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AEF film illustrating gas protection discipline and potential for casualties if not followed.

Two American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) soldiers in a deep trench clean their rifles. Snow on the ground.The trench is lined with woven tree limbs and twigs, and even include "benches" for sitting. A third soldier appears with gas attack warning. The soldiers don their gas masks. Others appear wearing gas masks. All take firing positions in the trench, as gas drifts over them. A soldier without a mask stumbles into the trench. One of the soldiers places a gas mask over his face. Another goes down the trench and fetches medics who attend to the victim. The medics carry the gassed soldier on a stretcher into a gas proof dugout. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Location: France
Date: 1918
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049595
American Expeditionary Forces soldiers show techniques for coping with gas attacks

Several soldiers of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) are seen moving through a trench, carrying supplies to their sector. Snow is on the ground all around the trench. Suddenly they stop and don their gas masks. The sit down in the trench as a gas cloud comes over them. Scene changes to a group of soldiers digging defenses at the base of a earthen berm. A lookout sentry standing above them sees a gas cloud headed their way and alerts everyone. All stop what they are doing, don their gas masks, and take up positions to better observe. Some remain behind the berm and other stand upon it. The next sequence illustrates the use of Ayrton fans to clear gas from a trench. Soldiers waving the fans move, one behind the other, low in a deep trench. In the next scene, drifting gas partially obscures a dugout entrance in a trench. A soldier, uses an Ayrton fan to dispel the gas. In the final scene, soldiers in gas masks are in firing positions in a trench. A gas cloud appears to have dissipated. One soldier removes his gas mask make sure it is safe, and then tells the others, who remove their masks and stow them away. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Location: France
Date: 1918
Duration: 3 min 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049597
United States forces return home after the end of World War I.

End of World War I. Franklin D Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of Navy observing the departure of American troops from Europe after the end of World War I. American troops disembark from a ship as they return home after the war. Roosevelt speaks to Secretary of Navy, Josephus Daniels.

Location: France
Date: 1919
Duration: 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049724
Airmen of the 65th Fighter Squadron have fun playing mucic in Alto, Corsica, during world War II.

Airmen of the U.S. Army Air Forces 65th Fighter Squadron, gather for some fun, playing instruments and singing, at their camp in Alto, Corsica, during World War 2. Aircraft in flight. The 65th Squadron's Fighting Cock logo is displayed on the top of their wooden building. Men play violin and accordion, while another sings.

Location: France
Date: 1944, June
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049830
Demonstrations of early aircraft by aviators in Europe.

A film on the development of air power of the United States. Wilbur Wright demonstrated his invention before the King of Italy and Italian government officials in 1909. Soldiers push the Wright aircraft out of a hangar. The King of Italy and Italian officials watch the take off of the Wright aircraft from a launching rail. Flight of five early model aircraft over water. French aviator Louis Bleriot seated in his Bleriot VI Tandem monoplane. A man turns the propeller and starts the aircraft. A man working on a Farman Voisin bi-plane. American aviator Glenn H Curtiss seated in his Gold Bug bi-plane. He starts the motor and the aircraft taxis away.

Location: France
Date: 1909
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051059
The French Army marshalling troops in World War I

French army recruitment and marshalling for World War 1. French Infantry marching casually before the camera in their field gear (sans steel helmets). They move on a path or road, proceeding under a broad arch overpass. The first two soldiers walk holding bicycles. Some soldiers wear no caps. Others wear soft caps. None wear steel helmets. They are then seen from a high place (possibly the overpass) as they proceed in a long irregular column. The sequence shifts to a unit of mounted French cavalry, passing a tent as they proceed along a path in a camp ground.They are next seen from the rear as they continue and cross a bridge over a small canal. Next seen is a very long column of French infantry, all wearing steel helmets, proceeding along a dirt road. The next sequence shows pack animals and wagons carrying supplies for the troops. In the final scene, several soldiers open and read their mail in the midst of a group of relaxing troops. One soldier clowns around with another. (Note: this film was shot by the famous war photographer Donald C. Thompson.)

Location: France
Date: 1915
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051126
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