American Expeditionary Forces (32nd Division) march through the French town of Gievres during World War 1. They are led by a military brass band. The weather is rainy and the few local people watching carry umbrellas. Scene shifts to office of the station master at railroad station. (Sign reads: "Chef de Gare.") Several French civilians emerge from the office. One shakes hands with an American soldier. French officials and American soldiers walk together.
U.S. Army 16 Division troops enter Bouligny after the Armistice in World War 1. U.S. officers confer about the turnover of arms with German counterparts, Lieutenants William Schmidt and Carl Sehling.
U.S. soldiers in fortified dugout, operate a Hotchkiss Model 1914 heavy machine gun, during World War I. One gunner feeds strips of 8mm lebel ammunition into the gun, while the other fires it. (Each strip contains 24 rounds of 8mm Lebel ammunition.) Change of scene shows a lone machine gunner operating a Hotchkiss Model 1909 light machine gun as an antiaircraft weapon. He fires a 24-round strip and then obtains another one to rearm the gun himself. (World War 1. WWI. WW1)
American 167th and 168th Infantry units rest near Souain during World War I. Shows rubble and captured artillery. Prisoners are being questioned.
German prisoners of war marched to jobs at Etaples. French soldier searches a German. Prisoners lined up in at prison camp.
War materiel being unloaded from the freighter "Anglo-Mexican" at French port in Bordeaux, during World War 1. Railroad trains at the port. Derricks move the supplies, onto railroad flat cars at the port. They unload caissons and crates of artillery equipment.
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