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Flour bags being unloaded from a freighter in Archangel Russia during the "Polar Bear Expedition" of World War I
Armed U.S. Army guard patrols as local Russian workers unload bags of flour from cargo ship into horse-drawn carts (Droshkys) at Archangel, Russia, during the Allied North Russia Intervention in World War 1. Carts are driven to the opposite side of the pier where men and women unload them and slide them down narrow planks to women in small boats. Some Russian women pose for the camera, in their boats. View of two small boats laden with flour, being rowed, and also having some sails raised. A woman has some difficulty rowing a dory filled with flour bags. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
U.S. Army soldiers interact with villagers at a market in Arkhangelsk Russia, during the "Polar Bear Expedition."
A group of Russian children pose on a pier at Archangel Russia, during the Allied North Russia Intervention of World War 1. One holds a container of milk bottles. An American soldier (of the 339th Infantry Regiment) gives each child a coin. A Russian girl eating a cookie she received from a soldier. A Russian boy picks up something from the pier. Another boy holds container of milk bottles. U.S. soldiers peruse goods at an outdoor market, where some of the vendors use wooden shipping containers and packing cases to display their wares. Local people patronize a food vendor. An American soldier decides to purchase a pair of mittens. [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)
Raising of Red Cross and American flags over a hospital in Archangel, Russia, during World War I
As a contingent of U. S. soldiers presents arms, American Red Cross Captain Wynn and U.S. Army Captain, Hall, raise a United States flag and a Red Cross flag over a hospital in Arkhangelsk (Archangel) Russia during the Allied North Russia Intervention of world War 1. Russian nuns (nurses) who staff the hospital, at Troitsky Avenue, near Olga barracks, take part in the ceremony. View of U.S. Army band marching down a street with their instruments as local children and villagers look on. (Note: This flag-raising constituted an act of defiance by U.S. Red Cross and Army medical personnel, since British medical authorities had opposed starting an American hospital in Archangel. It became the first Red Cross Hospital there, that was jointly staffed by Russian and American Red Cross nurses. Captain Wynn,with the American Red Cross, equipped the hospital, and American Army Captain Hall and Lieutenant Kiley administered it.) (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Bolshevik prisoners near Archangel (Arkhangelsk) Russia during the Allied North Russia Intervention in World War I
A view of Bolshevik prisoners, marching along a railroad siding in Archangel, under guard by U.S. Army soldiers, during the Allied North Russia Intervention (AKA Polar Bear Expedition) of World War 1. They are a mixed group, including sailors and several women. Closeups of some who pose, smiling, for the camera. Several wear interesting native Russian hats. [Footage from the United States Army 85th Division, 339th Infantry, American Expeditionary Force North Russia (AEFNR) participating as part of the Triple Entente forces North Russia Intervention. Two- thirds of the soldiers were from Michigan.] (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
U.S. 310th Engineers operate saw mill at Archangel, Russia during the Allied North Russia Intervention of World War I
Battalion of the U.S. 310th Engineers operate a sawmill at Archangel (Arkhangelsk) Russia, during the Allied North Russia Intervention (AKA the Polar Bear Expedition) in World War 1. Rafts of logs floating in the River Divina, near a saw mill in Archangel. Workers maneuver the logs to a ramp at the mill. Inside, the logs pass through giant saws and are cut into lumber. Boards sliding out of the mill to the ground below, where workers load them onto horse carts and drag them back into a large storage area filled with stacked lumber. U.S. Army soldiers inspect the operations, among the working villagers. [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)
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)
