Francais
Deutsch
Italiano
Refine Your Search
+"France" +1918 stock footage and images
- Showing 607 to 612 of 1022 results
more
Hide
A U.S. serviceman writes at a table on Mother's Day in Brest, France (WW1)
United States soldiers in Brest, France during World War I. A U.S. Army officer and a soldier go inside a wooden building. The soldier writes a Mother’s Day letter on a table. 'Mother's Day' written on a sheet of paper on the wall in front of the soldier.
An American soldier's funeral in Brest, France during World War I.
Brest, France during World War I. American soldiers (pallbearers) escort flag-draped coffin of fallen comrade into Kerfautras cemetery, on path from main entrance on rue Massillon. The coffin is carried in a horse-drawn roofed hearse, open on the sides. A man, an old woman, and a little girl, walk behind the hearse. At the graveside, the woman places flowers on the coffin, and then steps away holding the girl's hand. There are many white crosses, topped with small American flags, in this area of the cemetery. An Army honor guard presents arms with their rifles,and the pallbearers salute as a bugler blows taps.Several small children stand at the graveside. The old woman removes the flowers from the coffin and kneels, crosses herself, and speaks a prayer. Brief glimpse of many small children amongst the American crosses.
U.S. Army officers, soldiers and several people offer flowers and pray in a graveyard in Brest, France during World War I.
U.S. Army officers and soldiers in Brest, France during World War I. U.S. Army officers and several other people beside graves at a graveyard. Women offer flowers at the graves. U.S. servicemen gathered in the graveyard. Several people in the graveyard. Women dignitaries offer flowers at a grave. An officer watches them. People stand beside the graves and pray. U.S. flags on grave markers.
A large Joint American-French ceremony at Kerfautras cemetery, Brest, France, honoring fallen in World War I
A U.S. Navy brass band plays a dirge as they march slowly into Kerfautras cemetery, on q path from the main entrance on rue Massillon, in Brest, France, during World War 1. They are followed by a contingent of sailors with shouldered arms, carrying an American flag and marching slowly. They are followed by a funeral coach pulled by two horses and escorted by U.S. Naval officers. Bringing up the rear is another contingent of U.S. sailors, marching slowly and not bearing arms. U.S. Army Brigadier General George Herbert Harries speaks during the funeral. Several high-ranking French and American officers seated behind the podium, including:. U.S. Army Major General William Crozier and U.S. Navy Admiral Henry Braid Wilson. A large number of American military and French military and civilian spectators are present. French and American flags fly side-by-side in the center of the gathering. French troops stand in front of a backdrop of black parsasols held by women behind them. Several children stand with the front line of French soldiers. One little girl holds an American flag. The French troops salute for the camera. The next scene shows a virtual sea of parasols and hats, including French women wearing fashionable bonnets and many men wearing straw boaters. High-ranking French and American military officers all stand and salute. Major General Crozier walks among graves of newly interred American fallen. He is accompanied by a Brigadier General wearing a black armband. Several field grade officers follow the Generals. At the end, a large memorial gathering is seen at a courtyard in the U.S. Naval Base at Brest. Sailors are drawn up in formation and many spectators are assembled. An American flag drapes a coffin flanked by several others leaning upright against a building wall. There is very little movement, so presumably words are being spoken.
96th Aero Squadron prepares a Breguet 14 bomber for a bombing mission, at Amanty Airdrome in France during World War I
U.S. 96th Aero Squadron at Amanty Airdrome in France during World War 1. Airmen unload bombs from a truck. They place fuses in the tails of the bombs. They load the bombs to racks under wings of a French Breguet 14 biplane bomber. Major J. L. Dunsworth, Commanding Officer of the 96th Aero Squadron and First Lieutenant V. F. Ludden inspect the operation. Ground crewmen work hard, pulling the propeller through numerous times before finally getting the engine to start on the. Breguet 14. Lt. A. H. Alexander in the pilot's cockpit and Lt. E. MCLennair in the observer and gunner's position discuss something they see in the air behind them. The insignia of the 96th Aero Squadron (a devil carrying a bomb in a triangle) is painted on the fuselage of the airplane.
A French Spad VII C.1 aircraft takes off and in flight overhead near Chaux in France during World War I.
Aviation activities in France during World War I. A French Spad VII C.1 aircraft takes off from an airfield near Chaux. The aircraft in flight overhead. It lands. A formation of single-engine bi-winged French bombers in flight