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American troops training with mortars and machine guns, in France during World War I
Troops of the First Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) pose in front of a building at their Gondrecourt training area in France, during World War 1. Six Stokes mortars are set up in a line on the ground in front of them, with unit flags fastened to them. Two soldiers adjust elevation of a Stokes mortar and then commence firing it rapidly. Another pair of soldiers are seen firing a Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun. They remove the gun and its tripod carriage, separately when done firing.
American troops set up defensive positions and communications in France during World War I.
Film starts showing and American soldier atop a hill in France during World War I. He is hatless and looking through a periscopic telescope mounted on a tripod. Next, American troops are seen preparing defensive positions at the base of a slope. They are using picks and shovels. Not far behind them, in the background are buildings of a French village. Closeup of soldiers in their entrenchment. One wears a headset and kneels by a field communications device. A lieutenant, smoking a pipe, comes to him with a log book and hands him a paper dispatch to transmit. The soldier transmits the message using a telegrapher's key. The next scene shows two soldiers at another communications site, near a tall slender transmission pole, rigged up with guy wires.
American Army Convoy moves under artillery shelling in France during World War I.
Opening scene shows American troops in the far distance, moving across open terrain in France during World War I. Some are on a road closer to the camera position. Next, an American unit, with horses and wagons, is seen pausing to reorganize its gear and supplies. View, again, of the American troops in the far distance, with smoke rising from a shell strike near them. More views of shells striking and white smoke spreading low across the terrain. Troops on horeseback and in wagons, coming from the shelled area along the road below the camera position. Multiple shell bursts striking closer to the camera. Suddenly, American troops with their wagons begin to move the opposite direction along the road (towards the area being shelled). One shell strikes right on the road, and other nearby. Scene shifts to group of American soldiers firing a Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun.
American troops treat wounded soldiers and place them in an ambulance in France during World War I.
During a lull, American soldiers help comrades wounded by German shelling during World War 1. in France. They support ambulatory soldiers and carry another on a stretcher, along a road past a caisson and dead horses (and possibly dead soldiers). Next, soldiers carry wounded on stretchers from a defensive position littered with debris, from enemy shelling. An officer stops to check a completely covered soldier (dead) lying on the ground. Medics in a protected gully treat wounded soldiers and then experience some difficulty placing them on litters into a field ambulance.
French refugees returning to Bois De Belie, rmingle with American troops in France during World War I.
American Expeditionary Forces troops on the move along a road in France during World War 1. They pass Two French refugee women accompanied by three children. They have all paused to rest on some stacked railroad ties. One woman has a very large straw basket of belongings from which she gives some food to a boy, who shares it with a girl, and the other woman, who is sitting next to an American soldier. Meanwhile, the columns of American soldiers passing continues unabated. View shifts to French refugees, an old man and woman, posing for the camera. She shoulders a large basket of belongings. He carries a walking stick and a rod over his shoulder. The woman smiles and waves her fingers at the camera. As they finish posing and begin to move on, a younger woman is seen accompanying them. Next, about a dozen French civilian refugees are seen, some shouldering belongings, and others moving them in wooden wheelbarrows. Several American soldier are walking behind them, and two of them begin to help by pushing wheelbarrows. Another view of soldiers helping refugees with their wheelbarrows.
General Charles P Summerall addresses American 18th Infantry troops in France during World War I.
American Expeditionary Forces troops of the 1st Infantry Division, 18th Regiment, are seen assembled in formation on a large open field in France, during World War 1. In the background, a staff car is seen speeding toward their position, along a dirt road. Viewed from the rear, the troops, who have left shouldered arms, execute order arms with their rifles. After a moment, they execute right shoulder arms and later present arms, as Major General Charles P. Summerall, Commander of the 1st Infantry Division, rides into the center of the field, mounted on a horse, saluting the troops as he rides. Closeup of General Summerall speaking to the troops. View from behind several of his military staff standing behind at the edge of the field. Front view of staff members. Standing foremost is Brigadier General Frank Parker, Commander of the 18th Infantry. Slightly behind, to his left, are a lieutenant Colonel and a full Colonel. Junior officers are behind them. Closeup of the Adjutant, on horseback, and then of General Summerall. Next, General Summerall is seen walking in front of troops in formation, speaking to and shaking hands with some. General Parker walks behind, along with other staff officers.Change of scene shows General Parker, flanked by two of his staff officers, standing on the field.
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