Mobilisation (1914)

Mobilisation of troops in France and Russia during World War One (August 1914). High angled shot of Paris street with soldiers marching, watched by crowds on pavement. Small group of French Cavalry rides by. Closer shot showing cheering, waving crowd, a few officers riding horses and carrying bouquets wave to civilians. High angled shot crowd of men packed into a narrow street, some are clamouring around building on right, then stacks of newspapers are handed out and passed around the crowd - newspapers announcing outbreak of war? Same scene shown from another angle, crowd of men & boys see camera & wave. Shot from top of train coach of masses of men walking along platform. Shot of young men posing, some inside train coach some in front, some on top. The train has graffiti scrawled on it - they appear to be departing for military training / the front. Pan over barges moored along River Seine in Paris - these are being requisitioned by the military. Train stopped on railway track, soldiers ar