Video Parts (7 across 3 reels)
This clip is Reel 2, Part 1 of a 7-part film. Watch from the beginning
POST ARMISTICE TRAINING, 6TH DIVISION [1918-1919] Reel 2 · Part 1
Description
Reel 1, the 51st, 53rd, and 54th Inf. Regs., the 6th Field Signal Bn., and the 318th Engrs. march south from the Verdun sector. 51st Inf. troops advance beneath artillery fire in a sham battle near Colmiers-le-Haut. 78th F.A. troops pull guns into position near Villaines. 54th Inf. troops lay smoke screens with gas. Artillery horses pull field guns into position at the 6th Div. horse show. Shows a machine gun demonstration. Reel 2, bread is baked and loaded on trucks at Recey. Gen. Durfee decorates troops with the Croix de Guerre. The 3rd F.A. passes in review. Gen. Pershing decorates 6th Div. colors and reviews the division near Duesme. Shows horses hurdling at the 6th Div. horse show. Gen. Gordon poses with staff officers at Verdun. Shows Gen. Dashiell and 11th Brig. officers. Troops watch song-and-dance acts. Reel 3, Gen. Bjornstad watches troops play a game of "Doughboy" at Royaumeix.
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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer