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First Division AEF troops dig trenches and spread barbed wire fences at Gondrecourt Camp in France, during World War I.

Soldiers of the First Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) dig trenches at their Gondrecourt training area,in France during World War 1. They use picks and shovels as instructors look on. They dig to considerable depth. Views of the trenches lined with woven twigs and sand bags. The troops are then seen driving posts and stringing barbed wire barricades. Views of finished dense barbed wire defenses. (WWI; WW1)

Location: France
Date: 1917, August
Duration: 1 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030258
Troops of the 2nd Field Signal Battalion, 1st Division, AEF, train at Gondrecourt, France, in World War I

Several soldiers of the American 2nd Field Signal Battalion, unpack and set up equipment for a field communications center, at the Gondrecourt training center of the 1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) in France, during World War 1. In moments, one of the group begins to transmit messages via radiotelegraphy. Two soldiers work together as one reads a message and the other transmits it with a large signal lamp. Across the field another soldier reads the lamp signals with binoculars, while his companion writes the message on a pad. Back at the first site (field communications center), a soldier tests their radio telephone. Several signal troops sit and copy messages sent by the signal lamp team, who are seen again. A soldier at the field center sends a message. A soldier hands a message to the signal lamp team.More messages are processed at the field communications center.

Location: France
Date: 1917, August
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030259
American troops learn techniques for using bayonets and hand grenades, at Gondrecourt training area,France, in World War I

First Division troops of the American Expeditionary Forces at their training area.Gondrecourt, France. Two lines of soldiers stand far apart facing each other and practice bayonet moves, under direction of instructor at far end of the formations. They then run across the field in a series of short segments and practice thrusting movements with bayonets afixed to their rifles. Several are seen climbing out of a trench and running forward with poised bayonets. American and French instructors train the soldiers in technique for throwing hand grenades. The French instructors then line up and demonstrate the proper technique. (Actual hand grenades are not used.)

Location: France
Date: 1917, August
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030261
AEF troops train with machine guns at Gondrecourt, France, in World War I

First Division troops of the American Expeditionary Forces get acquainted with machine guns at their training area.Gondrecourt, France, during World War 1. Several soldiers set up in firing position with a Maxim M1904 water-cooled machine gun. A soldier field strips a Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun and places its parts on a canvas spread out on the ground. He stands at attention when finished.

Location: France
Date: 1917, August
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030262
American troops training with mortars and machine guns, in France during World War I

Troops of the First Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) pose in front of a building at their Gondrecourt training area in France, during World War 1. Six Stokes mortars are set up in a line on the ground in front of them, with unit flags fastened to them. Two soldiers adjust elevation of a Stokes mortar and then commence firing it rapidly. Another pair of soldiers are seen firing a Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun. They remove the gun and its tripod carriage, separately when done firing.

Location: France
Date: 1917, August
Duration: 1 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030264
American troops set up defensive positions and communications in France during World War I.

Film starts showing and American soldier atop a hill in France during World War I. He is hatless and looking through a periscopic telescope mounted on a tripod. Next, American troops are seen preparing defensive positions at the base of a slope. They are using picks and shovels. Not far behind them, in the background are buildings of a French village. Closeup of soldiers in their entrenchment. One wears a headset and kneels by a field communications device. A lieutenant, smoking a pipe, comes to him with a log book and hands him a paper dispatch to transmit. The soldier transmits the message using a telegrapher's key. The next scene shows two soldiers at another communications site, near a tall slender transmission pole, rigged up with guy wires.

Location: France
Date: 1918, September
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030272
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