Soldiers of U.S. 5th Marine, 2nd Battalion with French Second Army soldiers at the Third Bourmont Training Area in France during World War I. U.S. troops in trenches. The troops enter a bunker. The soldiers come out of the bunker. The soldiers are wearing coats and hats due to cold weather. A U.S. officer plays with a dog. The troops carry guns with bayonets. A bayonet drill. The soldiers in trenches with bayonets in their hands. They march forward for the drill. They move out of the trenches and put the bayonet in a dummy. The soldiers practice again. The dummies are hanged from a rope. The troops practice on the dummies. A dummy in the center and the troops practice on it.
U.S. 5th Marine 2nd Battalion with French Second Army at the Third Bourmont Training Area in France during World War I. U.S. troops in trenches with rifles with fixed bayonets in their hands. A thin covering of snow is on the ground and it appears to be lightly raining or snowing. The soldiers come out of a bunker with gas masks. Some soldiers are already wearing the gas masks and others are hastily putting them on as they emerge from a covered trench into an open trench. The soldiers walk in the trenches. A medical unit passes by in a trench with red cross armbands and one soldier carrying a folded up stretcher or litter. The troops move out of the bunker and stand near a cooking cart or kitchen cart with a boiler. They are handed large vats of hot water, soup or other liquid. Scene changes to an outdoor ceremony with many civilians present, including many women. A French soldier stands nearby as the civilians pull white ribbons from an evergreen tree that is covered by the decorative ribbons. An American Army soldier helps reach a ribbon high in the tree to hand to a civilian.
U.S. 5th Marine 2nd Battalion with French Second Army at the Third Bourmont Training Area in France during World War I.. U.S. troops put barbed wires in the field. They stand in a line. The troops make barbed wire fences for defense. A U.S. officer checks the barbed wires and talks to the troops. The soldiers in prone position try to cross the fences. The soldiers have guns and bayonet attached to it. The troops advance.
U.S. 5th Marine 2nd Battalion with French Second Army at the Third Bourmont Training Area in France during World War I. U.S. troops wear gas masks and get ready for a gas drill. The soldiers with bayonets in their hands. A soldier talks over a radio which is attached to a tree. The troops are seated. A U.S. soldier sitting on a wooden log writes on a paper. The troops around a car. They look into the paper and talk. A horse in the background.
U.S. 5th Marine Regiment in France during World War I. U.S. troops stand and French General Joseph Joffre and U.S. General John Joseph Pershing are escorted by the U.S. and the French officers. The troops stand in a squad for inspection. The soldiers march forward with a United States flag. General Joffre is escorted by the French officers. U.S. officers seated on horse backs. General Joffre and General Pershing talk.
U.S. 5th Marine Regiment soldiers in France during World War I. U.S. troops march with guns on their shoulders. A building in the background. French troops with a family. French soldiers wave at U.S. troops. American soldiers along with horse drawn carts march on the streets in a French town. Houses in the background. French civilians stand in a group. French officers look at the marching U.S. soldiers. U.S. officers seated on horse backs. American soldiers in a wooded area.
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