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PHOTOGRAPHIC ACTIVITIES OF THE SIGNAL CORPS A.E.F. 1917-1918 Reel 2 · Part 1
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Reel 1, Gen. Russell displays Signal Corps photographs. Cameras are mounted on a Liberty plane. Pictures are taken from a German observation tower. Shows personnel and equipment at Vincennes. Prints are numbered, recorded, and retouched. Reel 2, motion pictures are numbered, cataloged, and crated; stills are sorted. Signal Corpsmen are decorated. Shows a mess hall under construction and the marriage of a soldier to a French girl in the Cathedral Vincennes. French citizens attend movie houses. Shows a flag-raising ceremony at Signal Corps headquarters in Vincennes.
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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer
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