American and French soldiers digging bodies from the ruins of buildings in Villers-Tournelle and Noyers-St.Martin, France, during World War 1. They place a white sheet on a litter and place a body upon it. American troops in steel helmets search wreckage for survivors or casualties. One soldier uses a shovel. Two Americans in field uniforms. One wears an Brodie steel helmet (likely a Marine in an M 1917 helmet). Several American soldiers emerge from the cellar of a damaged building.
U.S. 2nd Field Signal Battalion troops (AEF) getting their food in a chow line at an Army field kitchen alongside rail cars at Maron, France, during World War 1. They step aside as a steam locomotive arrives on the track next to them. Some soldiers sit on railroad equipment as they eat their meal. Several others cook over their own fire. Change of scene shows German prisoners of war being marched to the rear, and through a town near Catigny. A few are wounded, but ambulatory. One is carried on a litter, by his comrades.
Wounded German soldier on a stretcher, is lifted from hospital set up behind the lines near Catigny, France, during World War 1. He is carefully placed in a military ambulance by U.S. Army soldiers. Closer to the front, medical corpsmen attend to a wounded soldier lying on a litter on the ground. They treat his wounds and apply a splint to his left leg. Troops in battle gear surround the corpsmen. The wounded man is placed in an ambulance.
Shows U.S. 102nd infantry cooks preparing meals for troops at a field kitchen during World War I at Vailly in France. Food is prepared in a large cooker. The cooks put the food in containers and load it on horse carriages. The food is delivered to 102nd Infantry troops in trenches.
Shows General P.E. Traub of the U.S. 26th Infantry Division conferring with French Army officers at a hill side in Couvrelles, France during World WAR I.
U.S. General John Joseph Pershing, Commander of American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) visits U.S. 26th Infantry Division Headquarters in Couvrelles, France during World War I. Shows General Pershing talking with a U.S. Major General, outside the building, as he prepares to enter his car. Later, he visits the unit's camp and poses with American and French officers.
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