A trolley car passes through the town of Arkhangelsk, Russia (also known as Archangel). U.S. sailors and soldiers are hanging out partially from the front and rear doors of the streetcar. A group of local people watch the trolley as it passes. [Footage from the United States Army 85th Division, 339th Infantry, American Expeditionary Force North Russia, participating as part of the Allied North Russia Intervention of World War 1. Two thirds of the soldiers were from Michigan.] (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
U.S. soldiers of the 339th Infantry Regiment arrive by ship at Archangel (Arkhangelsk) Russia, during the Allied North Russia Intervention in World War 1. Most are soldiers carrying their rifles with bayonets affixed to them. But several are bandsmen, carrying their musical band instruments. Russian stevedores stand on the dock as the troops disembark. The ship is painted in camouflage colors. The troops assemble in formation on the pier. Sacks of flour are unloaded by crane from the ship as Russian peasants load them into horse-drawn carts. A U.S. soldier is seen performing guard duty at the scene. The loaded carts are driven across the pier, where they are unloaded by men and women, and slid down narrow planks, to women in small boats. A few women pose in their boat, for the camera. View of two boats with small sails raised, rowing away from the pier, with their cargo. A woman struggles to row a dory, loaded with flour sacks. Russian children pose on the dock. One holds a container of milk bottles (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Troops of the American 339th Infantry Regiment are drawn up in formation on a street in Archangel, Russia, during the Allied Northern Russia intervention, of World War 1, and of Russian Civil War. The Regimental Brass Band is playing while approached by a group of Allied reviewing officers, led by Imperial Russian (White Russian) General Yevgeny-Ludvig Karlovich Miller (also known as EK Miller). The reviewing officers pass in front of the formation, moving away from the camera. Next, British Major General Frederick C. Poole, Commander of the Allied forces, is seen decorating a 339th infantryman. American officers following General Poole, shake hands with the medal recipient, as they pass. (A small Russian boy in the foreground watches all the activities.)
A group of Russian children pose on a pier at Archangel Russia, during the Allied North Russia Intervention of World War 1. One holds a container of milk bottles. An American soldier (of the 339th Infantry Regiment) gives each child a coin. A Russian girl eating a cookie she received from a soldier. A Russian boy picks up something from the pier. Another boy holds container of milk bottles. U.S. soldiers peruse goods at an outdoor market, where some of the vendors use wooden shipping containers and packing cases to display their wares. Local people patronize a food vendor. An American soldier decides to purchase a pair of mittens. [Footage from the United States Army 85th Division, 339th Infantry, American Expeditionary Force North Russia, participating as part of the Triple Entente forces, in the so-called "Polar Bear Expedition." Two thirds of the soldiers were from Michigan.] (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Russian children bundled up against the cold, pose on a pier at Archangel Russia, as U.S. sodiers of the 339th Infantry arrive during the Allied North Russia Intervention of World War 1. One child holds a container of milk bottles. An American soldier gives each child a coin. A Russian girl wearing a hooded coat over her dress and leggings, eats a biscuit. A Russian boy, wearing boots, picks up something from the pier. Another boy holds a container of milk bottles. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
U.S. Brigadier General Wilds P Richardson accompanies British Field Marshal William Edmund Ironside as he decorates soldiers of the American 339th Infantry Regiment in Archangel, Russia, during the Allied North Russia Intervention of World War 1. In change of scene, American infantrymen board a YMCA train where they receive small gifts. The soldiers must jump down from the train, when leaving. Logo of YMCA on side of train. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)