The American Expeditionary Forces ( AEF ) in France during World War I. Troops in a jeep. Other soldiers nearby. Flak bursts in the sky. Troops of the 35th Infantry Division, the 2nd and the 148th Field Artillery Regiments and the 56th Engineers man anti aircraft guns during German bombing raids. Mechanical operation of antiaircraft tracking, sighting and timing devices. Two soldiers look through an instrument on a tripod stand. Other soldiers nearby. Soldiers load and fire an anti aircraft gun. Aircraft in flight. The soldiers handle antiaircraft shells. A soldier near the wreckage of a downed German aircraft.
The American Expeditionary Forces ( AEF ) in France during World War I. Troops of the 35th Infantry Division, the 2nd and the 148th Field Artillery Regiments and the 56th Engineers man searchlights during German bombing raids. Soldiers near a searchlight. Mechanical operation of the searchlight. The shutters in front of the lens of the searchlight open. The searchlight is mechanically rotated. The shutters close. The searchlight is positioned. It gives out a beam of light at night.
The American Expeditionary Forces ( AEF ) in France during World War I. An aircraft in flight. Troops of the 35th Infantry Division, the 2nd and the 148th Field Artillery Regiments and the 56th Engineers mechanical operate antiaircraft tracking, sighting and timing devices. Several soldiers look through instruments on tripod stands. Two soldiers look through an instrument on a tripod stand. Two other soldiers look through a different instrument. A soldier looks through an instrument. Two soldiers look through an instrument. A soldier with earphones stands nearby. Soldiers man an antiaircraft gun. Other soldiers nearby. Antiaircraft shells are picked up, passed and loaded in the antiaircraft gun. The gun is fired. Aircraft in flight overhead. Flak bursts in the sky. People around piles of dry wooden sticks.
The American Expeditionary Forces ( AEF ) in France during World War I. Troops of the 35th Infantry Division, the 2nd and the 148th Field Artillery Regiments and the 56th Engineers in a forest. They fire a mounted gun from a dugout. A downed aircraft.
The American Expeditionary Forces ( AEF ) in France during World War I. Troops of the 35th Infantry Division, the 2nd and the 148th Field Artillery Regiments and the 56th Engineers in a forest. Three soldiers sitting on the ground. Two of them load ammunition belts. Explosions in the background. The third soldier mans a mounted gun. A soldier standing nearby looks skywards through binoculars. He helps the soldier manning the gun. The gun is fired. Soldiers near downed German aircraft.
Consequences of the St. Mihiel Offensive of World War I. Views of St Mihiel, Vigneulles, Mont Sec and other towns in France. Houses in a village. Trees in the area. Hills in the far background. Ruins as a result of the offensive. A man on horseback near a railway track. People walk along the railway track. Ruined buildings in the background. Women and children. Damaged shops in a market place. Rubbled buildings. A building with a gaping hole in one of its sides.