German prisoners relax at prisoner of war enclosure in France during World War II. Dead American soldiers on ground covered with white sheets. German prisoners dig graves for dead American soldiers. U.S. Army troops stand guard as the prisoners dig.
A U.S. Army jeep crosses a Bailey Bridge in France during World War II. Army engineers are still working around the bridge. The jeep passes a bulldozer and a dump truck at the site. Wrecked wooden building in the background. Scene shifts to another Bailey Bridge across a canal. A tractor pulling a construction crane and a truck crosses the bridge, followed by dump truck. Several barges are in the canal, including one with a white star identifying it as an American army barge. Scene changes to the site of a bombed out bridge, where Army Engineers are at work. A damaged cathedral dominates the opposite shore. Camera pans to left where a huge steel truss bridge is seen high overhead. Further left, is the Bailey Bridge, shown earlier, across the canal. Closer view of the Bailey Bridge with construction moving across it. Change of scene shows French General Charles de Gaulle and U.S. Major General Leonard Gerow leaving a building, accompanied by a surrendered German General and followed by some American and French soldiers. After posing for the camera, they turn around and all reenter the building.
Chemical warfare activities of the AEF (American Expeditionary Force) in France during World War I. A building and an open compound. United States troops dismantle German delayed-action bombs and gas shells and chemically analyze the mustard gas. A soldier makes a glass. Operation of the delayed-action fuse.
Chemical warfare activities of the AEF (American Expeditionary Force) in France during World War I. A member of the American Expeditionary Force disarms a German 105 mm gas shell. A U.S. soldier places gas cylinders into long pipes on the ground. A number of pipes facing upwards.
Chemical warfare activities of the AEF (American Expeditionary Force) in France during World War I. A member of the American Expeditionary Force disarms a German 105 mm gas shell. A soldier demonstrates a gas mask tester. A 75 mm shell explodes on the ground.
Chemical warfare activities of the AEF (American Expeditionary Force) in France during World War I. A member of the American Expeditionary Force places a cylinder into a barrel and closes the lid. Smoke rises from the barrel. A United States officer marches on the ground. A battalion follows him in the far background.
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