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Wooden field guns and dummy artillerymen
Caption: "Wooden "field guns" and dummy artillerymen employed by the English forces to deceive the enemy". -
Hobbyhorse
Caption: "Hobbyhorses such as this are used in lieu of real animals to train volunteers for service in the British Cavalry". -
Rifle practice of French reservists
Caption: Reservist going through rifle practice at one of the military training camps in France: although this is only one phase of the general course through which the men are put in drilling and hardening the for active service, it is one of importance".Spatial CoverageFrench Third RepublicTemporal CoverageWorld War I -
Elephant doing work at the rear of German lines
Caption: "A big elephant from the zoo at Hamburg doing work at the rear of the German lines which would otherwise require the service of dozen horses". -
Austrian artillery
Title: HEAVY AUSTRIAN SIEGE HOWITZER IN ACTION -
The U. S. cavalry tents
Caption: "The cavalry tent. Recently adopted for all branches of the army, as it appears when supported by rifles in lieu of the jointed poles ordinarily used. Only a moment's time is required to raise it or take it down".Spatial CoverageUnited States of AmericaTemporal CoverageWorld War I -
The submarine "F-4"
Caption: "The "F-4" as it looked when at the surface. The boat was one of four submarines which were towed to Honolulu some time ago to form the Hawaiian flotilla and guard the insular possession". -
Rifle that shoots around corners
Caption: "How a rifle with the new attachment would be used in repelling a charge".Temporal CoverageWorld War I -
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Turpinite
Caption: "This explosive is called turpinite and is the discovery of M. Eugene Turpin, the inventor of melinite".Spatial CoverageFrench Third Republic -
The submarine freight train
Title: The Submarine Freight TrainSpatial CoverageUnited States of America -
Explosive dart designed to attack zeppelins
Title: "TO ATTACK ZEPPELINS WITH EXPLOSIVE DARTS"Spatial CoverageIrelandTemporal CoverageWorld War I -
The fins of a submarine
Caption: "The finlike lateral rudders of the united states submarine "E-2", photographed just as the craft was emerging from the depths, before the fins had folded back for surface navigation". -
Locating a bullet in a patient's body with a telephone
Title: "NEW METHODS OF LOCATING AND REMOVING BULLETS".Temporal CoverageWorld War I -
French waterproof uniform
Title: "LANOLIN WATERPROOFING FOR FRENCH UNIFORMS".Spatial CoverageFrench Third RepublicTemporal CoverageWorld War I -
Gasoline-sprinkling motor tank car
Description: "It is also asserted that motor tank cars filled with gasoline under pressure have on several occasions been run through the streets of a town, sprinkling the outsides of the houses, which in turn have been fired by means of hand grenades".Spatial CoverageGerman EmpireTemporal CoverageWorld War I -
Torpedoes and bombs used in aerial raids
Caption: "Dropping bomb from a German aeroplane by means of the pedal trip".Spatial CoverageGerman EmpireTemporal CoverageWorld War I -
Wireless apparatus used on aeroplanes
Description: "Radio communication between aeroplanes in flight and the signal corps of an army on the battle field, embraces a comparatively new phase of wireless telegraphy which is being given a thorough test by military airmen in the European theater of war".Spatial CoverageEuropeTemporal CoverageWorld War I -
The British monitors opeating along the Belgian coast
Caption: "One of the three monitors built in England for the Brazilian government and taken over by the British admiralty for service along the Belgian coast: this vessel is capable of throwing one and one half tons of metal a minute and, because of its shallow draft, is practically immune from damage by torpedos or anchored mines".Temporal CoverageWorld War I -
The new British "Coventry gun"
Description: "The new weapon, known in England as the "Coventry gun" from the place of its manufacture, has a ore of 15 in. as against the 16,5 in. of the big German war tool".Spatial CoverageUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandTemporal CoverageWorld War I -
Private bombproofs made by English civilians
Caption: "Many residents of Scarborough and of other towns on the East coast of England have constructed private bombproofs".Spatial CoverageUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandTemporal CoverageWorld War I -
British dreadnoughts' gun shell
Caption: "This shows one of the shells and its propulsion charge of cordite, such as are used in the big guns on British dreadnaughts".Spatial CoverageUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandTemporal CoverageWorld War I -
French steel armor and helmet
Caption: "Steel armor for the individual soldier on sale at a French shop: the bulletproof plates are strapped to the body".Spatial CoverageFrench Third RepublicTemporal CoverageWorld War I -
French armored motor car
Caption: Battery of French armored motor cars, one of the several enemies of the war aeroplane, halted for consultation of road and contour maps of the district ahead".Spatial CoverageFrench Third RepublicTemporal CoverageWorld War I -
Wreck of a German "Taube" airplane
Caption: "Wreck of a German Taube, one of several craft sent over the French lines on a scouting expedition. The airman was struck by a bullet from a machine gun and the aeroplane crashed to earth".