U.S. soldiers near St. Mihiel, France during World War I. A band of American soldiers leads a funeral procession. A caisson moves across a field towards a graveyard. Houses in the background. Newly dug graves in the graveyard. Closeup view of cross at the grave of Major Harry A. Harvey of the 103rd Field Artillery, who died on September 12, 1918. Clergy and soldiers seen during the funeral ceremony for Major Harry Aloysius Harvey and other soldiers killed in the Battle of St Mihiel.
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker and General Tasker H. Bliss walk together, behind them are other members of a delegationduring World War 1. Secretary of War Newton D. Baker is wearing a bowler hat, glasses, necktie and thick black coat. General Tasker H. Bliss is wearing a thick army coat and hat. Secretary of War Newton D. Baker and General Tasker H. Bliss pose together for picture. Secretary of War Newton D. Baker and General Tasker H. Bliss shake hands with each other before they depart. Major Fiorello La Guardia, future mayor of New York City, seen in uniform in July 1918.
German soldiers wearing gas masks load a gas shell into artillery in the 1918 Spring Offensive (also known as the Kaiserschlacht or “Kaiser’s Battle”) during World War I. Soldiers fire gas shell from artillery. German soldiers assume “brace position” in trenches. From an observation position, German Emperor Wilhelm II speaks to German generals belonging to the Supreme Army Command or the Oberste Heeresleitung (OHL). German troops advance from the trenches, running past obstacles. British soldiers firing with artillery. Soldiers running as noxious gas disperses in the battlefield, with German soldiers in trenches. A French soldier uses a telephone under a tree during a battle. United States soldiers marching with rifles. French troops wearing gas masks fire with artillery, stacks of shells amassed alongside them. Allied troops, including French soldiers and American soldiers, marching in farmland. Bodies of German soldiers killed lying in meadow.
German Kaiser Wilhelm II arrives by train to witness the 1918 Spring Offensive (also known as the Kaiserschlacht or “Kaiser’s Battle”) during World War I. A moving steam locomotive train. Kaiser Wilhelm II salutes to a senior German military official after disembarking from the train. Kaiser Wilhelm II speaking with a senior German military official. A smiling military assistant salutes Kaiser Wilhelm before joining him on the train station platform. Military officers put coats on Kaiser Wilhelm II and the senior military official before assisting them into the car.
Heinkel HE-57 amphibian monoplane in flight. Point of view shot from camera behind pilot as plane performs aerial spinning dive. Changing view of ground from cockpit of aircraft. Pilots with parachutes land on field. A model aircraft in flight. At timecode 1:00: Paul von Hindenburg and other German dignitaries present at the December 1925 re-interment of Manfred von Richthofen in Invalid's Cemetery (Invalidenfriedhof Cemetery) in Berlin, Germany. (He was originally buried in France following his 1918 death). At 1:04: Scene from before his death: Manfred Von Richthofen (The Red Baron) smiling and conversing with other German pilots. Clip ends with brief view of Fokker Dr.I Triplane like that flown by Manfred von Richthofen.
Welfare activities by YMCA staff during World War I. A YMCA activist involves troops in recreational activities like drama. Soldiers enacting a scene while others watch. 1917-1918.