U.S. Army soldiers of the American Expeditionary Forces, in France during World War 1. American Army troops in battle gear march along a street, watched by cheering French.civilians.. Soldiers move along the streets and pass through an archway. Soldiers waving as they move in convoy of army trucks. Columns of American soldiers march uphill and over a bridge bear two American soldiers washing at the river under the bridge. The troops at their camp. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
U.S. troops of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) wearing gas maskes as they occupy trenches on the Western Front, in France, during World War 1. One soldier using a large hand-held "Ayrton" fan to clear lingering gas from a trench. A shell bursting in air above a fort, as a French FT 17 tank moves across the area. American infantry in gas masks, firing rifles from a trench, as gas drifts over them. A camouflaged French rail gun firing from a railroad siding. Two other views of French rail guns firing. Smoke rising from a nearby shell burst. More views of AEF troops firing rifles from trenches during gas attack. Soldiers moving across no-man's land as shells burst. A mammoth explosion from a demolition charge or siege mortar shell. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Scenes of utter destruction from bombing and shelling of buildings in World War 1. U.S. troops and Red Cross ambulances seen on hillside overlooking a town in last days of the war. Armed American soldiers escorting German prisoners of war, including some carrying their wounded on stretchers. German troops running from trenches to surrender, in no man's land. German prisoners of war eating rations of food as they march along after surrendering.
Scenes of Americans celebrating the end of World War 1, in several cities. Revelers in New York City, wave flags and cheer. Several hold up newspapers announcing German surrender. Some men ride atop a car and pummel an effigy of the Kaiser. Scene shifts to other locations where joyful crowds are celebrating. Cheering crowds in front of the Old Executive Office Building, in Washington, DC, wave flags. One group holds up an effigy of the Kaiser, holding a white flag of surrender.
American and French soldiers return to camp after armistice brings end to fighting in World War I. Soldiers return to camps from the battle field. Soldiers gather and cheer. American and French forces hug and shake hands at the end of the war. U.S. Army troops exchange caps with the French soldiers. Soldiers hold each other in celebration. Soldiers smile and dance together. Soldiers play music and dance at the celebration.
German troops in the European Theater during World War I. German Kaiserine Hermine Reuss talks to medics and German officers in Berlin, Germany before a hospital train leaves for the war front. German units advance past a building towards the western front. Horse drawn carts loaded with supply boxes being pulled along. Allied prisoners march as German soldiers keep guard.