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The Fight is On

Item number (ISN):

21890

Series title:

Pathé News

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1917

Item number (ISN):

21890

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

BÉLANGER, Jean

Accession:

1974-0140

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1917

Production company:

Pathé

Description:

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Newsreel story about America's active participation in World War One, the struggle for democracy. It is headed PATHÉ NEWS -- WAR SECTION. It consists of intertitles and footage as follows: 1. The Fight Is On. America's Active Participation In The Struggle For Democracy Opens. The Expedition Of Troops To The Firing Line Has Already Begun. 2. Seasoned Veterans Of The U.S. Marine Corps -- Always First To Fight -- Are Mobilized As Part Of General Pershing's Forces. Footage shows troops marching past the camera and standing to attention. 3. General Barnett, Commandant Of The Corps, Bids Farewell To The First Contingent of Marines And Its Gallant Leader, Colonel Doyen. They are shown shaking hands. 4. They Go To Vindicate America's Fight For Humanity, With The Nation's Heartfelt Blessing For Success. Soldiers march off, they and their goat mascot get on train, and troops wave from train car windows as the train pulls out. 5. Meanwhile, Transports Are Loaded With Supplies And Ammunition For The Expedition. Footage shows ship being loaded with crates. 6. Vast Quantities Of Materials Fill The Docks. Regular Army Troops Embark For A Secret Destination in France. 7. They're Off. Footage shows ship leaving port and troops waving goodbye. 8. Animated segment entitled A "Regular" Man. This is a Hal Coppman animated cartoon of the Stars and Stripes and a still illustration of a proud U.S. soldier with a rifle and hat in hand. <2mn 49s>

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

Notes:

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1. The edge of the stock is printed "Property of Exchange Inc."~2. Misidentified as part of the Canadian newsreel British Canadian Pathé News, which did not start until 1919.~3. For related footage see IDC ISN's 57512 and 374771.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

28922

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-2111

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

NITRATE

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

441568

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2007-08-0171

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

N-2111

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

448003

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2008-01-0107

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

2007-08-0171

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

454245

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2008-05-0273

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

2007-08-0171

Status:

MASTER
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