Shows American casual troops and U.S. 64th Coast Artillery troops at Saint Nazaire (France) embarking the transport vessel, SS Huron to return home following World War I. The troops are leaving for United States. Troops loaded with supplies board the ship. Shows supplies and cargo being loaded on the ship through lifting cranes.
Wounded U.S. soldiers on their crutches exit an American Red Cross building at Saint Nazaire in France soon after the end of World War 1. The soldiers embark the transport vessel, SS Manchuria. Red Cross workers help the troops in getting aboard the ship.
A destroyed Marne river bridge at Chateau-Thierry in France in World War I. Camera pans across both sides of Marne river showing wrecked bridge and war torn buildings on both sides. A Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) rolling canteen serves refreshments to U.S. soldiers. The soldiers dip cups in a large pot.
Ships, steamers, submarines and other vessels underway at harbor, Le Havre in France. Ocean liner "Bretagne" approaches the ship docking area. Towing boats move beside the steamer. Former prisoners of the Devil's Island French prison disembark from the ocean liner. Workers inside a control room at a railway station. Former prisoners arrive at the station carrying their belongings. They board the train. People bid farewell as the train leaves the station.
Several Martin B-26 Marauder bomber aircraft attacking over Le Trait in France. B-26 bomber aircraft flying in group on approach to shipyards on the Seine River. Aerial views of the aircraft dropping bombs, views of destroyed shipyards and smoke from the target areas. U.S. 8th Army Air Force footage. (World War II period).
The sea shore in Concarneau, Brittany (Bretagne), France. Men seated on rocks in the old medieval Ville Close. Sail boats in the harbor in the background. Men, women and children near houses. Two elderly men talk to each other in Breton as one smokes a pipe. Two men row a boat with people in it. The boat reaches the shore and people get off, mostly women and children. They walk up a cobbled sidewalk. Their wooden shoes or clogs click loudly as they walk. Women talk in Breton, laugh and shout as they wash clothes. They use brushes and beaters. A young girl washing clothes. Women dry out the clothes on a lawn and hedge.
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