U.S. Brigadier General Wilds P Richardson accompanies British Field Marshal William Edmund Ironside as he decorates soldiers of the American 339th Infantry Regiment in Archangel, Russia, during the Allied North Russia Intervention of World War 1. In change of scene, American infantrymen board a YMCA train where they receive small gifts. The soldiers must jump down from the train, when leaving. Logo of YMCA on side of train. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
British and Polish officers stand in the middle of a cobblestone street in Archangel (Arkhangelsk) Russia, with four Polish officers, during the Allied North Russia Intervention in World War 1. The Allied officers are preparing to decorate the four Polish officers. A young boy in military uniform, holding a rifle at order arms position, stands next to one of the medal recipients. A formation of Polish troops stands at attention, presenting arms, on the sidelines. The ranking British officer pins medals on the four Polish officers and shakes hands with the boy, who executes a rifle salute at order arms. After another British officer in a beret, makes a presentation, the camera records a Polish military band taking position and a parade of Polish troops commencing. Several small children run after the band. Spectators are grouped near the Allied officers, who salute from the sidewalk, as the parade passes. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Troops of the American 339th Infantry Regiment are drawn up in formation on a street in Archangel, Russia, during the Allied Northern Russia intervention, of World War 1, and of Russian Civil War. The Regimental Brass Band is playing while approached by a group of Allied reviewing officers, led by Imperial Russian (White Russian) General Yevgeny-Ludvig Karlovich Miller (also known as EK Miller). The reviewing officers pass in front of the formation, moving away from the camera. Next, British Major General Frederick C. Poole, Commander of the Allied forces, is seen decorating a 339th infantryman. American officers following General Poole, shake hands with the medal recipient, as they pass. (A small Russian boy in the foreground watches all the activities.)
Elements of the U.S. 339th Infantry Regiment are drawn up in formation atn Archangel, Russia, during the Allied North Russia Intervention in World War 1. Troops stand at attention. Body of water in the background. Brigadier General Wilds P Richardson decorates two of the infantrymen. Troops march away. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Events during World War I. Armed sentry, standing by a locomotive, flying a flag, which has stopped to allow a slowly moving steam locomotive to pass. The locomotive is pulling a train in snow. Engine of train emits steam and smoke. Steam from the passing locomotive envelopes and obscures the sentry. Numerous box cars are pulled by the locomotive.One is covered by floral decoration. An open flat car is loaded with hay bales. View from roof of locomotive as train proceeds along tracks in open country.
Allied forces bivouacked in a dry stream bed in Serbian mountains, during World War 1. (A foraging mountain goat on rock above ignores them.) Scene change shows French officers, in fortified position, looking through hand-held binoculars and tripod-mounted periscopic binoculars. A British soldier, in another fortified spot, looks through a telescope. Views of shells bursting in the hilly terrain. French gun crew firing a 75mm field piece from a position hidden in foliage. A mix of Central Powers prisoners in a compound, including, Austrian-Hungarians, Turkish, and possibly Albanian, Bulgarian and other nationalities. They eat from mess kits. Most are seated on the ground. Several relaxed French officers stand in the compound. A cook circulates amongst the seated prisoners.
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