Eleanor Butler Roosevelt, (wife of Theodore, "Teddy" Roosevelt Jr.) at Romagne in France during World War I. She is seen stepping from an army vehicle and being escorted to the front of a bombed out building. Posing for a picture in rubble with the destroyed building behind them are Lieutenant Colonel George C. Marshall, with a cigarette, standing next to Lieutenant Colonel Teddy Roosevelt, Jr. (with cane). His wife, Eleanor, stands to their right, dressed in a YMCA uniform (that she designed). YMCA emblem is displayed on her hat. Brigadier General Francis C. Marshall, Commander, 2nd Infantry Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, stands to her right. Next is a closeup of Colonel Roosevelt and Eleanor conversing. The group descends from the rubble heap and the scene shifts to horses pulling caissons up close to a building where American troops have assembled.
Relates to the occupation of French towns like Chevenges by U.S. 28th Infantry, Nouart by 5th Field Artillery and 26th Infantry, and Romagne by 1st Engineers during the Meuse-Argonne offensive of World War 1. Armed U.S. Army troops march through muddy field roads. Troops enter the city with supplies loaded on horse carts.
Relates to the occupation of French towns like Chevenges by U.S. 28th Infantry Nouart by 5th Field Artillery, and 26th Infantry,and Romagne by 1st Engineers during the Meuse-Argonne offensive. Troops talk with French children who are happy to see the American Army forces.
Newly occupied French towns like Chevenges by U.S. 28th Infantry, Nouart by 5th Field Artillery and 26th Infantry, and Romagne by 1st Engineers during the Meuse-Argonne offensive. View of an American occupied French town in World War I. Overhead view of town buildings and churches steeple. View of smoke rising from a distant hillside
World War I occupation of French towns like Chevenges by U.S. 28th Infantry, Nouart by 5th Field Artillery, and 26th Infantry and Romagne by 1st Engineers during the Meuse-Argonne offensive. View of American troops marching through a wooded area. U.S. Army General Frank Parker and his American Expeditionary Force troops talk with few elderly French refugees.
United States Army Air Service (USAAS) 94th Fighter Squadron in France during World War 1. Lt Eddie Rickenbacker seated in the cockpit of a 94th Squadron Nieuport 28c.1fighter #12, as a ground crewman turns a propeller and the engine starts. The squadron's "Hat in Ring" logo is painted on the fuselage. Jump to October 1918 - Captain J. A. Meissner seated in the cockpit of a SPAD S.XIIIc.1 fighter. April 1918: Lieutenant Edwin Green seated in the cockpit of a Nieuport 28c.1 which starts to taxi. Another Nieuport takes off and climbs. Forward to October 1918 - Captain J. A. Meissner seated in the cockpit turns around and points towards the ground. A mock dogfight between two WW I bi-winged aircraft. American Army aviator Captain Eddie Rickenbacker seated in the cockpit of a USAAS Dayton-Wright DH-4 bomber looks back and waves. Aircraft is in flight. Aerial views of the ground showing a coastline below. The aircraft climbing over the clouds. Captain J.A. Meissner seated in the cockpit of an airborne aircraft. Captain Rickenbacker in his SPAD S.XIII fighter #1 in flight over the clouds. (Note: This is a segment of a longer film described in Eddie Rickenbacker's 1919 book, "Fighting the Flying Circus." It was filmed by Capt.Cooper of the U.S. Army Signal Corps from October 18th - 21st, 1918, and contained reenactments of air combat, some of it with a captured German Hanover C.III observation plane.) (WWI,WW1, World War One, First World War)
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