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American General Parker and his troops talk with French refugees in a wooded area during the Meuse-Argonne offensive

World War I occupation of French towns like Chevenges by U.S. 28th Infantry, Nouart by 5th Field Artillery, and 26th Infantry and Romagne by 1st Engineers during the Meuse-Argonne offensive. View of American troops marching through a wooded area. U.S. Army General Frank Parker and his American Expeditionary Force troops talk with few elderly French refugees.

Location: France
Date: 1918, November
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675029240
Film depicting some of the tragic human aftermath during and after World War I

A film looking at some of the tragic human costs of World War 1 ("The Great War"). Opening slates read, (in French) "What the war has left behind it." "9 million dead." Then, a vast battlefield cemetery is shown,filled with rough wooden crosses. Camera pans over parts of it. Another, better tended cemetery is seen with finer crosses. Then another battlefield graveyard, with freshly dug graves and rough markers is shown. Slate reads, "The sea, a vast tomb." Another slate reads, millions of crippled," followed by scenes of Allied soldiers and medics, carrying their gear, across a barren battlefield. One rough cross is seen.In next scene it is clear they are scouring the battlefield for wounded and dead. Stretcher bearers make their way cautiously across ditches and makeshift bridges as they retrieve the wounded. Two assist a walking wounded soldier with bandaged eyes. Wounded seen being brought into a sandbagged brick building serving as a hospital. A field ambulance also takes patients from the hospital. A convoy of field ambulances carry wounded from the battlefields. A two-stacker British hospital ship steaming at high speed away from a French port, headed for England. Wounded British war veterans being moved in wicker wheel chairs outside a substantial building. Uniformed attendant picks one up bodily and places him into another wicker wheel chair that allows his legs to be outstretched. The attendant covers him with a blanket. Next, that veteran is seen, conversing with a men, in an outdoor area, where other wheel-chair bound veterans are enjoying small flower gardens and socializing in the sunshine. A white-coated caregiver assists a stooped veteran who takes many small steps to walk. Next is seen the famous 1919 painting by John Singer Sargeant, of blinded soldiers on the battlefield, titled, "Gassed." (It is now in the British Imperial War Museum.) Slate reads "They'll never see again," and several blind veterans are seen in dark glasses walking outdoors in the company of others. Blind veterans, injured in gas attacks, are seen making baskets by hand.

Location: France
Date: 1918
Duration: 4 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: French
Clip: 65675029393
Woodrow Wilson's proposal for the formation of League of Nations.

Presents Woodrow Wilson's proposal for League, his aim "To unite the countries of the World" and the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. Animated map shows joining of League by different Nations. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Location: France
Date: 1918
Duration: 2 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: French
Clip: 65675029395
The beginning and end of World War I.

World War 1 artillery guns fired, troops charge, formation of airplanes and heavy bombardment. People celebrate on Armistice Day on November 11, 1918.

Location: France
Date: 1918, November 11
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029620
French Army practices emergency relocation of citizens in Paris during Cold War civil defense exercise.

French Army practices relocation of citizens in a civil defense exercise. Civilian participants seen climbing down from a truck. French military trucks equipped with long seats practice carrying citizens from Parts of Paris to safe locations, in a training exercise. Participants look at a large map posted at a park, and get instructions from French soldiers. The trucks are seen, filled with exercise participants, traveling about in the city, as military police direct the traffic.The trucks display signs that tell about the Army serving the country and helping to defend the citizens in case of aggression.

Location: France
Date: 1951
Duration: 3 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032389
Damaged Allied British and Canadian military equipment and dead Allied soldiers after Dieppe Raid (WW2)

German camera views of wrecked city, damaged equipment, and debris after the Battle of Dieppe during World War II. Dead bodies of British and Canadian soldiers on the beach, up near a sea wall, and near German fortifications. Wrecked British landing crafts and other vehicles strewn around. (World War II period).

Location: France
Date: 1942, August
Duration: 2 min 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675032713
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