Troops in a unit of the 64th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division of of the U.S. Army celebrate in France at the end of World War I. U.S. troops wait to hear the news of the Armistice. An officer receives a dispatch announcing the armistice and rushes to a camp. The troops gather to read about the armistice. Soldiers celebrate.. They jump and throw their caps in celebration. Soldiers read the armistice dispatch, one by one. The American troops greet local French farmers and pose with them. Back at their campsite, the troops relax. A small mascot dog is seen with them.
U.S. Army troops celebrate Armistice in France at the end of World War I. Group of soldiers gathers for a mock funeral. A soldier digs a shallow grave, while another provides a wooden grave marker. Two soldiers carry a German shell. The grave markeer reads 'Burial of last Boche shell, A Dud'. The soldiers bury the German shell. A soldier covers the buried shell with earth.
U.S. troops in France during World War I. 18th Infantry troops respond to gas by sounding manual alarm and donning gas masks. They wear gas masks in trenches. Two soldiers in gas masks converse in a trench. Troops outside the trenches employ various gas detection devices to confirm safe conditions. Troops digging new trenches.
A U.S. Army officer is accompanied by a soldier as he leaves a dugout in a trench. They walk along a boardwalk path in the trench to another dugout. Soldiers,in the trench, are adjusting their leggings. A manual gas alarm is seen nearby. Views of an Army field mess set up in an abandoned building in France.
U.S. field mess set up in a trench in France, during first World War. U.S. troops rest and eat in muddy trench. One is seen smoking a cigar and reading a letter from home. Some unopened packages at his feet.
An Army truck, driven by a soldier, pulls into the driveway of a church in a rural area of France, during World War 1, Snow covers surrounding fields and the roofs.of nearby buildings. The truck is followed closely by an open roadster carrying 5 men, some wearing U.S. Army uniforms. The next scene shows a man dressed in a Santa Claus costume. He is surrounded by many children, and holds a small child up with one arm as he motions with a walking cane in his other hand. Several women stand in the background near the children. Next, "Santa" is seen leading a procession of children and adults across the snow-covered church yard. (A large stone church looms in the near background.) He hobbles, somewhat, as he leads the procession, using his cane to steady himself. He carries a sack in his left hand..
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