A destroyed Marne river bridge at Chateau-Thierry in France in World War I. Camera pans across both sides of Marne river showing wrecked bridge and war torn buildings on both sides. A Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) rolling canteen serves refreshments to U.S. soldiers. The soldiers dip cups in a large pot.
The German assault on France during the Battle of France in World War II. German artillery on a rail car. Soldiers load and fire the gun. Troops on the railway tracks. German cavalry advances with horse carts. French prisoners march to the rear carrying their wounded. Ruins of Fort Brimont after bombing by German Luftwaffe Stukas. Street fighting in the town. Soldiers fire and take cover among the ruins. Rubble strewn all over the roads. Soldiers jump over barricades erected on the roads. Soldiers on foot and in horse carriages. The Notre Dame de Reims cathedral. The Germans charge French positions amid the burning ruins of Tagnon. Panzer division tanks and troops make their way through the streets. Smoke due to explosions in a town and in nearby fields. Soldiers cross fields. Burning structures. Street fighting in the town. Machine guns fired. Soldiers ready artillery. Chateau-Thierry: Germans advance past abandoned and wrecked French war equipment. Street fighting. Soldiers take cover in the ruins. They enter and check damaged buildings. Soldiers fire machine guns from within the ruins. The deserted streets. Germans cross the Marne on rafts. Troops on foot, in vehicles, the horse cavalry and equipment laden carriages advance towards Paris. Soldiers rest and sleep.
The Aisne Operations in Chateau-Thierry, France. Trees and hills in the field. Crops sway with the wind in the foreground. Valley in the background. City in the valley. Smoke rises from the buildings demolished by German shells. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Horse drawn artillery advances through Chateau-Thierry in France. Signboard reads Paris and Soissons marked with an arrow. French prisoners march on foot in the foreground. Mortar drawn artillery advances. Horses and horse carts. Officers in cars drive. German soldiers sleep on wagon. (World War II period).
U.S. 5th and 6th Marine Regiment in Chateau-Thierry,France during World War I. U.S. troops stand at attention. Flags of United States and France. The troops stand in a squad. U.S. General John Joseph Pershing decorates the soldiers. General Pershing is escorted by U.S. officers. The General shakes hands with the soldiers. The troops march with guns on their shoulders. They are reviewed by General James Harbord, McAndrew and Bundy at Chateau-le-trousse.
Uniformed U.S. war correspondents and U.S. Army officers explore the house and grounds of the French Chateau de Pont-Rilly, in Négreville near Normandy France, soon after the Invasion of Europe. (The chateau was designed in 1765 by architect Pierre-Raphaël de Lozon for the Marquis d'Ourville). U.S. Army officers in the balcony of the mansion overlooking the entrance. Exteriors of the palatial chateau. A large bomb hole is visible in the roof, right of the main entrance. A French boy points out something distant on the grounds of the Chateau. A swan in a pond. Exteriors of the mansion. At the end of July 1944, near the time this footage was shot, the chateau became the headquarters of Advance Section of Com Z, also known as "ADSEC" (Advance Section, Communications Zone).
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