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Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Hospital trains in France - Railways in World War One
An American hospital train in Toul, France during World War I. Interiors of the train shows two African American cooks at work. They peep out of a train window and shake hands. A sign on the train reads 'US 5415'. US officers board the train. The train leaves. Location: Toul France. Date: 1918.
German Railroad guns in action - World War Two military train
Video from a captured German World War II propaganda film showing their huge railway guns in action firing on positions along the Maginot Line in the Verdun area during their invasion of France. Shows crews loading and firing the guns and the shells landing