U.S. 16th infantry troops at Seicheprey in Meurthe-et-Moselle, France on September 14th,1918, during World War 1. The troops take cover in a hole left by an exploded shell. Then they advance through the barbed wire fences and enemy fire. U.S. Medical Corps men tend to the wounded.
A film on the development of air power. Chief of U.S. Army Air Service Colonel Frank P. Lahm in Toul, Meurthe-Et-Moselle, France on November 8, 1918 during World War I. Col. Lahm speaks to an officer.
Trucks experience difficulties on muddy roads in Sanzey, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France during World War I. Trucks drive on muddy roads and experience difficulties. Men loaded on trucks. People standing beside the road in a wooded area. Horse carts coming from front, ride on the muddy road. A truck in the background.
German soldiers of 10th and 42nd artillery and infantry divsions withdrawing with their horse-carts and equipment following the armistice in World War I. They pass by on the streets of Aumetz France in the Moselle department bordering Luxembourg. Man on bicycle gets inside a house. Soldiers march. Various town buildings beside the street. Soldiers on horses pass by on the street along with the other soldiers.
Film opens with map showing lower France and Mediterranean areas. However, it shows images covering primarily the French Riviera (or Côte d'Azur) under German occupation during World War II, in 1943 or 1944. German infantry march along a road. A flight of German FW-190 Fighter airplanes flies inland from the Mediterranean Sea and crosses low above a harbor. Change of scene shows a single fighter plane buzzing the Marseille Port. (It looks like a P-47 with invasion stripes. But It does not draw any anti-aircraft fire.) Camera tracks it from vantage point at the Marseille Basilica, high above the harbor. Brief view of the Basilica as the aircraft passes. A glimpse of the Marseille Port below from the Basilica. View of the Marseille Transporter Bridge designed by Ferdinand Arnodin and built in 1905. (It was destroyed after these films were made, in 1944.) A German soldier peering through binoculars in front of a 2 cm Flak 30/38/Flakvierling, quad anti-aircraft gun position. Another one is seen in the background. Several more views of German anti-aircraft and other gun emplacements protecting the Marseille Port, including 88mm guns, heavy machine guns, and Atlantic Wall coastal defense guns. Scene shifts to German soldiers marching near the French Riviera beach and palm trees. Italian cavalry are seen riding in formation, ostensibly from Nice. Italian soldiers in trucks are being transported along the Riviera waterfront. A road sign points toward Toulon at 6.3 kilometers away. (So this location is probably near Sanary-sur-Mer.) View of the Toulon harbor, where the French battleship Provence, scuttled in 1942, is seen settled low in the water at a pier.
10th and 42nd Division German soldiers of artillery and infantry units march out of Aumetz France, bordering Luxembourg, following the armistice of World War 1. Soldiers on horses march along with them. People gather to watch them. Many civilian onlookers, especially children, show fascination with the camera and filming operation going on. Horse-carts pass by on the street. Children watch the marching soldiers and the camera. Buildings beside the street.
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