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Animals of WW1

This collection features not only war horses but also pigeons, dogs, oxen, elephants, camels and other animals that served in various ways during the First World War.

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Army Veterinary Corps

Army Veterinary Corps (1915)

Army Veterinary Corps treat injured horses.

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Mules Transport Torpedos AKA Aerial Torpedos

Mules Transport Torpedos AKA Aerial Torpedos (1914)

Mules transporting torpedos in France

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Dogs Fitted With Gas Masks AKA Ambulance Dogs

Dogs Fitted With Gas Masks AKA Ambulance Dogs (1914)

French Ambulance Dogs are given gas masks.

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Royal West Kents Receive Mascot Dog

Royal West Kents Receive Mascot Dog (1916)

Royal West Kents receive Irish Wolfhound as mascot from Czar Nicholas II.

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Jumbo - Latest War Worker In Sheffield

Jumbo - Latest War Worker In Sheffield (1914)

An elephant 'war worker' pulls a cart along a street in Sheffield.

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Dog Sleds Transport Wounded AKA Huskies Transport Wounded

Dog Sleds Transport Wounded AKA Huskies Transport Wounded (1914)

Wounded soldiers being rescued by huskies pulling sleds.

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French Artillery Firing   AKA Artillery - Big Guns Cross Pontoon Bridge, Pulled By Oxen

French Artillery Firing AKA Artillery - Big Guns Cross Pontoon Bridge, Pulled By Oxen (1914)

Oxen pulling field guns over pontoon bridge & artillery teams setting up guns.

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Oldest Flying Corps - Army Pigeons

Oldest Flying Corps - Army Pigeons (1914)

Good footage of carrier pigeons being used as messengers during First World War.

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Real Dogs Of War - French Army Dogs

Real Dogs Of War - French Army Dogs (1914)

Military exercise with army dogs. France.

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French Army Dogs Find Wounded

French Army Dogs Find Wounded (1914)

French Army dogs learn to find wounded soldiers.

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Sandbag Emplacement

Sandbag Emplacement (1914)

ANZAC troops use camels to build sandbag emplacement.

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Canadians In Egypt

Canadians In Egypt (1914)

Cavalry troops in the desert and soldiers riding on camels.

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Transport With Horses And Mules

Transport With Horses And Mules (1914)

Soldiers leading mules and horses loaded with supplies.

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Soldiers Training

Soldiers Training (1914)

Cavalry soldiers in training.

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Horses & Riders Train On Dunes AKA Training

Horses & Riders Train On Dunes AKA Training (1914)

Cheshire frontiersmen get ready for the sand dunes of Belgium

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Cavalry Watering Horses On Way To Summer Camp

Cavalry Watering Horses On Way To Summer Camp (1914)

The cavalry let their horses drink at river on way to summer camp.

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Horse Breaking By American Cowboy Soldiers

Horse Breaking By American Cowboy Soldiers (1914)

Footage of soldiers breaking in wild horses.

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Shells Going To The Front

Shells Going To The Front (1914)

Shells are piled up and transported to the front.

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Cossacks

Cossacks (1914)

Cossacks in great display of daredevil horseback riding.

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Horses Being Tested For War Services

Horses Being Tested For War Services (1914)

Footage of horses being tested for fitness.

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French Horse Artillery

French Horse Artillery (1914)

French horse artillery ride across fields and streams.

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Wounded Horses Recover - Ex-Cavalry Horses Exercising

Wounded Horses Recover - Ex-Cavalry Horses Exercising (1916)

Horses wounded in WW1 battles run around track as part of their recovery.

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Horses Drinking At Trough 1917 AKA Watering The Horses

Horses Drinking At Trough 1917 AKA Watering The Horses (1917)

Soldiers lead horses to trough to drink

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Cavalry In Balkan Mud AKA On The Balkan Front

Cavalry In Balkan Mud AKA On The Balkan Front (1917)

On the Balkan Front mud is one of the chief enemies

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Liberty Bonds

Liberty Bonds (1917)

Elephants are used to sell Liberty Bonds in New York, United States of America.

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Mule Company - Indian Troops

Mule Company - Indian Troops (1914)

Indian troops lead mules carrying supplies along road.

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French Listening Patrols Take Dogs Along The Front

French Listening Patrols Take Dogs Along The Front (1914)

Soldier with rifle and Alsatian on guard in snow in France.

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