Base Section No. 2 (Bordeaux), Arrival and Unloading of Supplies [1918] Reel 2 · Part 2

Description

This film includes the following: reel 1 shows general views of dock facilities and freighters at Bordeaux. Crates are loaded into cargo slings and hoisted ashore. Railroad cars are loaded on the docks. Reel 2 shows cargo stacked on the dock. The 811th Stevedore Battalion unloads potatoes from the freighter Lang. Beef is unloaded from the Tanamo and the freighter coaled. 334th F.A. troops load bran and oats on railroad cars. Clothing is stored in a dock warehouse. In reel 3, Black stevedore troops eat lunch and stage song-and-dance acts. The 311th Engineers present skits, songs band music, and dances and a fire drill on the docks is shown.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Historical Films