Aviation activities of American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I. United States airmen stand with an allied aircraft in the background. Pilot and gunner climb into their cockpits in a DH-4 airplane. Gunner checks his twin Lewis machine guns. Aircraft in flight.
American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) seen in a trench in a snowy field in France. One of them has a Lewis, Light machine gun at his position. They don their gas masks. Gas drifts over their trench. They take up their firing positions, and one is seen to fire his weapon.Then the scene is obscured by gas. As the gas fumes begin to clear, one soldier is seen taking samples of the air with vacuum bulb and phosgene detector. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Consequences of the St. Mihiel Offensive of World War I. Views of St Mihiel, Vigneulles, Mont Sec and other towns in France. Ruined buildings in the area. Men walk amongst ruins. Rubbled buildings. French officers inspect the damage. A bridge across a water body. Panoramic view of the area. Men walk in a street lined with rubbled houses. Debris in the area. Men on horseback.
The Armistice Treaty marks the end of World War 1. United States soldiers of the 26th Infantry Division, AEF, celebrate, in a large group, at their base, in France. They cheer in unison. The soldiers talk and laugh. The soldiers receive their pay. A soldier keeps his payment in his pocket and takes out a document. The soldiers shake hands and bid farewell. They carry their belongings.
Two U.S. Navy 14-inch fifty-caliber guns are seen installed on railway carriages in France, during World War 1. U.S. sailors manipulate the elevation controls on one in the foreground. On Navy gunner stands atop the rail car looking down at the elevated barrel, as others, on a platform, turn the elevation control crank. Scene shifts to inside the rail car where the breech of the gun is shown. Navy gunners open the breech, wipe it briefly, and then close it. One touches a lever and the breech closes, by itself, rapidly. View of breech open with shell loaded. Gun crew elevating the barrel as gunner standing atop the rail car checks its position. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Troops of the U.S. 92nd and 5th Infantry Divisions celebrate the Armistice in France at the end of World War 1. Several look at their wrist watches awaiting the stroke of 11AM when the Armistice is to go into effect. An army officer unfurls the United States flag as African American U.S. Army troops stand by. An African American soldier sits at a keyboard musical instrument. A close view of a field wrist watch shows time as quarter to eleven. The soldiers gather and read time on their wrist watches. At 11:00 O'Clock, the troops cheer and raise hands in celebration. Four army officers in a discussion. Troops of the 340th Field Artillery Regiment (89th Division) prepare to fire celebratory last round, from their French 75 field artillery piece.
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