Shows nurses carrying injured U.S. Army soldiers on wheelchairs at the Y.M.C.A. hospital in Chavonne, France, during World War I. U.S. 101st Machine Gun Battalion troops visit the wounded American soldiers. Soldiers carry a man out of the Y.M.C.A. on stretcher. The stretcher is put into a World War 1 American Red Cross Military ambulance.
Shows American 70th and 71st Coast Artillery troops of World War 1 at Saint Nazaire (France) embarking on the transport vessel SS Manchuria following end of World War I. The troops are leaving for United States soon after the armistice. Troops armed with rifles and loaded with supplies board the ship via retractable boarding stairs
World War I U.S. Army 52nd and 53rd Coast Artillery Regiments troops at a railroad gun position in Belleville,France during the Meuse-Argonne offensive of World War 1. Doughboy troops sit on the barrel of the railroad gun, pose, smile and slide, playfully. They pull out a fellow soldier from inside the gun's barrel.
Aerial views of Archangel and Bakaritza (or Bakaritsa) in northern Russia. A harbor and shore settlements on the Northern Dvina River near its exit to the White Sea. Various buildings and roads. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1) [Note: Footage from the United States Army 85th Division, 339th Infantry, American Expeditionary Force North Russia, participating as part of the Triple Entente forces, in the so-called "Polar Bear Expedition." Two thirds of the soldiers were from Michigan. ]
Views from a moving boat on the Northern Dvina river. Port facilities, cranes, some ships anchored and others underway in the harbor. City can be seen in the backdrop. [Note: Footage from the United States Army 85th Division, 339th Infantry, American Expeditionary Force North Russia, participating as part of the Triple Entente forces, in the so-called "Polar Bear Expedition." ] (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Arrival of United States Army 85th Division, 339th Infantry, American Expeditionary Force North Russia, participating as part of the Triple Entente forces, in the so-called "Polar Bear Expedition." Two thirds of the soldiers were from Michigan. City officials greet the arriving forces. Officials from all of the Entente forces are seen (British, French, Russia) along with Colonel George E. Stewart, the commander of all U.S. Forces. The procession of civilian and military officials emerge from a doorway and are greeted by local officials. Children and townspeople look on. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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