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Reel 1, the 149th F.A. marches toward Luneville. The 165th Inf. passes through Baccarat. Ambulances of the 117th Sanitary Train leave Bertrichamp. The 149th and 150th F.A. fire a barrage at Reherrey. Artillery of the 167th Inf. shells German trenches at St. Maurice, St. Polo, and Grand Bois. The 167th and 168th Inf. man trenches near Neuviller. Troops receive clothing and pay. 151st F.A. troops pitch quoits and shoe a mule. Graves are decorated near Baccarat. Wounded are brought in and treated at 166th and 168th Inf. aid stations. 165th Inf. troops bring prisoners into Baccarat. Col. Douglas MacArthur and Gen. de Bazelaire meet at Glonville. Reel 2, 165th Inf. troops practice grenade throwing. Radiomen of the 117th Field Signal Bn. record artillery fire data at Baccarat. Gens. C.T. Menoher and M.J. Lenihan, and Col. Mac-Arthur inspect artillery and communication units. Horses and mules are unloaded and washed by 149th and 150th F.A. units. Mules pull a truck from a ditch. 42nd Div. troops box, play baseball, run foot races, and watch Scottish dances and tumbling exhibitions. Menoher, Lenihan, MacArthur, and French Gens. Dupont and Penet decorate graves.

12th F.A. units fire French 75's at Sommedieu. Shows the 6th Marines hq. and the divisional hq. at Damblain. Gen. Doyen confers with aides at Moscow. Gen. McCloskey and Allied officers inspect trenches. Marines load supplies on horses and bury Germans at Moscow. Shows hospital patients. The 1st Signal Bn. is inspected. 5th Marines leave the trenches at Moscow and, with 6th Marine units, leave the sector by truck.

Reel 1, Gen. G.W. Read arrives at 2nd Army Corps hq., Fruges, France. Shows Gen. J.F. O'Ryan and 27th Div. officers at hq., Oudezeele, France. Wagons are loaded with rations at a Saint Laurent supply depot. 107th Pioneers and 102nd Engineers erect Nissen huts. 102nd Field Signal Bn. troops repair communication cables and use signal lamps and Very pistols. 108th Inf. troops load and fire Stokes trench mortars and French 37-mm guns, and spread apron-barbed wire over defensive positions. Reel 2, U.S. and Brit. soldiers practice firing the Vickers machine gun at Camiers. 102nd Engineers construct a communications trench at Belfort, Belgium. Shows 105th Inf. quarters at Beddelen Lerine, Belgium; the rubbled village of Boeschepe, France; 107th Inf. troops making crosses and placing flags on graves in an Abeele, Belgium, cemetery; and Gen. Read and aides at 2nd Army Corps hq., Fruges. Troops take gas mask tests with Y.M.C.A. theater personnel. Y.M.C.A. and 27th Div. units present a stage show at Oudezeele.

Reel 1, an officer receives the D.S.M. and the 6th F. A. band and U.S.M.C. troops participate in memorial services at a Chaumont cemetery, Memorial Day, 1918. Gens. Pershing and McAndrew review a parade on July 4, 1918. French girls present flowers to Pershing. The 6th F.A. band plays as Allied officers review a French-U.S. parade on July 14, 1918, and attend a band concert at the U.S. hdqrs. Reel 2, graves are decorated at Chaumont on Memorial Day, 1919.

Shows junior officers of the 16th, 26th, and 28th Inf. Reg'ts and the 2nd Field Signal Bn. Reels of wire arrive at Chaumont, the wire is strung, and field radios operated. Convalescents arrive at an evacuation station. Gen. Pershing addresses 1st Div. officers at Fontaine. 26th Inf., 2nd Field Signal Bn., and artillery units march toward the front near Haudivillers. Horses forage and men draw rations near Bonvillers. Shows activity in a field kitchen.

The 8th Machine Gun Bn. returns to billets at Orges, France. Supply trains leave for the front. Gens. Dickman and Brewster review the 38th Inf. at Coupray and the 7th Inf. at St. Martin. Gen. Dickman inspects the 30th Inf. on a road between Latrecey and Arc-en-Barrois.

On activities in Alsace. Reel 1 shows conferences among Gens. Boardman, Haan, and Fr. Gens. de Boissoudy and Gamelin. 125th Inf. troops train with airplane signal panels and man a signal station. 128th Inf. scouts round up Ger. snipers; 126th Inf. troops man trenches; 107th Ammunition Train troops move ammunition onto caissons. 127th Inf. Polish troops eat. Troops watch boxing matches. Reel 2, Haan inspects the 128th. 125th Inf. troops occupy Sentheim, Ger., and are reviewed by Gamelin, Pershing, and Haan. 147th F.A. troops inspect a Hotchkiss machine gun.

Reel 1 shows Allied defenses on the Montdidier front and rubbled buildings in Villers-Tournelle and Noyers-St. Martin. Bodies are dug from the rubble. Shows dead U.S. and German soldiers in the streets of Cantigny and demolished and abandoned enemy equipment. Machine guns are set up north of Villers-Tournelle and dugouts are erected. Reel 2, 2nd Field Signal Bn. troops eat near Maron. Prisoners are escorted to the rear near Cantigny, searched, and inspected by Gens. Pershing and R.L. Bullard. 1st Div. troops draw rations at Maron. 26th Inf. units arrive and entrain for the front. Mules of the 2nd Field Signal Bn. are loaded. Clothing is deloused at Bonvillers. Captured equipment is examined. Gen. B.B. Buck confers with aides at Froissy. Reel 3, 16th Inf. troops are decorated. 18th Inf. troops are buried at Bonvillers. 5th F.A. units fire 155's at Rocquencourt. 6th F.A. troops fire French 75's at Coullemelle. Shows ammunition dumps at Tartigny.

Shows street scenes in Bellicourt and Nauroy. Brit. artillery shells German trenches at Busigny. Shows rubbled streets and a damaged cathedral in St. Quentin. Gens. Read and Simonds inspect sunken barges at Le Catelet, former enemy positions, and a U.S. cemetery. Shows an abandoned "Big Bertha" at Cappy-sur-Somme. Brit. and Australian engineers repair roads and railroads. French refugees leave Busigny and return to homes in Cambrai and Amiens. Civilians parade in Bohain. U.S. and Brit. troops sightsee in Premont and Australian troops entrain for rest camps.

Gen. George B. Duncan and French officers confer at divisional headquarters in Baccarat. Food is served to 308th Inf. troops in the trenches. A nurse is buried at Baccarat. 77th Div. troops wash clothes, exercise on parallel bars, and do the manual of arms.

Shows the town of Mouilly. 313th Inf. troops practice trench warfare at Combres. Gen. Nicholson and aides consult maps. Captured equipment is examined. Machine guns are fired in practice. Casualties are unloaded at an aid station. Gen. Kuhn poses. 313th Inf. troops receive rations. Prisoners are marched into Narcourt. Shows supply dumps at Rattentout. Railroad cars are loaded with supplies.

Shows panoramic views of 42nd Div. hq. near Bourmont; the 33rd Engineers digging a well; type being set at a printing shop; 166th Inf. troops, including baseball player "Hank" Gowdy, playing catch at Sommercourt; the 117th Engineers returning from maneuvers to Brainville; machine gun drills; 167th Inf. troops receiving clothing; a wire-laying contest between 117th Field Signal Bn. men at Chatenois; a wireless aerial being strung from a church; and Gens. Pershing and Lenihan decorating 84th Brigade troops, including Gen. MacArthur, at Bagneux. The brigade passes in review.

Shows aerial views at Chaumont. The 406th Field Signal Bn. install telephone lines into Chaumont. A road is constructed and the entrance gate painted. Pres. Poincare and Gens. Pershing and Petain arrive at the Chaumont station. Officers walk from the railroad station to the G.H.Q. and attend the opening of the Y.M.C.A. center. Shows activities at the G.H.Q. commissary.

Gens. E.M. Lewis and S.L. Faison confer with aides at Watou, Belgium. 117th Inf. troops practice trench fighting tactics. Gens. Tyson and Faison pose at 30th Div. hq. with their aides. Shows destruction in Vlamertinghe, Belgium. King George V inspects 30th Div. troops at Rauchicourt, France. 120th Inf. troops arm bombs and practice grenade throwing. Shows Gen. L.D. Tyson and aides in 59th Brigade hq. near Ypres.

Reel 1, the 130th F.A. Reg't shells the town of Sultzeren in the Vosges Mts. Shows ruins in the town of Amphersbach and German trenches. Reel 2 shows a 137th Inf. supply depot at Eck; troops sharpening bayonets, reading, and playing cards in trenches; wounded receiving treatment at the Degalbert aid station; gas masks being put on patients and ambulance mules; and U.S. troops teaching boxing to French boys at Gerardmer.

Gens. Pershing and Summerall decorate troops of the 1st Division at Vertuzey, France. The 16th Infantry Regiment passes in review.

Reel 1, Gen. Pershing arrives, inspects A.E.F. students, and dedicates the Univ. of Beaune. Students go to classes, cut wood, dig gravel, erect hangars to house lecture halls, and operate the school laundry. Gen. Rees greets Congressmen S.H. Dent, W.J. Fields, S.J. Nicholls, B.P. Harrison, C.P. Caldwell, D.R. Athons, W.S. Green, J.S. Crage, and H.E. Hull. Reel 2, delegates arrive for an educational conference at Beaune. Shows students at classes and on parade. Sec. of War Baker and Gen. Pershing inspect classrooms and address students. Students sightsee in Beaune. Shows the Univ. of Beaune agricultural bldgs. at Allerey. Students saddle and shoe horses, judge livestock, use tractors, and listen to Sec. Baker. Reel 3, soldiers sketch sculptor, and paint at the Sorbonne Univ. Sculptor Alfred Finot works in a Nancy studio. Shows drafting classes at the American Art Center in Bellevue. Students visit the Church of Notre Dame. Reel 4 shows street scenes in Nancy and the campuses of the Universities of Nancy and Besancon. Besancon students attend classes. Shows campus scenes of the Univ. of Dijon and street scenes in Dijon. The Congressional delegation visits the school.

Reel 1, Gens. Harbord and McCawley inspect Rochefort docks. The 811th Pioneer Inf. unloads ships. Trucks are assembled. Reel 2, the Moldegarr is unloaded by prisoners and Negro troops of the 310th and 338th Labor Bns. and the 518th Engrs. Barracks are built. Tractors pull trucks from mud; prisoners repair a road. Shows stables of the 324th Field Remount Station. Reel 3 shows scenes of La Rochelle. Fr. Gen. Hubert reviews a parade of the 18th, 31st, 312th, and 35th Engrs.; the 336th F.A.; the 49th Coast Artillery; and the 15th Cavalry in La Rochelle.

Troops of the 811th Pioneer Inf. and the 336th Labor Bn. unload sugar, trucks, and rails from the freighters Luckenback and Black Arrow. German prisoners load rails on freight cars. Railroad cars are switched. The 538th Engineers unload emergency rations from the Hawaiian, the Auncha, and the West Durfes. Troops shoot dice, play basketball, and dance.

On fighting in Alsace. 116th Inf. troops move into trenches near Fontaine, France. The 113th Inf. marches forward near Mulspach. Shows the 57th Brig. aid station at Souilly and barracks damaged by shell fire. 114th Inf. troops advance in a skirmish line in Alsace sector. Mortars and bombs are loaded on railroad cars at Montreux. Gens. Pershing and Morton inspect 57th Brig. headquarters at Montreux. Gen. Morton decorates troops of the 115th Infantry.

101st Engineers pass through rubbled Saint-Remy. Shows panoramic views of the sector and artillery emplacements. 12th Engineers repair railroad tracks near Mouilly. Sawmills are operated. Supply trains are made up at the Rattentout railroad yards. German prisoners repair track near Verdun. Shows ruins in Saint-Mihiel. Troops cross the Meuse River at Dieue-sur-Meuse.

Defective ammunition is inspected and then exploded at the 112th Ammunition Train dump at Baccarat. Munitions trucks are loaded at the dump. French officers, including Gen. Petain, are greeted by Gen. Farnsworth at 37th Div. headquarters. Officers of the 12th Light Railway Engineer Reg't pose. Shows baseball player Charles E. ("Gabby") Street.

335th Inf. troops entrain at Monpont for the front. Hdqtrs. troops of the division detrain at Neuvic Dordogne and receive billets. Gens. Devore, Wilder, and Hale and regimental officers arrive and confer at 84th Div. hq., Chateau de Neuvic. Bread is baked and supply trucks loaded at Neuvic. An officer is buried at Perigneux.

Reel 1, Pershing receives the Legion of Honor from Poincare and the D.S.M. from Gen. Bliss at Chaumont. Gen. McAndrew, Adm. Benson, and Amb. Sharp are present. Petain presents the Legion of Honor to Gens. Liggett, Bullard, McAndrew, Harbord, Summerall, Hines, Lewis, Lenihan, Parker, Ely, Neville, King, McCoy, and Holbrook. Troops pass in review. Reel 2, Pershing presents the C.M.H. to officers and enlisted men. Belg. Gen. Biebuych decorates Gens. Liggett, Summerall, Brewster, Hinds, Davis, Nolan, Moseley, Eltinge, and Andrews. Pershing presents the D.S.M. to Biebuych, Ital. Gen. Perelli, and Gens. Drum, Brewster, Liggett, Wright, Bandholtz, Fassett, Gibbs, King, Rees, Spinks, and McNair. Reel 3, Brit. Gen. Haig arrives at Chaumont, decorates U.S. officers, and reviews the 116th Inf. French Gen. Pulainier decorates Gen. Preston Brown. Pershing presents the D.S.M. and D.S.C. to Gen. J.A. Bradley. Gen. Perelli decorates Gens. Dickman, Patrick, Brewster, Harbord, Hunter, Davis, Eltinge, Fiske, Moseley, Heintzelman, and Nolan.

Reel 1, 325th Inf, troops march in Villey-le-Sec, cross the Moselle on pontoon bridges, and man trenches. The 328th practices with grenades. Gen. Burnham watches 307th Field Signal Bn. troops assemble a field radio. 326th Inf. troops build dugouts. Shows 325th and 326th Reg't hdqrs. Ambulances carry wounded to a hospital at Royaumeix. Reel 2, gas victims are placed in ambulances. Gen. Burnham addresses and reviews 326th Inf. and French troops. Salvaged metal is unloaded at Menil la Tour, sorted, and loaded on railroad cars. Poison gas projectiles are unloaded at Regnieville.