Scenes of German artillery shelling of Rambucourt, France during the German attack on Seicheprey in France on April 20th,1918. Distant smoke arises from a shelled building. (World War I. World War 1. WWI. WW1)
Shows U.S. 305th and 306th Infantry, 77th Division approaching Longueval (France) under heavy enemy artillery fire on their drive from Vesle to the Aisne on September 5th, 1918. U.S. medical corps give first aid to wounded troops under heavy enemy fire. General Pershing decorates U.S. 42nd Divison troops at Bagneux (France).
Shows Sopwith Camel airplanes prepared for flights at a field in Bergues and Clermont (France) during World War I. Crewmen attach bombs under wing of an Breguet 14 airplane. U.S. 148th Aero Squadron Sopwith Camel planes in formation above Essoudon in France.
British Airco DH-4 airplanes prepared for flights at a field in Bergues and Clermont (France) during World War 1. Crewmen attach bombs on the planes. U.S. 148th Aero Squadron planes in formation above Essoudon in France.
A French Army general is surrounded by soldiers and men at the Tuileries Gardens (Pl. de la Concorde, 75001 Paris, France) in Paris, France. An officer poses, smiles, and talks. Italian gymnasts perform exercises. Soldiers exhibit hand to hand combat with their rifles. Men compete in tug of war event. English wrestlers wrestle. Welsh featherweight boxing champion 'Peerless" Jim Driscoll greets another athlete. Jim Driscoll poses and smiles for the camera.
Scenes in Paris soon after the end of World War I. Exteriors of Napoleon's Tomb at Les Invalides (129 Rue de Grenelle, 75007 Paris, France) in Paris, France. Pedestrian and light vehicular traffic outside the building. The U.S. labor Commission delegates pose in courtyard of Les Invalides where they observe military armament. View of 7th arrondissement street intersection of Rue du Bac, Boulevard Raspail and Saint Germain. Wide and close views of monument to French Engineer Claude Chappe (Inventor of telegraphy) sculpted by Emile Louis Macé. (This monument was removed by order of the Vichy government in World War 2 and melted down). Workers at the Place de la Nation remove sandbags from Dalou’s sculpture “Triumph of the Republic”. Two other monuments are seen, including one carved like a mural in white stone.
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