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 (1915); Army Veterinary Corps treat injured horses.; British Pathé

: Mules Transport Torpedos AKA Aerial Torpedos (1914); Mules transporting torpedos in France; British Pathé

: Dogs Fitted With Gas Masks AKA Ambulance Dogs (1914); French Ambulance Dogs are given gas masks.; British Pathé

: Royal West Kents Receive Mascot Dog (1916); Royal West Kents receive Irish Wolfhound as mascot from Czar Nicholas II.; British Pathé

: Jumbo - Latest War Worker In Sheffield (1914); An elephant 'war worker' pulls a cart along a street in Sheffield.; British Pathé

: Dog Sleds Transport Wounded AKA Huskies Transport Wounded (1914); Wounded soldiers being rescued by huskies pulling sleds.; British Pathé

: 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.; British Pathé

: Oldest Flying Corps - Army Pigeons (1914); Good footage of carrier pigeons being used as messengers during First World War.; British Pathé

: Real Dogs Of War - French Army Dogs (1914); Military exercise with army dogs. France.; British Pathé

: French Army Dogs Find Wounded (1914); French Army dogs learn to find wounded soldiers.; British Pathé

: Sandbag Emplacement (1914); ANZAC troops use camels to build sandbag emplacement.; British Pathé

: Canadians In Egypt (1914); Cavalry troops in the desert and soldiers riding on camels.; British Pathé

: Transport With Horses And Mules (1914); Soldiers leading mules and horses loaded with supplies.; British Pathé

: Soldiers Training (1914); Cavalry soldiers in training.; British Pathé

: Horses & Riders Train On Dunes AKA Training (1914); Cheshire frontiersmen get ready for the sand dunes of Belgium; British Pathé

: Cavalry Watering Horses On Way To Summer Camp (1914); The cavalry let their horses drink at river on way to summer camp.; British Pathé

: Horse Breaking By American Cowboy Soldiers (1914); Footage of soldiers breaking in wild horses.; British Pathé

: Shells Going To The Front (1914); Shells are piled up and transported to the front.; British Pathé

: Cossacks (1914); Cossacks in great display of daredevil horseback riding.; British Pathé

: Horses Being Tested For War Services (1914); Footage of horses being tested for fitness.; British Pathé

: French Horse Artillery (1914); French horse artillery ride across fields and streams.; British Pathé

: Wounded Horses Recover - Ex-Cavalry Horses Exercising (1916); Horses wounded in WW1 battles run around track as part of their recovery.; British Pathé

: Horses Drinking At Trough 1917 AKA Watering The Horses (1917); Soldiers lead horses to trough to drink; British Pathé

: Cavalry In Balkan Mud AKA On The Balkan Front (1917); On the Balkan Front mud is one of the chief enemies; British Pathé

: Liberty Bonds (1917); Elephants are used to sell Liberty Bonds in New York, United States of America.; British Pathé

: Mule Company - Indian Troops (1914); Indian troops lead mules carrying supplies along road.; British Pathé

: French Listening Patrols Take Dogs Along The Front (1914); Soldier with rifle and Alsatian on guard in snow in France.; British Pathé