The Second Aviation Instruction Center in Tours, France during World War I. An aircraft takes off from an airfield and is in flight overhead. U.S. Secretary of War Newton Diehl Baker, Chief of the Air Service John D. Ryan and U.S. Army General Bliss, Lieutenant General James Guthrie Harbord and General John J. Pershing standing on the airfield. They discuss and inspect airplanes.
The Second Aviation Instruction Center in Tours, France during World War I. A wrecked airplane on an airfield. Men standing near the wrecked British Sopwith fighter biplane. Wrecked parts of the airplane and debris.
The Second Aviation Instruction Center in Tours, France during World War I. Firemen respond to a practice alert and arrive with wheel carts. The carts are loaded with hoses and other equipment. The firemen put the hoses in a tanker. They throw water from the hoses.
U.S. Army General Lutz Wahl receives the armistice news in France at the end of World War I. Gen. Wahl receives the armistice signed in a railroad car parked in a French forest near the front lines. General Wahl reads the armistice as the troops gather around him, smiling. Close up view of the signed armistice notification received from U.S. 2nd Army Headquarters.
Troops of the U.S. 92nd and 5th Infantry Divisions celebrate the Armistice in France at the end of World War 1. Several look at their wrist watches awaiting the stroke of 11AM when the Armistice is to go into effect. An army officer unfurls the United States flag as African American U.S. Army troops stand by. An African American soldier sits at a keyboard musical instrument. A close view of a field wrist watch shows time as quarter to eleven. The soldiers gather and read time on their wrist watches. At 11:00 O'Clock, the troops cheer and raise hands in celebration. Four army officers in a discussion. Troops of the 340th Field Artillery Regiment (89th Division) prepare to fire celebratory last round, from their French 75 field artillery piece.
Troops in a unit of the 64th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division of of the U.S. Army celebrate in France at the end of World War I. U.S. troops wait to hear the news of the Armistice. An officer receives a dispatch announcing the armistice and rushes to a camp. The troops gather to read about the armistice. Soldiers celebrate.. They jump and throw their caps in celebration. Soldiers read the armistice dispatch, one by one. The American troops greet local French farmers and pose with them. Back at their campsite, the troops relax. A small mascot dog is seen with them.
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