Shows American casual troops and U.S. 64th Coast Artillery troops at Saint Nazaire (France) embarking the transport vessel SS Huron shortly after conclusion of World War I. The American troops are returning to the United States. Troops armed with rifles and loaded with supplies board the ship via the boarding stairs
Shows American 70th and 71st Coast Artillery troops of World War 1 at Saint Nazaire (France) embarking on the transport vessel SS Manchuria following end of World War I. The troops are leaving for United States soon after the armistice. Troops armed with rifles and loaded with supplies board the ship via retractable boarding stairs
Shows American 70th and 71st Coast Artillery troops at Saint Nazaire (France) embarking the transport vessel, SS Manchuria shortly after end of World War 1. The troops are leaving for United States. A soldier checks attendance list of the troops boarding the ship
American gunners of the 7th Field Artllery fire mustard gas shells from a French 75 field piece in a sandbagged revetment at Varmaise in Oise, France, on July 5, 1918. As they rapid fire, traces of mustard gas emerge from their gun, so they all don their personal gas masks, and continue firing the gas shells. Change of scene shows American troops at a trench in a field, donning gas masks when warned of a German gas attack. With gas masks in place, they commence firing a trench mortar. A string of explosions is seen in the distance, presumably from a number of mortars firing. Scene shifts, again, to troops wearing gas masks, firing their Springfield rifles, from their trench. It appears that they are following a reported World War I practice of loading their magazines to capacity with a 5-round stripper clip, and then firing only single rounds, with the magazine cutoff in "off," to save the reserve for emergencies.
French President Raymond Poincaré and his wife inspect St Mihiel France a few hours after its liberation from the Germans. President Poincare with his wife comes out of a building. She meets a child. World War 1 French Army officers and other officials talk with the president and his wife.
Bao Dai, King of Annam, as he takes a flying lesson with the stunt flier Michel Detroyat in Velizy-Villacoublay France. The King wears helmet and gets into a plane. Airplane in flight. King gets down from the plane with help from Michel Detroyat. King removes his helmet.
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