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U.S. President Thomas Woodrow Wilson talks to a pilot about the U.S. Air Mail Service in Paris, France.
United States Air Mail Service in Paris, France during World War I. A man shows the mail received by the U.S. Air Mail Service. U.S. President Thomas Woodrow Wilson arrives. A crowd gathers and watches a van of 'United States Air Mail Service'. Men carry a bag of mail. President Wilson talks to a pilot and they shake hands. An aircraft on the ground.
German U-boat U-35 sinks three mast sailing ship by torpedo attack in the Atlantic Ocean during World War I.
German U-boat or submarine U-35 attacks an enemy ship in the Atlantic Ocean during World War I. German U-boat U-35 underway in the Mediterranean Sea. The U-boat encounters British three masted sailing schooner Miss Morris, in route from Genoa to Malaga. The U-35 under command of Captain Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, stops the sailing ship, assists its crew in departing the ship on lifeboats (and coming aboard the U-35), and then sinks the Miss Morris SV 20 miles southeast of Garrucha, Spain. The enemy ship is scuttled by the U-35.
German U-boat U-35 attacks an enemy ship by torpedoes and shell-fire in the Mediterranean Sea during World War I.
A documentary about a German U-boat attacking enemy ships in the Mediterranean Sea during World War I. German U-boat U-35 underway at sea. The U-boat encounters an enemy ship. The enemy ship is heavily damaged by torpedo and shell-fire, and then sinks.
American Expeditionary Forces arriving in France, during World War I
A large group of French women stand on a pier, waving American flags, as a troop ship arrives at a port in France, during World War 1. American Expeditionary Forces (AEF), soldiers of the U.S.1st Infantry Division, crowd her deck. The troops are seen leaving the ship by gangplank, and crowding the pier. They then assemble and march off. They proceed through dense crowds on both sides of their line of march. U.S. troops marching along a French city street are approached by French women expressing their appreciation. A French policeman walks with a bicycle, alongside the troops. French policemen march along, behind the Americans. Scene shifts to American soldiers playing musical instruments as others dance with women at an outdoor waterfront cafe, as they wait for transport. Allied officers are seen standing in front of a collection of canvas covered shelters, with a sign above, reading: "Camp Franco-Americain." (This is where arriving American troops undergo training by the French.) (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
American Expeditionary Forces undergo training in France, during World War I
American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) soldiers of the U.S. 1st Infantry Division, being trained by French military instructors, soon after their arrival in France, during World War 1. American troops seen spread out in a field, most of them relaxing on the ground. A French instructor showing a U.S. soldier a rifle-propelled grenade. French instructors training American soldiers on hotchkiss, model 1914 machine guns. U.S. soldiers firing them. U.S. troops donning gas masks and then entering a bunker (presumably filled with tear gas) for training purposes. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
American Expeditionary Forces newly arrived in France, getting settled, during World War I
American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) soldiers of the U.S. 1st Infantry Division, in camp, after arrival in France, in World War 1. The troops, wearing campaign hats (M1912 Service hats) are seen going through a mess line, with cooks dispensing food into their individual mess kits. One soldier clowns around with a large loaf of bread. He bites a piece from it and offers the loaf to other who do likewise. American soldiers sitting on the ground, appear to be enjoying themselves as they drink from small bottles.
