Aviation activities of American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War 1. Breguet Br14 taxiing across field. Spad airplane taking off. Salmson 2A2 taxiing. Trimotor triple-tailed Caproni bomber taxiing. Salmson 2A2 taking off. United States Air Service fliers, of the !st Pursuit Group, including those of the 27th Aero Squadron, pose at Rembercourt Aerodrome. As the camera pans across them from left to right, some of their aircraft are also seen behind them, including SPAD XIII #7 , and at the very end, SPAD XIII #13, the aircraft of the 27th Aero Squadron Commander, Captain Alfred A. Grant (distinguished by its checkered cowl ring). Front view of Salmson 2A2 aircraft. French officers pose in front of two-seat Spad XVI aircraft.
American artillerymen of 102nd U.S. Field Artillery unit cover the barrel of their French 75 field piece and come out of their positions cheering and waving their hats to celebrate the Armistice ending World War 1. American troops, of the 6th Infantry Division, stand around as an American military band plays. Some French soldiers holding French flags share in the celebrations. Two American soldiers start to dance and are soon surrounded by others dancing in a circle around them. Many soldiers and some civilians are seen in the gathering near Remoiville, France.
Ruins in Seicheprey and Hamonville in France during World War I. A damaged building identified as Officers Mess (Cuisine des Oficiers). Several U.S. Army officers emerge from the Mess. A squad of U.S. soldiers marches down the road. A destroyed clock tower on a building . Ruins of buildings and houses. A soldier walks past the city ruins.
Soldiers of the American Expeditionary Forces (A.E.F.) 168th Infantry Regiment (42nd Infantry Division) prepare soil with rakes and hoes, and plant vegetables in a garden in Badonviller, France, during World War 1.
British General Sir David Henderson decorates American Generals in Tours, France during World War 1. He and two staff officers stand beside a table, in a grassy field in the town. Numerous local spectators gather at the edge of the field to observe the ceremony. One staff officer picks up an award citation from the table. Soldiers stand in the background. AEF photographers record the event as General Henderson decorates U.S. Army Brigadier General James Harbord, and shakes hands with him. He then decorates U.S. Generals: Harts; Edgar Jadwin; Langfitt; Connor; and Roackenbach; Major General George S. Simonds; General McCaw; General William Wallace Atterbury; General Dawes; and General McCoy. General Henderson, also decorates seven non-flag officers during the ceremony.
A Frech military unit salutes as an officer gets off a train. Dignitaries greet the officer. Soldiers with their belongings walk in a street. Civilian recruits in a bus proceed for an Army reception center. Military officers around a microphone at a camp. Soldiers gathered to hear the speech. Soldiers salute the French flag. (World War II period).
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