Wounded soldiers of the United States Army being treated in France during World War I. Wounded soldiers get first aid at Couvrres-et-Valsery on 18 July, 1918. Casualties being carried on stretchers. German prisoners of war carry wounded Americans to a dressing station in Missy-Aux-Bois on 16 July, 1918.
Views of the Chateau of Franc-port located close to the forest at Rethondes, near the town of Compiègne, where the German delegation was lodged during the World War 1armistice negotiations. On November 8, 1918, a steam locomotive pulls Marshal Foch's train through the railroad station in Compiègne, on the way to the armistice negotiations. Later, on November 11, 1918, after the Armistice is signed, the train is seen as it returns and slows to a stop at the station, in Compiègne. The train bears the name: " Compagnie Internationale Des Wagon-Lits Et Des Grands Express Europeens." Several cars of the train are seen close up, including the voiture-restaurant and dining car number 2419 D, in which the armistice was actually signed. Several French soldiers are seen inside the train, and looking out its windows. A large group of French troops pose and celebrate in front of the train, parked in the station.
Execution of spies in Toul, France. Soldiers carry a body covered in white cloth. Military Policemen (MPs) lead a single spy to the execution point. A clergyman in black dress also accompanies the MPs. The spy is taken to the execution point. The face of the spy is covered using a cloth. Firing squad fire the spy from a distance. The body of the spy falls sideways after it is hit. MPs pick up the dead body of spy, covers it with a white cloth and is taken away on a stretcher. The firing squad in position. (World War II period).
Execution of German spies in Toul, France. Military Policemen (MPs) lead a German spy to the execution point. A clergyman in black dress also accompanies the MPs. The spy is taken to the execution point. The face of the spy is covered using a cloth. MPs tie the legs of the spy. The firing squad fires at the spy. The body of the spy falls forward after it is hit. MPs move towards the shot spy with a white cloth along with the clergyman. (World War II period).
Execution of German spy Stephan Kortas in Toul, France during World War 2. A soldier's uniform near a tree. A box lies near the tree. U.S. Military Policemen (MPs) walk across the items. Military Policemen (MPs) bring German spy Stephan Kortas to the execution point. From Poland, Kortas was drafted in the German Army and sent behind American lines posing as a Polish slave laborer, where he was caught by U.S. Army forces. A clergyman offers prayers for Kortas. The face of the spy is covered using a cloth. The MPs tie the legs and hands of the spy. Firing squad fires at Stephan Kortas from a distance. Kortas' body leans forward and falls to the ground. The marks of gun shots on the chest of the German spy. MPs pick up the dead body, cover it with a white sheet and carry it on a stretcher.
United States Army Air Service (USAAS) 94th Fighter Squadron in France during World War 1. Lt Eddie Rickenbacker seated in the cockpit of a 94th Squadron Nieuport 28c.1fighter #12, as a ground crewman turns a propeller and the engine starts. The squadron's "Hat in Ring" logo is painted on the fuselage. Jump to October 1918 - Captain J. A. Meissner seated in the cockpit of a SPAD S.XIIIc.1 fighter. April 1918: Lieutenant Edwin Green seated in the cockpit of a Nieuport 28c.1 which starts to taxi. Another Nieuport takes off and climbs. Forward to October 1918 - Captain J. A. Meissner seated in the cockpit turns around and points towards the ground. A mock dogfight between two WW I bi-winged aircraft. American Army aviator Captain Eddie Rickenbacker seated in the cockpit of a USAAS Dayton-Wright DH-4 bomber looks back and waves. Aircraft is in flight. Aerial views of the ground showing a coastline below. The aircraft climbing over the clouds. Captain J.A. Meissner seated in the cockpit of an airborne aircraft. Captain Rickenbacker in his SPAD S.XIII fighter #1 in flight over the clouds. (Note: This is a segment of a longer film described in Eddie Rickenbacker's 1919 book, "Fighting the Flying Circus." It was filmed by Capt.Cooper of the U.S. Army Signal Corps from October 18th - 21st, 1918, and contained reenactments of air combat, some of it with a captured German Hanover C.III observation plane.) (WWI,WW1, World War One, First World War)
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