Description
Stock Newsreel Excerpts, World War I
Silhouette – ship’ sinks – Wilson at window; U-235 sinks ship with deck gun – Wilson at desk (breaks off relations with Germany) Wilson before Congress; Poster: War is declared; Sloppy looking civilians march to camp – drill with wooden rifle’s — bayonet charge up hill – running in formation – march – to trains past waving civilians – troop train, pulls out; Pershing sails for France – aboard ship; Two weeks later troop, begin departure – crowed troopship – harbor, shots – convoy shots; Spot periscope – fire at sub – depth charges fired – troops land – off gangplank — on shore; trucks across – roads; French refugees pulling out as Germans advance; 3d Div. on way to Chateau-Thierry; 2d, Div. leaves for front; Yanks in trenches – machine, guns – big guns – artillery – firing shells explode – gas; masks put on; Bridge at Chateau Thierry destroyed by Fr. June 5 Germans advanced; Counter offensive – over the top – July 1918 — Dawn attack – 1O3d Inf. Reel 2 – German plane shot down HQ shelled; Observation balloon shot, down by German plane; A-A gun firing, plane brought down wreckage, of plane – pilot luckily escaped; Pershing; St. Mihiel – offensive Sept 12 – digging guns – Artillery fires – troop advance ( a 3 day battle); Troops through ruined town – wagons, over culvert – wounded in litters over culverts – guns fire from hillside; Trucks through mud (very good) L.S. line moves through ruined town; Old tank across road – across field through Reel 2 smoke; Closer shot of troops through town – across field. Artillery – German stone dug-outs at Mont. Sec (St. Mihiel) couple of Yanks lounge in front of them; Liberated French; “Meuse Argonne Offensive”: L.S. artillery firing – troops up a hill; H.S. artillery shells explode – wounded carried past corpses; H.S. burning town; Rickenbacker flying over the lines – formation. Bombs: 89th Div ammunition dump blown up Oct. 20; Big RR guns fire – troops into town. Artillery fires from ruins; troops through thicket; Armistice crowd cheering – US/Fr. civilians watch GIs; Pershing decorates troops; Victory parade in Paris July 14, 1918.
Runtime: 00:09:38
Sound: no
File: high definition 1920×1080/24p ProRes422.
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