Description
2nd Div Training In 3rd (Bourmont) Area w/French 2nd Army
The 2nd Infantry Division, known as the “Indian Head” Division, was organized October 26, 1917 at Bourmont, Haute Marne, France. At the time of its activation, the 2nd Division was composed of existing Army and Marine units of the A.E.F. (American Expeditionary Forces) which included the 4th Marine Brigade, 5th Marine Regiment. The division spent the winter of 1917-1918 training with French veterans in the Bourmont training area.
U.S. troops in trenches in WWI in winter, ground in area covered with snow. Troops come out of bunker and walk across snow covered ground. A U.S. officer plays with a dog.
U.S. troops come out of trenches with bayonets attached to rifles and move across snow covered ground to next trench. Solders use dummies hanging from a support and dummies on ground in bayonet practice. U.S. soldiers engage each other in bayonet practice in WWI. U.S. soldiers rush out of bunker into the trenches wearing or putting on gas masks. A.E.F troops moving along an open trench wearing gas masks in WWI.
U.S. soldiers receive containers of hot food from a portable WWI field kitchen.
A French soldier stands nearby as the civilians pull white ribbons from an evergreen tree that is covered by decorative ribbons. An American Army soldier helps reach ribbons high in the tree to hand to civilians.
U.S. troops learn how to erect effective barbed wire fences for defense. Officer checks the barbed wires and talks to the troops. The soldiers in prone position. U.S. soldiers practice advancing across a battlefield. U.S. soldiers in bunker entrance hastily puts on gas masks, attach bayonets, and move out. A soldier talks over a radio at a field switchboard attached to a tree while another soldier takes and give messages to dispatch riders. Brief image of dispatch rider on horseback. U.S. 5th Marine Regiment in France during World War I. U.S. troops stand and French General Joseph Joffre and U.S. General John Joseph Pershing are escorted by the U.S. and the French officers.
Runtime: 00:07:47
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File: high definition 1920×1080/24p ProRes422.
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