World War I Red Cross personnel distributing refreshment to U.S. troops at Chatel Chehery during WWI. Troops served hot chocolate at Varennes and Cheppy.
American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) being greeted by Belgian citizens During World War 1. Towns people pose with school children in front of a Gateway tunnel to their town. Several hold American flags. American soldiers mingling with the Belgians. One soldier holds a Belgian boy on his shoulder. Camera pans upward revealing that the tunnel is under a fortress. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Red Cross staff distributes cigarettes to U.S. Army 30th Infantry troops at Viel Maisson during World War 1 (WWI).
American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) wounded soldiers being assisted by Red Cross and medical corpsmen during World War 1. U.S. soldiers gathered around a number of wounded lying on the ground on stretchers. A senior Red Cross worker, using a cane, makes the rounds, stopping to visit with the wounded soldiers. Several medical corpsmen, wearing red cross arm bands, accompany him. He gives a cigarette to one soldier and converses with him. He bends over another wounded soldier, holding what appears to be gum and such, in his hand. He chats with the soldier. Medics carry wounded on stretchers to a tree line, where a sign identifies a Red Cross Post. A medic unwraps first aid supplies from a box. The medics bandage the arm of a wounded soldier. Closeup of the wounded soldier. They give him a cigarette. Closeup of him smiling and smoking.
Coffee and sandwiches are served to American Army troops in Trier, Germany by the Red Cross activists. U.S. soldiers approach Red Cross women at a table in the train station and receive food. Signs beside tracks name various German cities. Two different groups of women red cross workers pose for cameras in front of the "Army Red Cross Enlisted Mens Club." Inside, U.S. Army soldiers check in at the club desk, staffed by Red Cross women workers. U.S. troops gather around a piano played by a Red Cross worker and the group sings along with the piano. Soldiers dance with Red Cross women in a dance hall at the club.
Heavy firing creates a barrage at Bourlon Wood during Battle of Hindenburg Line in World War I. Distant view of a sugar factory on the Cambrai road that acts as a German machine-gun post in Bourlon Wood. Soldiers in field nearby the sugar factory. Supplies are moved on horse carts. German prisoners move along with the troops.