Europe, carries two riflemen and a driver, and travels at high speed".

SubjectTechnology Transport Rifles and firearms
Spatial CoverageEurope
Temporal CoverageWorld War I
German trenches

Title: Germany's Great War Machine in Action and Personal Glimpses of Its Soldiers

SubjectTechnology Trenches and fortifications
Spatial CoverageGerman Empire
Temporal CoverageWorld War I
Riot gun mounted on motorcycle sidecar

Caption: "Motorcycle sidecar equipped with rapid-fire gun for riot service".

SubjectImagined technology Rifles and firearms Transport
Spatial CoverageUnited States of America
Temporal CoverageWorld War I
The bayonet training of British recruits

Title: "Training Recruits to Use Bayonets Skilfully".

SubjectImagined technology Training
Spatial CoverageUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Temporal CoverageWorld War I
Barbed-wire, land mines and observation platforms used by armies during the war

Title: "Dangers Waiting in the Path of an Army".

SubjectTechnology Explosives and land mines Reconnaisance
Spatial CoverageBelgium Western Front of World War I French Third Republic Republic of China
Temporal CoverageWorld War I
Hand cars

Caption: "Nipponese soldiers pouring into Tsinganfu on hand cars at the opening of hostilities against Germany".

SubjectTechnology Transport
Spatial CoverageEmpire of Japan
Temporal CoverageWorld War I
Toy cannons

Caption: "Convalescent French and British soldiers playing with toy cannons".

SubjectTechnology Trivialization (toys)
Spatial CoverageFrench Third Republic United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Temporal CoverageWorld War I
German one-man trenches

Caption: "German soldiers in "one-man Trenches". Such as are frequently dug when an army is under fire. Individual holes are dug which later may be connected under cover of darkness".

SubjectTechnology Trenches and fortifications
Spatial CoverageGerman Empire
Temporal CoverageWorld War I
Periscope used in French trenches

Caption: "Lookout on the French line watching the movements of the enemy through a periscope".

SubjectTechnology Trenches and fortifications Reconnaisance
Spatial CoverageFrench Third Republic
Temporal CoverageWorld War I