Final preparations before Memorial Day ceremonies at the Suresnes cemetery in 1919. The Hillside at Suresnes cemetery is filled with spectators and an honor guard cordon of French soldiers in uniform, surrounds the cemetery proper. Large American flag flies at half mast. Several women and a child walk on path. People surround a covered monument in center of the cemetery. Rows of crosses mark graves of the fallen. French tricolor flag flying high in the background. Crosses decorated with small American and French flags. A monument at center of cemetery is covered with flowers and flags. An American army officer walks up to the monument and appears to be inspecting everything.
United States President Woodrow Wilson during his visit for the Paris Peace Conference. He comes out of the Notre Dame cathedral in Rheims. He walks past the disrupted building of the cathedral. He is accompanied by other French delegates. Large crowd is gathered all around the cathedral to get a glimpse of the President. Outer view of cathedral and the area around the cathedral is seen.
U.S. Army 16 Division troops enter Bouligny after the Armistice in World War 1. U.S. officers confer about the turnover of arms with German counterparts, Lieutenants William Schmidt and Carl Sehling.
U.S. soldiers in fortified dugout, operate a Hotchkiss Model 1914 heavy machine gun, during World War I. One gunner feeds strips of 8mm lebel ammunition into the gun, while the other fires it. (Each strip contains 24 rounds of 8mm Lebel ammunition.) Change of scene shows a lone machine gunner operating a Hotchkiss Model 1909 light machine gun as an antiaircraft weapon. He fires a 24-round strip and then obtains another one to rearm the gun himself. (World War 1. WWI. WW1)
A French woman mops stairs. A group of French women including Marie Dupont, works in a protective goggle manufacturing factory in Paris. A horse carriage on a Paris street near busy city markets. A blind accordion player plays music in street. Men and women shop at open market. Woman buys vegetables and produce and looks inside a butcher's meat shop. A horse bust sign above a horse meat shop. Shoes, sweaters, and other items on display in stores. Marie looks at a skirt in an open shop. Excerpt is from an anti-communist propaganda piece in the mid 1950s.
American 167th and 168th Infantry units rest near Souain during World War I. Shows rubble and captured artillery. Prisoners are being questioned.
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