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Soldiers Gathered Around the Fire

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Description: Scene of Austrian and German soldiers in the Carpathian Mountains on a -20 Celsius (-4 degree Fahrenheit) day.
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Cooking Tinned Meat

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Description: Pressure kettles being used to cook tinned meat. In the background a kettle is being unloaded.
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Meat to be Fed to Poor Civilians

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Description: Cooked tins are transferred to a hot room kept at 30 degrees (86 degree Fahrenheit). Here they are cleaned and sorted. Any tins with bulges are separated s...
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Tins Loaded for Shipping

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Description: Tins in trays that are being loaded for shipping.
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Soldiers Pack Tins for Shipment

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Description: Soldiers packing tins for shipment.
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Christmas Tree Decorated with Shell Covers

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Description: A Christmas tree outdoors, decorated with the protective covers of shrapnel shells. Men are in the background.
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De-Boning Meat

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Description: De-boning meat for goulash in the kitchen for the soldiers to consume.
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Meat is Pressure Cooked with Hot Air

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Description: When a vat is completely filled with tins it is placed inside of a larger vessel, sealed tightly, and the meat is pressure cooked with hot air.
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Meat Sliced Into Smaller Pieces

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Description: After de-boning the meat is sliced into smaller pieces.
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Cut Meat Packed Air Tight

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Description: The cut pieces of meat are packed in tins and sealed to make them airtight.
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Wagon Wheels

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Description: Repairing wagon wheels in a "cannon hospital" behind the front.
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Examining a Captured Russian Water Wagon

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Description: German Landsturm (reservists) in Skiernewize examining a captured Russian water wagon.
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A "Cannon Hospital" on the Carpathian Front

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Description: At a "cannon hospital" on the Carpathian front. Even the best constructed artillery pieces must be refurbished from time to time. That is why the introduc...
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Work at the "Cannon Hospital"

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Description: At a "cannon hospital" on the Carpathian front. Even the best constructed artillery pieces must be refurbished from time to time. That is why the introduc...
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Repairing Cannons at the "Cannon Hospital"

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Description: At a "cannon hospital" on the Carpathian front. Even the best constructed artillery pieces must be refurbished from time to time. That is why the introduc...
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Cleaning the Firing Tube at the "Cannon Hospital"

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Description: At a "cannon hospital" on the Carpathian front. The firing tube is being cleaned.
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Sheep Arrive for the Slaughter

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Description: Meat in abundance. Arrival of many hundred head of sheep destined for the provisioning of our brave troops in Russian Poland.
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Sheep Arrive for the Slaughter

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Description: Meat in abundance. Arrival of many hundred head of sheep destined for the provisioning of our brave troops in Russian Poland.
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Artillery Team Rider

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Description: Austrian lead rider with team pulling artillery.
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Austrian Red Cross

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Description: Austrian Red Cross sisters speaking with Austrian and German soldiers.

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