Scenes in the Meuse-Argonne Section, September 26 to November 11, 1918
(This film is silent)
National Archives Identifier: 24926
Local Identifier: 111-H-1424
From: Series: Historical Films, ca. 1914 - ca. 1936
Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer
Other Title(s): Historical Film, No. 1424
Scope & Content: Reel 1 shows aerial views of the trenches and countryside in the Argonne sector; former German campsites and street scenes in Cunel, France; and ruined churches, railroad yards, and houses in Flirey, Nantillois, and Gercourt. Reel 2 shows demolished buildings and other debris in Nantillois, Montfaucon, Vaux, Brieulles, and Buzancy. French civilians celebrate in the streets of Brieulles. Shows German billets in Etraye. Reel 3 shows rubble in Malancourt, Avocoilrt, Nantillois, and Damvillers. Troops clear debris from streets in Lachaussee. Gen. Traub inspects barbed-wire defenses near Deuxnouds. Shows the entrance to Death Valley at Haumont; ruins in Nouat, Neuville, and Beaumont; a panorama of Woevre Plain near Combres; and Hindenberg Line defenses near Bethincourt. Reel 4, a rubbled home in Chaumont burns. Shows German emplacements in the Bois de Belleu; ruins of houses in Bernecourt; demolished bridges; water trucks in Brabant; and a chateau at Stenay, formerly hdqtrs. of the German Crown Prince.
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US 318th Infantry Regiment, 80th Division, American Expeditionary Force load and ...HD Stock Footage
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US 318th Infantry Regiment, 80th Division, American Expeditionary Force load and fire artillery in Chaumont, France.
Chemical warfare activities of the AEF (American Expeditionary Force) during World War I. Troops of the 318th Infantry Regiment, 80th Division, American Expeditionary Force in Chaumont, France. 318th Infantry Regiment troops load and fire artillery. A huge explosion with fire and smoke. Location: Chaumont France. Date: 1918.
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1918 Various World War I Clips / France / Battle Scenes
Reel #: 1267
Rare World War I War Footage, including battle scenes. Silent, with Inter-titles. Includes footage of: General John J. Pershing; Troops boarding ships to Europe;
The Leviathan, largest ship in the U.S. fleet; transport ships on the ocean;
African American soldiers, men boxing and dancing on deck to alleviate boredom;
Overhead shot of battleship crossing the sea; warfare with submarines; ships putting out a smoke screen to camouflage the convoy; A destroyer drops depth charges to destroy enemy submarines; depth charges explode in the sea; Ship (and blimp) approach European coast; U.S. troops disembarking at Brest; Many troops, and enormous supplies unload on the dock; Troops march off to camp; Troops line up for train transport; Steam train with troops loaded in cars departing station; Troops move on to decimated front lines in France;
The 39th and 58th Infantry Regiments advancing under machine gun and artillery fire between Montfaucon and Nantillois, Meuse, France, September 28, 1918;
The barrage at Seicheprey, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France, September 14, 1918;
Medical Corps men render aid to the wounded as the battle goes on; First aid in the front lines. Wounded of the 30th Division between Villeret and Bellicourt, September 29, 1918;
Dressing station of the 18th Infantry at Exermont - October 4, 1918; First aid at Couvres-et-Valsery, France, July 18, 1918; Prisoners carrying American wounded to the dressing station. Missy-Aux-Bois, July 16, 1918; In the front line trenches;
The 139th Infantry in the front line trenches east of Verdun, October 28, 1918; On the alert, Michelbach, Alsace, Germany, June 22, 1918; Men of the 2nd Division near Missy-Aux-Bois, July 20, 1918; Machine gunning the enemy. 1st Division at Exermont, October 4, 1918; Reducing a machine gun nest with hand and rifle grenades; Popping them off! The 128th Infantry, 32nd Division, at Austerlitz Woods, Alsace, Germany, June 5, 1918; Giving the enemy his first taste of mustard gas. The 7th Field Artillery fired 4,000 shells at Varmaise, Oise, France, on July 5, 1918, and the Germans were compelled to wear gas masks for three days; A gas attack from the enemy; The shelling of Thiaucourt, France, by the Germans, September 26, 1918; German shells bursting in Rambucourt, France, during the German attack on Seicheprey, April 20, 1918; A German observation plane falling after a battle in the clouds at Cuperly, France, July 19, 1918.
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