The 2nd Battle of the Somme, in World War 1. View from a hill nearby,showing Troops of the 106th Infantry Regiment seated on the ground in a field for religious services . An altar is set up in front of them. Soldier directs traffic as two Allied units enter an intersection of roads at the same time. Troops of the 105th and 108th Infantry Regiments returning to Ronssoy. Buildings along the route are demolished from shelling.
The tail end of a contingent of U.S. soldiers is seen marching away, along the tracks, after visiting a Red Cross canteen rail car during world war 1. Red Cross women volunteers in white dresses stand in front of a Wabash Railroad car marked with red crosses and a sign reading "Canteen Services." A U.S. Army brass band is playing in the center of the train yard. The Red cross workers step away from their rail car to wave goodbye to the departed troops. Scene shifts to a Red Cross woman handing out, what appear to be photographs, to U.S. soldiers standing in a line with their personal mess kit cups. A waterway is seen behind the line of soldiers. Afterwards, the soldiers assemble and drink their coffee. (Location is likely in the midwest USA.) (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Demonstration by French tanks for American forces in France during World War 1. A French Schneider CA1 tank passes in front U.S. troops from the 1st Infantry Division, assembled at the Bois Plante's farm in Picardie, France. Close-up of tank's caterpillar tracks. Several Schneiders maneuver in field, followed by French infantrymen. Schneider passes camera, showing signaling device on roof and "spade" marking on side, indicating it belongs to the First Section of a French Tank Company. (Note: Twelve Schneider tanks of the French 5th Tank battalion accompanied the U.S. First Infantry in the battle of Cantigny, May 28, 1918.) (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Tanks in France during World War 1. French soldiers pose with a French Saint-Chamond tank on a dirt road. Two French-built Renault FT light tanks. American driver of Renault tank shows 37mm shell. Officers and tank crew pose in front of a British-built Mk IV tank. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Canal Zone in Panama. United States Army Caribbean headquarters in Canal Zone, Panama. Men and cars pass by the building. Trees in front of the headquarters.
United States Army engineers construct Camp Century in Greenland. Diesel tankers pulled by tractor trailers cross ice covered fields to Camp Century in Greenland. Tractors enter maintenance shop at the camp. At the maintenance shop men work on vehicles. The United States Marine Fiddler ship arrives at a port with supplies. A vapor container for the nuclear reactor placed on a tractor to be transported to the camp. Other supplies transported to the camp area. A flat bottomed sled carries vapor container, Colonel checks the loadings. At the camp men work on steel arches, unload supplies and reassemble them. Shipment boxes opened, a tractor moves into a tunnel. Vapor container moves in a steel beamed building as a tractor tows it from the front and the back.
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