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Video Parts (6 across 2 reels)

This clip is Reel 1, Part 2 of a 6-part film. Watch from the beginning

THE AISNE-MARNE OPERATIONS, JULY 18 TO AUGUST 6, 1918, MISCELLANEOUS SCENES Reel 1 · Part 2

Description

Reel 1, German shells explode in U.S. lines. Shows German dead and equipment; pontoon bridges across the Marne; debris at Vaux; 308th Engrs. repairing a road; wreckage at Chateau-Thierry; shattered churches in Lucy and Torcy; and German emplacements. Reel 2 shows the wrecked bridge at Chateau-Thierry and rubbled villages. Refugees return to Chateau-Thierry. Shows piles of salvaged materiel. Sen. T. A. Neilson collects battlefield souvenirs. French soldiers cut wheat and assemble and operate U.S. harvesters.

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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
3:00