Red Cross workers in Paris make prosthesis masks for French and U.S. soldiers' whose faces have been disfigured during World War I. Red Cross woman makes plaster molds of the wounded men's face and wax model of the heads from the molds, for use in making prosthetic face masks following injuries such as gas attacks.
Red Cross woman worker making copper prosthesis face masks for soldiers wounded in World War 1 (mutiles). Worker deposits copper on the wax face molds via electrolysis. Wax model of the heads is made from the Plaster molds of the wounded men's face. Woman work with wounded face of the soldier.
Red Cross workers in World War I make prosthetic masks for the French and U.S. Soldiers whose faces have been disfigured (often from gas attacks). Masks on the wall in background. A worker contrasts the face of a wounded soldier with and without a complete artificial face mask prosthesis of painted copper.
Allied preparations for the battle of the Marne in World War 1. Several French troops are seen in a deep crater-type defensive position. Others are seen in a shallow linear trench. French soldiers begin digging in at the side of a road, near a telephone pole. More French troops deepen their circular protective position on relatively high ground. Finally, others are seen in relatively unprotected positions in a grassy field. Several French soldiers stand near a Schneider CA1 tank. American troops are seen dimly in the far background, as they enter the area single file. Closer view of American Expeditionary Forces troops moving into position along a tree line. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Officer of the 28th Escadrille and the 79th Division of the U.S. Army Infantry (functioning as observers) during World War I. They are seated at a small table smoking, talking, and reviewing notes. Large group of French and American military personnel inspect a crashed biplane. French crew repairing a SPAD aircraft.
Armistice Day celebration in Paris. Soldiers, women and others pose. One young woman wears a soldiers cap. Huge crowd gathered on either side of road. The streets are crowded with people who do a snake dance in the Avenue de l'Opera. Several men and women stand in a group on stairs. A woman carries flags. People cheer. Automobiles, carrying people on their roofs, pass through the street. Cars, horse drawn wagon and other automobiles on the street. World War 1 Allied soldiers pose on a step with a woman holding Crossed British and French flags. They remove their hats and wave. Celebrants ride on running boards of cars carrying flags. A group of women marches with arms linked together, shouting and smiling. Every kind of vehicle joins in the moving celebration and crowds swarm about them on the happy occasion.