Arrival of United States President Woodrow Wilson at Brest Harbour, Finistere, France. He is on his visit to France for the Paris Peace Conference. Scene of pier crowded with people to greet president Wilson. Pier decorated with American flags. President Wilson is seen leaving the pier. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
U.S. Airmen killed by Nazis in France during World War II. Dead bodies of U.S. Airmen, all shot in head lying on the road to Gambsheim, in France. Pocket diaries and Holy Cross on an airman's dead body. White cloth with spots of blood covers the face of dead. Dead bodies scattered, all over a ground.
American airmen prepare a biplane aircraft for take off in France during World War I. Map of St. Mihiel, France. Biplanes lined up on a field. Pilots stand near the biplanes. They get into the planes and start the engines. The biplanes taxi and take off. The biplanes in flight.
The Aisne-Marne Operation in France during World War I. Soldiers of the U.S. 103rd Engineer Battalion, together with French Army engineers, cut and sharpen logs on the bank of the River Marne, in France, during World War 1. A city (Chateau-Thierry?) is visible across the river in the background, where the river seems to take a sharp bend. Next, a French and an American soldier are seen wielding large mallets to drive the newly cut poles into the river embankment at the water's edge. French officers are supervising the work. A line is stretched outward from the river bank. Change of scene shows French and American engineers working on a pontoon bridge across a different river. Troops are walking on the opposite side. Final scenes show American soldiers of the 103rd Engineers standing on and near an elaborate log-reinforced bridge, complete with metal railing. Other soldiers are guiding a horse as it pulls a two-wheeled caisson across the bridge. The Engineers examine the bridge deck and side reinforcements as the horse and caisson move past.
Aviation activities in France during World War I. A French Spad 11 aircraft parked at an airfield near Viefvillers in Oise, France. A group of American and French officers of the First Division standing and sitting beside the aircraft. A second Spad 11 parked in the background. A group of American officers of the 42nd Division, observers and photographers with the 1st Division stand beside the aircraft. These include Lieutenant R. T. Maddock, 17th Field Artillery; Lt. S. B. Nash, 151st Field Artillery; Lt. T. E. Hibbon, Captain H. B. Parker, Capt. W. B. Wynn, Lt. John S. Beekley, and Lt. J. P. Harmon of the 149th Field Artillery.
A map of Western Europe showing the location of Strasbourg, France in World War II. The Raven Bridge or Pont du Corbeau over the Ill River in Strasbourg. A destroyed apartment with gaping hole in roof from damage. Two Allied soldiers read a Nazi German wall graffiti “Angloamerikaner und Bolschewisten bringen Chaos, Not, Hunger, Anarchie, Arbeitslosigkeit. Der Nationalsozialismus kampft bis zum Endsieg fur Freiheit und Brot unseres Volkes!” (“Anglo-Americans and Bolsheviks bring chaos, misery, hunger, anarchy, unemployment. National Socialism will fight to the final victory for the freedom and bread of our people!” in English). An M4 Sherman tank moves on the street, passing by the Oberlin Buchhandlung or Oberlin Bookstore (19 Rue des Francs-Bourgeois, 67000 Strasbourg, France) which is presently an LCL Bank building. Soldiers on top of the tank are seen. French troops and United States Army 15th Corp soldiers in Strasbourg after liberation from German forces. Slight damage on Strasbourg Cathedral (Pl. de la Cathédrale, 67000 Strasbourg, France). The Rose window and damaged clock of the Strasbourg Cathedral. Civilian German men, women, and children carry their belongings as they enter temporary prisoner of war stockade at Lycée Fustel-de-Coulanges ( 1 Pl. du Château, 67061 Strasbourg, France. )
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