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AEF Sentry sounds a pedal gong alarm during a gas attack in World War I

film by American Expeditionary Forces about protective measures during a gas attack. A Sentry putting on his gas mask as he sounds a pedal gong warning of a gas attack. Soldiers with their gas masks on run out of a dugout. Two men wearing gas masks in a dugout. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Date: 1918
Duration: 2 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049594
AEF film illustrating gas protection discipline and potential for casualties if not followed.

Two American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) soldiers in a deep trench clean their rifles. Snow on the ground.The trench is lined with woven tree limbs and twigs, and even include "benches" for sitting. A third soldier appears with gas attack warning. The soldiers don their gas masks. Others appear wearing gas masks. All take firing positions in the trench, as gas drifts over them. A soldier without a mask stumbles into the trench. One of the soldiers places a gas mask over his face. Another goes down the trench and fetches medics who attend to the victim. The medics carry the gassed soldier on a stretcher into a gas proof dugout. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Date: 1918
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049595
American Expeditionary Forces soldiers show techniques for coping with gas attacks

Several soldiers of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) are seen moving through a trench, carrying supplies to their sector. Snow is on the ground all around the trench. Suddenly they stop and don their gas masks. The sit down in the trench as a gas cloud comes over them. Scene changes to a group of soldiers digging defenses at the base of a earthen berm. A lookout sentry standing above them sees a gas cloud headed their way and alerts everyone. All stop what they are doing, don their gas masks, and take up positions to better observe. Some remain behind the berm and other stand upon it. The next sequence illustrates the use of Ayrton fans to clear gas from a trench. Soldiers waving the fans move, one behind the other, low in a deep trench. In the next scene, drifting gas partially obscures a dugout entrance in a trench. A soldier, uses an Ayrton fan to dispel the gas. In the final scene, soldiers in gas masks are in firing positions in a trench. A gas cloud appears to have dissipated. One soldier removes his gas mask make sure it is safe, and then tells the others, who remove their masks and stow them away. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Date: 1918
Duration: 3 min 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049597
United States forces return home after the end of World War I.

End of World War I. Franklin D Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of Navy observing the departure of American troops from Europe after the end of World War I. American troops disembark from a ship as they return home after the war. Roosevelt speaks to Secretary of Navy, Josephus Daniels.

Date: 1919
Duration: 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049724
Airmen of the 65th Fighter Squadron have fun playing mucic in Alto, Corsica, during world War II.

Airmen of the U.S. Army Air Forces 65th Fighter Squadron, gather for some fun, playing instruments and singing, at their camp in Alto, Corsica, during World War 2. Aircraft in flight. The 65th Squadron's Fighting Cock logo is displayed on the top of their wooden building. Men play violin and accordion, while another sings.

Date: 1944, June
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049830
Capabilities of two French Char 2C Super Heavy tanks being demonstrated

A French soldier enters side door of a Char 2C Super-heavy tank, number 97, as it passes him. Another Char 2C, number 94 (its name, "Bretagne" not seen ) plunges into a stream. View of tank number 97, from in front and below, shows its name "Normandie" painted on its front. Tank # 94 is seen, again, as it rolls over a tree; drives right through a masonry wall; climbs out of a deep ditch; and rolls into a concrete building, destroying it. The sequence concludes with Char 2C #97, riding over antitank obstacles, driving them into the ground.

Date: 1939
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059055