Fire in the The Wilson Square - Champ-de-Bataille Square municipal theatre (located in the Place Wilson) in Brest, France. The architect was Antoine Choquet de Lindu. People on the street outside the Theatre during the fire. French firemen and U.S. troops (immediately post World War 1) arrive in trucks to fight the theater fire. The fire fighters extend water hoses from the trucks and from manual pumps to the building. Men climb up ladders to the first floor of the building. Men standing on the balcony of the first floor holding the hoses. Broken windows of the ground floor in view. Men break windows on more doors. They position hoses and spray water from hoses through a window of the first floor. Firemen go up and down the ladder. A huge group of men outside the building operating a see-saw manual water pump. (The theater was completely destroyed and rebuilt in wood at the Place de la Liberté.)
A man with a puppy in Brest, France during World War I. The man with the puppy seated on a sidewalk. Buildings near the sidewalk. A civilian walking on the sidewalk offers food to the puppy. Women walking on the sidewalk. The man stands holding the puppy on a leash.
U.S. soldiers in Brest, France during World War I. A man and a woman act out a play on a raised platform. U.S. soldiers seated on the ground in front of the platform watch the play. Tents in background.
U.S. soldiers in Brest, France during World War I. A baseball game in progress. U.S. soldiers stand around and watch the game. Hill of Polygone de la Marine in the background. A soldier buys a drink from a woman who is selling drinks from a hand cart. The soldier drinks from the bottle. The woman and people standing behind the soldier watch him.
United States soldiers in Brest, France during World War I. A U.S. Army officer and a soldier go inside a wooden building. The soldier writes a Mother’s Day letter on a table. 'Mother's Day' written on a sheet of paper on the wall in front of the soldier.
Brest, France during World War I. American soldiers (pallbearers) escort flag-draped coffin of fallen comrade into Kerfautras cemetery, on path from main entrance on rue Massillon. The coffin is carried in a horse-drawn roofed hearse, open on the sides. A man, an old woman, and a little girl, walk behind the hearse. At the graveside, the woman places flowers on the coffin, and then steps away holding the girl's hand. There are many white crosses, topped with small American flags, in this area of the cemetery. An Army honor guard presents arms with their rifles,and the pallbearers salute as a bugler blows taps.Several small children stand at the graveside. The old woman removes the flowers from the coffin and kneels, crosses herself, and speaks a prayer. Brief glimpse of many small children amongst the American crosses.
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