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Carousel and amusement rides in Montmartre, Paris, France (WW1)
Amusement rides and carousel on the Boulevard de Clichy in Montmartre, Jardin de Paris, in Paris, 1914 at start of WWI. Parisians watch a swinging “Pirate Ship” gondola (pendulum ride) and a carousel. A carousel ride in front of the Moulin Rouge at 82 Boulevard de Clichy, 75018 Paris. Parisian man attempts to punch a punching bag, sign nearby says “Lutte de Combat” (“Fighting fight” in English). Parisians watching the carousel. A Parisian woman catches a tram. Streetcars, automobiles, and horse drawn buggies in a busy street in Paris with some French soldiers in uniform seen.
Free French vehicles moving, damaged buildings, a WW1 Memorial in La Haye Du Puits (WW2)
French troops passing through La Haye Du Puits, Normandy during World War 2. M3 half-tracks pass by ruins of buildings. Army trucks park near a World War 1 memorial used as a motor pool. Two tricolor Free France flags in the World War 1 memorial. An M3 half-track driving, with the Église Saint-Jean showing its damage (Place Patton, 50250 La Haye, France) in the background. French soldiers in trucks pass by a street with shops with signs “CITROEN”, “E. DE SAINT-GERMAIN” and “X GRANDES MARQUES”. Storefronts are damaged from bombing. Tricolor French flags in the street. A close view of a World War 1 Memorial with inscriptions “LA-HAYE-DU-PUITS A SES GLOREAUX MORTS 1914-1918” (“LA-HAYE-DU-PUITS TO ITS GLORIOUS DEAD 1914-1918” in English).
U.S. 165th Infantry soldiers are inspected, issued clothing, and paid, in France during World War I.
Officers inspect troops from Company B, 165th Infantry Regiment (42nd Infantry, Rainbow Division) in France during World War 1. The soldiers are lined up in front of their pup tents, in a field. Captain K. C. Siebert, Lieutenant R. Doris and Lieutenant F. W. Carter inspect strong dugouts of Company A, in a hillside just behind the front lines, at Chasseurs, France. Officers walk out of the passageway of an adjoining heavy stone structure (Headquarters?). Scene shifts to U.S. Machine gun battalions firing French Hotchkiss M1914 heavy machine guns. At each position, one soldier feeds a strip of 8mm Lebel cartridge ammunition while the other fires the weapon. Slate states that the firing is toward a German town 2,800 meters away. Men of a machine gun company are seen lined up to receive issues of personal clothing from Quartermaster. Soldiers of the 165th Infantry receiving pay from paymasters at an outdoor table near a hillside dugout. One counts out a soldier's pay and another annotates a pay ledger.
Veteran British Artillerymen take some time out during World War I, in France.
A group of battle-hardened veteran British Army artillery soldiers relax and pose for the camera. They had been in the front lines in World War I, in France, since the battle of Mons, in 1914.
AEF troops train with machine guns at Gondrecourt, France, in World War I
First Division troops of the American Expeditionary Forces get acquainted with machine guns at their training area.Gondrecourt, France, during World War 1. Several soldiers set up in firing position with a Maxim M1904 water-cooled machine gun. A soldier field strips a Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun and places its parts on a canvas spread out on the ground. He stands at attention when finished.
American troops training with mortars and machine guns, in France during World War I
Troops of the First Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) pose in front of a building at their Gondrecourt training area in France, during World War 1. Six Stokes mortars are set up in a line on the ground in front of them, with unit flags fastened to them. Two soldiers adjust elevation of a Stokes mortar and then commence firing it rapidly. Another pair of soldiers are seen firing a Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun. They remove the gun and its tripod carriage, separately when done firing.