Base Section No. 5 (Brest), Unloading Supplies and Equipment — Part 3 | The Archive Project

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Description

In this film a cargo of flour is unloaded at Brest in 1918 from the freighter West Bridge. It also shows torpedo holes in the ship. 129th Infantry and Black labor troops unload clothing and food from the freighters Zeelandia, Pocahontas, Wilhelmina, and Kurch onto lighters. Materiel piled on the dock by huge cranes is shown. Locomotives and tenders are derricked ashore from the Firmore and labor crews eat.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Historical Films

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Date

1936-01-01

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TRT

3:33

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