U.S. war correspondents in France during the first few months after the Allied invasion to liberate France. Views of French countryside. Views in a village. People milling about on a street. Three young French children ride on the back of a mule as a boy pulls the mule. U.S. war correspondents pose with a French family. A woman with a child. A sign on a building reads 'Hotel and Restaurant Moderne' and a French flag flies out front. Small boats at a harbor of a coastal French town. U.S. Army jeeps on a street. Two French civilians walking with a bicycle and two U.S. soldiers together cross the wreckage of a partially destroyed bridge. A bicyclist on the street of a heavily bombed town with rubble and wrecked homes. Close and distant views of Mont Saint Michel, the small rocky island at the mouth of Couesnon River in Normandy. U.S. sailors aboard a vessel at sea.
President Woodrow Wilson signing declaration of war. Signatures of the House of Representatives Speaker and Vice-President also appear on the document, dated 26 April,1917. American troops at port of embarkation, board a ship and sail to France. American troops parade in field in France. Close up view of U.S. Commanding General Pershing talking to a soldier. American soldiers maneuver across battlefield and no man's land during combat. Artillerymen fire 75mm howitzer amid rubble of destroyed buildings. American troops dug in at edge of woods. German troops attack across open field and many fall, killed or wounded. Railroad-mounted 14 inch gun fires.Troops engage during attack on German enemy in trench.
American forces moving by railroad in France during World war 1. A steam locomotive pulls a long train over tracks in a rail marshalling yard. The train includes troop passenger cars followed by flat cars carrying war materiel, such as wagons and artillery pieces, along with accompanying troops in the open. These are followed by more closed troop carrying cars. Next, U.S. soldiers and some sailors are seen walking on an outdoor rail platform as a train filled with sailors pull slowly into the station. Passengers and those on the ground wave to one another. View from front of a steam locomotive pulling a train headed toward the camera. A French woman moves a wheeled mobile gate beside a train track in France. French civilian men stand between nearby train tracks as a train carrying American soldiers passes them. Soldiers sit with their feet dangling out of the cars. An American flag is displayed on the last car.
Panning View from a nearby hill, overlooking an American World War I cemetery, somewhere in France, as seen in 1919. It is layed out in the form of a long rectangle, with white roads and paths enclosing and crisscrossing the entire area, so that each individual row of graves is bounded by a white path. Its major roads intersect at a circle with flagpole at the center. The cemetery is in a level field surrounded by pastureland, except for the overlooking hill from which it is photographed. Scene shifts to Argonne American cemetery in France. Aerial views of graves. Foliage at the hill side. Plantings form letters of cemetery name i.e."Argonne Cemetery," at the edge of the field of crosses. The American flag flies at the cemetery. Individual Graves are seen marked with numbered white crosses bearing names of fallen American soldiers of World War 1. Several markers bear the cross of David, at graves of Jewish American soldiers. Closeups of some crosses near end of sequence. One is numbered 201, and reads: "George C. Long, Pvt. CO M. 327 Inf.
Action and Service condition in The Saint Mihiel Drive in France. General John Joseph Pershing writes in his office. Allied troops on trucks pass by road. Trees besides road. Horse cart and troops on horses pass on road. A cartoon about the threat to Verdun. A map shows French province across Moselle River. Soldiers stand in dugout at Montsec in Meuse department, France. (World War I. World War 1. WWI. WW1)
Saint-Mihiel, France. U.S. Army troops escort 16,000 captured German prisoners along a road in France. French children play along the line of march. (World War I. World War 1. WWI. WW1)
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy ©2026 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2026 CriticalPast LLC.