Base Section No 5 Brest Unloading Supplies and Equipment

Sound Type: Silent
Scope & Content: A cargo of flour is unloaded at Brest in 1918 from the freighter West Bridge. Shows torpedo holes in the ship. 129th Inf. and Negro labor troops unload clothing and food from the freighters Zeelandia, Pocahontas, Wilhelmina, and Kurch onto lighters. Shows materiel piled on the dock by huge cranes. Locomotives and tenders are derricked ashore from the Firmore. The labor crews eat.

Creator(s): Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 9/18/1947-2/28/1964 (Most Recent)
Series: Historical Films, ca. 1914 - ca. 1936
Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985

Production Date: 1936
Other Title(s): Historical Film, No. 1341

Contact(s): National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RDSM), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740-6001
Phone: 301-837-3540, Fax: 301-837-3620, Email: mopix@nara.gov

National Archives Identifier: 24844
Local Identifier: 111-H-1341

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24844

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