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[America Goes Over]

Item number (ISN):

185856

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1918

Item number (ISN):

185856

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

FISHER, Stephen

Accession:

1966-0107

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1918

Production company:

US Signal Corps

Sponsor:

US Army General Staff, Historical Branch, War Plans Division

Description:

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Record of the arrival of American troops on the Western Front. Animated and actuality footage of the US activities in the Marne salient, 1918.~American troops write letters, gamble with dice, pick lice and wash their feet. Cuts to activities that pre-date the arrival of U.S. forces. French soldiers bring up guns, British bring forward reserves, heavy mortars are fired. The "allies were fighting with their backs to the wall". Foch and Pershing pose. U.S. troops then embark for overseas. Black soldiers dance on the deck of the troop ship. View of the troop ship's convoy. A u-boat attacks, men don life-belts and man the life-boats. Y-gun throws up smoke screen allowing convoy to escape. Troops disembark and board troop trains. At a train stop two uniformed women give the soldiers soup. Sequence on American troops in Contigny, Chateau Thierry and Belleau Woods. Shots of shelling, Americans advancing and German prisoners. Interspersed with animated maps of American movements in the Marne salient. <13mn 21s>

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

Notes:

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1. United States official war film.

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Vault ISN:

178276

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-1584

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

178631

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 9112-0005

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 9112-0005

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Reproduction access:

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

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