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Video Parts (5 across 2 reels)

This clip is Reel 1, Part 3 of a 5-part film. Watch from the beginning

MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE, SEPTEMBER 26 TO NOVEMBER 11, 1918, 79TH DIVISION Reel 1 · Part 3

Description

Reel 1 shows Gibercy; "No Man's Land" in the Bois de Etraye; 315th Inf. leaving the lines for a rest; wounded men arriving at an aid station; camouflaged command buildings at Vacherauville; 315th Inf. units in Malancourt; 311th Machine Gun Bn. troops on a hillside; and portable kitchens. Reel 2 shows German trenches and positions near Givercy; field kitchens; an ammunition dump under shell fire; 315th Machine Gun Bn. troops on maneuvers; Gen. Kuhn conferring with French officers; and religious services in the field.

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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
2:56