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Russian villagers remove stumps from a recently logged area in Archangel Russia. during World War I

Russian women and a few men, work together to remove stumps from a field in Archangel (Arkhangelsk) Russia, where trees were recently harvested for lumber. They dig with picks and shovels and uproot a stump. Then a group of about 25 women works in unison to roll the huge stump away. An American soldier stands nearby as they work. [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)

Date: 1918, September
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675029280
Streetcar with U.S. Army soldiers aboard in Archangel, Russia during World War I

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)

Date: 1918, September
Duration: 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675029281
British Military DH-4 airplane taking off

A British DH-4 (De Havilland) airplane taking off. Tent and building in the background. A man runs on the field as the plane leaves ground. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Date: 1918
Duration: 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675029282
Film depicting some of the tragic human aftermath during and after World War I

A film looking at some of the tragic human costs of World War 1 ("The Great War"). Opening slates read, (in French) "What the war has left behind it." "9 million dead." Then, a vast battlefield cemetery is shown,filled with rough wooden crosses. Camera pans over parts of it. Another, better tended cemetery is seen with finer crosses. Then another battlefield graveyard, with freshly dug graves and rough markers is shown. Slate reads, "The sea, a vast tomb." Another slate reads, millions of crippled," followed by scenes of Allied soldiers and medics, carrying their gear, across a barren battlefield. One rough cross is seen.In next scene it is clear they are scouring the battlefield for wounded and dead. Stretcher bearers make their way cautiously across ditches and makeshift bridges as they retrieve the wounded. Two assist a walking wounded soldier with bandaged eyes. Wounded seen being brought into a sandbagged brick building serving as a hospital. A field ambulance also takes patients from the hospital. A convoy of field ambulances carry wounded from the battlefields. A two-stacker British hospital ship steaming at high speed away from a French port, headed for England. Wounded British war veterans being moved in wicker wheel chairs outside a substantial building. Uniformed attendant picks one up bodily and places him into another wicker wheel chair that allows his legs to be outstretched. The attendant covers him with a blanket. Next, that veteran is seen, conversing with a men, in an outdoor area, where other wheel-chair bound veterans are enjoying small flower gardens and socializing in the sunshine. A white-coated caregiver assists a stooped veteran who takes many small steps to walk. Next is seen the famous 1919 painting by John Singer Sargeant, of blinded soldiers on the battlefield, titled, "Gassed." (It is now in the British Imperial War Museum.) Slate reads "They'll never see again," and several blind veterans are seen in dark glasses walking outdoors in the company of others. Blind veterans, injured in gas attacks, are seen making baskets by hand.

Date: 1918
Duration: 4 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: French
Clip: 65675029393
Woodrow Wilson's proposal for the formation of League of Nations.

Presents Woodrow Wilson's proposal for League, his aim "To unite the countries of the World" and the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. Animated map shows joining of League by different Nations. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Date: 1918
Duration: 2 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: French
Clip: 65675029395
U.S. troops aboard the transport ship Leviathan at Hoboken in New Jersey during World War I.

Documentary on World War I, titled 'Flashes of Action - Actualities of the World War'. Commander in chief of the American Expeditionary Forces, General John J. Pershing poses at Lucey in France during World War I. U.S. troops embark upon the U.S. Army transport ship' Leviathan' at Hoboken in New Jersey. Distant ships underway in sea. Troops dance and stage friendly boxing bouts aboard USS Wilhelmina and transport ship Tendores.

Date: 1918
Duration: 3 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029577