Training with French Army in Ourcq, July 5-20, 1918, 4th Division
French Gen. Massenet confers with aides at Crouy. A French 155-mm gun is fired. 12th Machine Gun Bn. troops return to St. Genoulph for a rest. Wounded are brought to an aid station. Shows rubbled buildings in Hautevesnes. Prisoners are interrogated by French officers. Gen. Webster poses at St. Genoulph. Gens. Pershing and Cameron meet at Lizy-sur-Ourcq. French officers of the 7th Army Corps dine with U.S. 4th Div. officers at Crouy.
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The Somme Offensive Operations, August 8-21, 1918, 33rd and 80th Divisions
Gen. Brett confers with aides at Saulty, Fr. Gen. Cronkhite (80th Div.) meets U.S. and Brit. officers at Beauval. Gen. George Bell bids goodby to Brit. Gen. Haig at Molliens-au-Bois; and, with Gens. Pershing and Bliss, greets King George V. King George decorates men of the 131st and 132nd Inf. 305th Field Signal Bn. troops lay airplane signal panels, release carrier pigeons, signal with Lucas lamps, assemble a field switchboard, and operate a radio set at Beauval. Shows medical and dental stations of the 320th Inf. at Saulty. 320th Inf. troops fire on a rifle range.
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The Second (Neufchateau) Training Area, January - February, 1918, 26th Division
Italian troops arrive at Neufchateau. 101st Inf. troops man trenches, engage in gas mask drills, put packs on mules, shoe horses, clip horses for mange, attend religious services, and are inspected by Gen. C.R. Edwards. 104th Inf. troops pass in review at Harrieville-les-Chanteurs. 101st Inf. troops play with French children In Neufchateau and listen to a band concert. Pies are baked for the 101st Inf. 2nd Div. troops are buried at a Neufchateau cemetery.
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Occupation of Troyon Sector, Oct. 26 - Nov. 11, 1918 33rd Division
Railroad cars are loaded with supplies at Rattentout. The train passes through the ruins of Mouilly, across former battlefields, and into Bois de Dommartin where supplies are unloaded. Trucks are loaded with food, ammunition, and communications supplies. Hot food is delivered to 130th Inf. troops at Saint-Remy.
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Saint Die Sector (Lorraine), Aug. 18-20, 1918, 5th Division
21st Field Artillery units fire 155-mm guns at Croix-de-Charemont. Shows ruins in Neuviller-sur-Fave. 9th Field Signal Bn. men repair telephone lines. 11th Inf. troops receive rations from field kitchens. 60th Inf. troops attend mass at Sierra de Malfosse.
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Occupation of the 2nd Position in the Esperance and Souain Sectors, Jun 16-Jul 17, 1918, 42nd Div.
Pershing bids goodby to Gen. Menoher at Chatel-sur-Mozelle. Ambulances and trucks are loaded at Charme. The 117th Field Signal Bn., the 166th and 167th Inf., and the 117th Engineers detrain at Chalons-sur-Marne. 151st F.A. troops groom horses. The 150th Machine Gun Bn. marches through Vadenay. Men-oher watches tanks crash through barbed wire. Arms are repaired at a mobile shop. 167th Inf. men eat, swim, and fish. 168th Inf. troops respond to a gas alert. U.S. troops man trenches.
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The 30th Division in the Querrien Area, October 23 - November 19, 1918
Gens. Lewis and Read review the 60th Brigade near Beaucourt on Nov. 10, 1918. Gens. Lewis and Faison review the entire division near La Houssoye on Nov. 14, 1918.
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Ypres-Lys Operation, October 30 - November 4, 1918, 91st Division
Reel 1 shows rubbled buildings and abandoned military equipment in Roulers and Ypres, Belgium, and along the Ypres-Poelkappelle Road. French officers welcome Gen. W.H. Johnston as he arrives in Iseghem, Belgium. 316th Engineers remove unexploded bombs and repair railroad track in Waereghen as Belgian refugees return to the city. U.S. troops help women dig up hidden household treasures. Reel 2 shows panoramic views and street scenes of Audenarde, Belgium. 316th Engineers erect a pontoon bridge over the Escaut River. 91st Div. troops distribute bread to Belgians.
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Occupation of Thiacourt Sector (Lorraine), October 16 - November 11, 1918--28th Division
26th Engineers construct a water filtration plant at Euvezin: concrete is poured, filters and chlorination apparatus checked, the basin filled, and pure water hauled away by truck and railroad. Shows captured German field guns. The 103rd Ammunition Train passes through Vigneulles. Shows ruins in Saint-Benoit and the U.S. trenches near Dampvitoux.
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The Somme Offensive Operations, September 22 - October 20, 1918, 30th Division
Shows panoramic views of battlefields near Molais and of the towns of Bellicourt, Nauroy, and Rigueval. 30th Div. troops march through Peronne and Molaine. Australian cavalry and artillery occupy Molaine and advance to the front. Shows 14-inch railroad guns manned by Brit. troops. British artillery fires on German positions near Bohain. Australian artillery fires at Bellicourt. 105th Field Signal Bn. troops operate field radios near Villeret. The 117th Inf. digs in at Molaine. Brit. Gen. Haig and aides examine the St. Quentin canal defenses near Bellicourt (part of the Hindenburg Line). German prisoners bring in wounded, who are treated at a Villeret aid station. German prisoners are brought to the rear. Balloons carry U.S. propaganda over enemy lines. 105th Engrs. fill in a bomb crater near Premont. Salvage from the battlefield is unloaded near Montbrehain. Bellicourt is bombarded by German guns. 30th Div. burial parties search for the dead. Troops of the 119th Inf. and the 105th Field Signal Bn. return to Perrone bound for rest camps.
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The Somme Offensive Operations, September 24 - October 21, 1918, 27th Division
27th Div. troops march through Premont. The 102nd Engrs. occupy Ronssoy. Brit. guns are positioned and fired. Shells burst in Saint-Martin Riviere. 105th Inf. troops await orders. Gen. Pierce leaves his quarters, confers with aides, and meets Gen. O'Ryan. Ger. prisoners bring U.S. wounded into Ronssoy. 27th Div. troops take baths in a rear area camp. Shows U.S. hdqrs. at Raincheval. 106th Inf. troops attend religious services. Dead are buried at Duncan Post. 107th Inf. troops board trucks for rest camps. 105th and 108th Inf. troops return to Ronssoy.
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2nd Div. Training in 3rd (Bourmont) Training Area and with French 2nd Army, Jul. 1917-Mar. 17, 1918
Reel 1, the 5th Marines greet villagers in Gondrecourt, unload supplies, lay water pipe at camp, hold a trench-digging contest, receive award from Gen. Pershing, and parade. Shows Gen. Doyen. Reel 2, Doyen inspects the 5th at Damblain. Shows bayonet drill, preparation for a gas attack, barbed-wire defenses, gas drill, field kitchens, field switchboards, and an inspection by Pershing. Reel 3, the unit is inspected by Gens. Joffre and Pershing.
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Activities at Base Section No. 4 (Le Havre), June - December, 1918
Reel 1, German prisoners unload truck motors and Dodge autos from freighters. Trucks are assembled; barges are loaded with food. Gen. Coulter supervises operations. Vehicles move to a motor transport base. Coulter and Amb. Whitlock review the 130th F.A. Regt. Reel 2 shows dock facilities at Calais, on the Seine River, and at Cherbourg. Shows the British hospital at Rouen. Orthopedists at the Dannes Camiers hospital show how to splint limbs. Patients are wheeled to the operating room at Le Trepart. Shows a hospital at Etretat converted from a cassino.
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Naval Training, 1918
Reel 1, recruits detrain at Great Lakes Naval Station, bathe, eat, listen to the station band, pass in review, and do calisthenics. Reel 2, recruits exercise and stage boxing matches. Sailors leave landing craft and wade ashore at Key West, Fla. Hydroplanes take off. A submarine surfaces. Marines practice bayonet tactics, do calisthenics, throw grenades, take weapons apart while blindfolded, and practice trench warfare tactics.
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The 27th Division in the Corbie Training Area, October 23-November 23, 1918
106th Inf. troops detrain at Corbie and are assigned billets. Shows the 107th Inf. rest camp at Glisy; German prisoners stacking captured equipment at Corbie; obstacle races, mule and horse races, and boxing matches observed by Gens. Read, Simonds, and Lewis at Corbie; 106th Inf. troops receiving Red Cross packages and visiting the enlisted men's club; troops attending mass; and Gens. Read and O'Ryan reviewing the 27th Div.
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Liberation Celebrations in Belgium, November, 1918
King Albert is greeted by Gen. W.P. Jackson at 37th Div. hq., Lozare. Belgians congregate at a hotel in Enghien and erect a victory arch in Breuvannes. Crowds in Brussels greet the Mayor, recently released by the Germans. King Albert and Queen Elizabeth ride through streets in Brussels. U.S. 37th Division, French, Scotch, and Belgian troops parade.
Training with British Army in Flanders, June 4 - August 20, 1918 78th Division
Reel 1, Gens. J.H. McRae, G.W. Read, E.M. Lewis, W.W. Harts, Canadian Gen. A.D. McRae, and Brit. Gen. H.K. Bethell confer at 2nd Army Corps hq., Fruges, France. Gen. Bliss, Major Robert Bacon, and Col. G.S. Simonds meet at Fruges. Gens. J.H. McRae and Read meet at 78th Div. hq., Rollencourt, and inspect 312th Inf. troops. Gen. M.L. Hersey watches 309th Inf. units drill and respond to a gas alert. 311th Inf. troops fire Vickers machine guns and are inspected by Gens. McRae, Read, and J.T. Dean. Reel 2, Brit. Gen. Horne and Brit. chaplains address Allied troops at Rauchicourt. 311th Inf. troops sing a hymn. Gens. Horne, Read, McRae, and Orth inspect Allied troops. Scotch, New Zealand, French, and 78th Div. troops pass in review. Gens. McRae and Dean greet King George V and Brit. Gens. Horne, Anderson, and Peck at 78th Div. hq., Rollencourt.
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Occupation of Puvenelle Sector (Lorraine), October 10 - November 11, 1918, 7th Division
Shows panoramic views of Gezoncourt and Griscourt; 55th Inf. billets at Thiaucort; 55th Inf. gas, bayonet, and target practice; 20th F.A. in action at Vieville; 56th Inf. wounded being treated at a Jaulny aid station; rubbled buildings in Pont-a-Mousson; Major Davis Elkins receiving notice of his election as Senator (W.Va.); and 55th Inf. observation balloon raised at Pont-a-Mousson.
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The Visit of President Woodrow Wilson to England, December 26-28, 1918
Reel 1, Pres. Wilson and party board the British destroyer Brighton at Calais, Fr. Wilson and Adm. Roger Keyes wave to the crowd as the Brighton departs escorted by the destroyer Termagant. The Brighton docks at Dover. The Wilsons are greeted by the Duke of Connaught, Amb. John Davis, Adm. Sims, and Gen. Biddle. Wilson inspects the guard of honor. Pres. and Mrs. Wilson are greeted at the London station by King George V, Queen Mary, and Princess Mary. Wilson and the King inspect Welsh Guards at Buckingham Palace. The Wilsons and the royal couple wave to crowds. Reel 2, Wilson, Lloyd George, Arthur Balfour, and Arthur Henderson arrive at No. 10 Downing St. The Wilsons, Lord Chester-field, and the Duke of Connaught arrive at the Guildhall. Wilson and party view a church in Carlisle. The Wilsons visit the Manchester town hall and board the trawler Magnetic. Reel 3, the Magnetic sails past a captured German submarine as Wilson waves to crowds ashore. The Wilsons visit the Free Trade Hall in Manchester. The Pres. inspects an honor guard in Victoria Station, London. The Wilsons reboard the Brighton and pose with Adm. Grayson and Gen. Harts. Wilson reviews a guard of honor at Calais, Fr., and departs for Paris.
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Training with the British Army in Picardy, May 1918 77th Division
Reel 1, 111th Inf. units debark at Calais, Fr. 112th Inf. troops draw Enfield rifles. Brit. troops show bayonet and trench tactics to 307th and 308th Inf. troops. 304th and 308th Machine Gun Bn. troops train with Vickers machine guns. Shows work at a field kitchen. 302nd Field Signal Bn. troops string lines; 302nd Engrs. dig a trench. Telephone lines are repaired. Reel 2, 302nd Field Signal Bn. troops set up field telephones and string wire. Shows Gens. G.B. Duncan and R.H. Noble. 77th Div. Hq. troops eat at Eperlecques. Horses, field kitchens, and wagons are inspected. Freight cars are prepared for troops. The 307th entrains at Andruicq. Reel 3 shows bombed buildings at 77th Div. hq.; Gen. Harts, Maj. Robt. Bacon, and Brit. Col. Wagstaff and the American mission bldgs. at Montreuil; 302nd Engrs. at Lewcaervelt; hq. of the 305th, 306th, 307th, and 308th Inf.; Gens. Duncan, Noble, and Wittenmeyer and Brit. Col. H.L. Wyatt at Zouf; Gen. E.M. Johnson at Nordausques; a baseball game; 302nd Supply Co. troops at Nordausques; and 308th Inf. and 307th Machine Gun Bn. troops at a Bayengham wheat mill.
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The Return of President Wilson From First Trip to France, February 15-27, 1919
Reel 1, Pres. and Mrs. Wilson detrain at Brest, France, and are greeted by Charles M. Schwab, French Adm. Moreau, Gen. Helmick, and Gen. Smedley Butler. The Wilsons board a lighter and transfer to the liner George Washington in the harbor. Shows rope-climbing, boxing, and wrestling contests on the liner. The Presidential party transfers to a lighter in Boston harbor. Wilson greets the reception committee on the pier. Reel 2, Wilson leads a parade in Washington, D.C.
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Occupation of Chateau Thierry (Pas Fini) Sector, June 18 - July 14, 1918, 3rd and 26th Divisions
Reel 1, the 9th Machine Gun Bn. shells Chateau Thierry with mortars. 6th Engineers receive hot chocolate from the Y.M.C.A. before entering trenches at St. Eugene. 38th Inf. troops eat field rations near Fossy. 7th Inf. troops receive Y.M.C.A. tobacco at Janiver Farm. 4th Inf. troops advance near Romeny. A French observation balloon descends near Essises. 9th Machine Gun Bn. troops listen to a phonograph. The 7th Machine Gun Bn. receives thanks, accepted by Gen. Dickman, from the Prefet de l'Aisne at La Chappelle-sur-Chezy. Reel 2, the 12th F.A. brings up ammunition near Chateau Thierry. Marine replacements arrive at La Verte. German prisoners are escorted to the rear. 101st Inf. and 101st F.A. troops conduct foot races near Meaux. Gen. Pershing presents the D.S.C. to 26th Div. troops, and reviews the division at La Ferte.
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Design of Insignia by Mass Formations. Performed by Great Lakes Sailors and Fort Meade Soldiers
Design of Insignia by Mass Formations. Performed by Great Lakes Sailors and Fort Meade Soldiers
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General Pershing in Peacetime, 1920-1921
Pershing arrives by auto at the Alamo Plaza in San Antonio, Tex. Mayor Bell speaks. Pershing's motorcade arrives at Fort Sam Houston. The 14th Cavalry is inspected. The General rides a horse at Camp Travis. Pershing reviews troops. He is awarded the Medaille Militaire by Gen. Fayolle at Fort Myer, Va. Sec. of War Baker and Gen. March are present. Troops pass in review. Pershing presents diplomas and reviews troops at Camp Humphries, Va. The general reviews Citizens' Military Training Camp mounted troops near the Washington Monument, Wash., D.C.
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Post Armistice Training, Supply Activities of the 35th Division 1919
Reel 1 shows Q.M. officers and personnel of the division at Saint-Mihiel, France; and trucks of the 110th Supply Train being unloaded. Reel 2, clothing is unloaded and checked at the 137th Infantry Regiment's headquarters at Saint-Mihiel, France.
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