The Aisne-Marne Operation in France during World War I. Soldiers of the U.S. 103rd Engineer Battalion, together with French Army engineers, cut and sharpen logs on the bank of the River Marne, in France, during World War 1. A city (Chateau-Thierry?) is visible across the river in the background, where the river seems to take a sharp bend. Next, a French and an American soldier are seen wielding large mallets to drive the newly cut poles into the river embankment at the water's edge. French officers are supervising the work. A line is stretched outward from the river bank. Change of scene shows French and American engineers working on a pontoon bridge across a different river. Troops are walking on the opposite side. Final scenes show American soldiers of the 103rd Engineers standing on and near an elaborate log-reinforced bridge, complete with metal railing. Other soldiers are guiding a horse as it pulls a two-wheeled caisson across the bridge. The Engineers examine the bridge deck and side reinforcements as the horse and caisson move past.
The U.S. 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team on search and destroy mission, Operation Hump in Bien Hoa, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. American soldiers on jeeps,trucks and M-113 Armored Personnel Carrier on road and pass through a city.
From film dealing with sesquicentennial in Washington DC, released 1950. Review of development of Washington, DC. Model of the Memorial Bridge and the Constitution Avenue in the year 1930. A model of the Jefferson Memorial. The Agriculture Building and building for the members of the House of Representatives. Elevated view of 15 blocks of old slum and run down home and office buildings in the Federal Triangle area that had been marked for destruction. Narrator characterizes them as "unsightly and useless sections of the city." Men work in demolition of slum area. They push over a building wall during clearing of the area. Crane with wrecking ball demolishes building in the Federal Triangle area. View of Department of Commerce under construction circa 1931. Construction of the Post Office Department building is seen underway in the same period.
Marine prison in Port Au Prince,West Indies. Aerial view of the city of Port Au Prince. Officers enter the Marine prison used for Haitian criminals. Man at a guard tower. Men play water polo. U.S. Marines, officer and enlisted men speculate in the native market for hats and furniture. Haitian prisoners march to prison in Port Au Prince. United States Marines guard the prison. Prisoners work on rock pile in the prison. Marine Guard holding a rifle walks on the prison wall.
Shows U.S. Marines in Haiti,West Indies. Civilians on horseback move on streets. U.S. Marines on guard. Workers load sacks on cart. A U.S. Marine fights with bandits. Civilians walk on street. Women fill water at the City Fountain. The monument of Jean Jacques Dessalines. Haitian native sells goods in the marketplace. Haitian Fire Department members show a piece of fire fighting equipment. Civilians bath and wash clothes in an irrigation canal. U.S. Marine signals by means of semaphore from a high balcony to the harbor. Boat docked at sea. Mountains in the background.
Convicts at work in Haiti,West Indies. Aerial view of the buildings in city of Port Au Prince. Guards at the National Palace entrance. U.S. Marines mounted on horsebacks leave Palace. Large crowd of natives at marketplace. They sell market goods. Convicts weave hats. Some do cobbling work and others make furniture. U.S. Marines instruct them as they work. Marine guard holding rifle walks on prison wall.
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