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FISHER, Stephen

1966-0107

Film

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1918

US Signal Corps

US Army General Staff, Historical Branch, War Plans Division

Animated and actuality footage of American troops during the Meuse Offensive, Western Front, October 1918.~Supply trucks come forward. Mounds of bread are sorted. Troops do roadwork, demolish houses and cut up trees. Artillery, supplies and fresh troops head to the front. Six Sopwith Camels take off. Air shot of a single engine biplane. Large rail gun and other artillery pieces fire. American troops advance under shelling. A Vickers crew fire their gun. Wounded troops in the trenches and a make-shift hospital. Americans build a temporary bridge across the Meuse. American artillery position being shelled. Troops advance through a village under fire. A French tank and US troops on the move. Scenes of liberated towns, where the male and female inhabitants celebrate. The railway at Sedan. American troops celebrate the Armistice under a blowing American Flag. The allied commanders congratulate each other. Scenes of jubilant crowds in Paris. <12mn 50s>

Silent with English intertitles

Open

V1 9112-0005

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur