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.
German prisoners of war (POWs) held in an outdoor wire enclosure, by U.S. First Division troops behind the lines near Catigny, France, during World War 1. Closeups of two German prisoners, each with a U.S. Army interrogator. The second one is being spoken to by a U.S. Army lieutenant. View of several prisoners, including a German medical corpsman, attending a wounded on a litter. German prisoners being searched and processed by two French soldiers under supervision of a U.S. Army officer. U.S. troops in the background. U.S. General John J. Pershing, Commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) steps from a headquarters building, behind the lines near Catigny, France, accompanied by Major General Robert L. Bullard, Commander of the U.S. First Division, and staff. They proceed along pavement in front of several buildings. Next scene shows Pershing and Major General Bullard entering a wooded area, where U.S. troops line a path and several German prisoners are faced away from the path. The American generals look over some German officer prisoners drawn up in a small group on one side of the path. They continue past a wire enclosure containing German prisoners, on the other side of the path.
Mules, of the U.S. Army 2nd Field Signal Battalion, stand on a railroad platform, waiting to be loaded aboard a train, in France, during World War 1. Soldiers tending them stand nearby. Sacks of food sit on the platform. Soldiers coax a mule across a ramp into a train car. In another scene, 1st Division troops load war materiel aboard open cars of a train. A group of soldiers works to roll a French 75 artillery piece up a ramp onto the train. Another large group works to roll a heavily laden wagon up on to the train. (WWI. WW1)
U.S. 1st Division troops on the Western Front during World War I, during a break in battle. Two soldiers stand amongst war debris at the front. One holds something up in his hand. The other holds a mortar round in his hand. A soldier sits on edge of a crater, with a Vickers medium machine gun in his lap. Scene shifts to a soldier playing with a pet pig. U.S. soldiers standing in a pay line. A beautiful home in a French residential district. American Army officers pose with a French officer, for a photographer. U.S. cavalrymen, accompanied by a French soldier, ride on horseback in a French town.
British infantry moving through war torn area of France, during World War 1. British engineers attempting repairs on roads and bridges in a flooded area. Soldiers in an extremely long row boat. Soldiers on horseback making their way over a bridge. A British officer climbs down remains of destroyed bridge to inspect it. A German mine explodes in river. British soldiers sit near and relax beside railroad damaged by retreating Germans.
Wrecked factories,apartment houses, mines and other installations, destroyed by retreating German Forces in France, during World War 1. Destroyed streets and field. A British soldier stands near the rubble of a destroyed structure. German prisoners of war help carry wounded British soldiers on stretchers.
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