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France in Arms : [incomplete]
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1917 ?Item number (ISN):38567Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:NAYLOR, ThomasAccession:1986-0779Media:FilmOriginal title:France in ArmsPart:1 of ?Production date:1917 ?Release date:1917 ?Production company:Cinematographic Division, French ArmyCountry of production:usSponsor:American Red CrossDescription:World War I footage of the French Army. Important figures in the French war effort are shown: Marshall Joffre; General Pershing; Raymond Poincare; Antonin Dubost; Paul Deschanee; Paul Painleve; Ribot; General Petain; and Rene Vivani. The French army in barracks and at the front. New recruits are kitted out. Soldiers exercise by running laps, sprinting, long jumping, and hurdling. Men spell out Viva La France in the snow. Troops peel potatoes and eat in the mess hall. Rifle practice with guns on tripods. Various regiments marching while on field operations. General Dubois speaks to his troops. Soldiers board box cars for the front. Bivouacs and contonments near the front. Cooks hand out bread. Men learn to install and dismantle barbed wire defenses. Sequence on soldiers at work: laying telegraph and telephone wire; and building a variety of bridges; laying cordroy roads; and building a network of narrow and standard gauge railways.Language:Silent with English intertitlesNotes: -
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