World War One Footage

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.