Engineer Corps, Road Building [1918-1919] Reel 1 · Part 1

Description

This film contains the following: in reel 1, 532nd Engineers blast rock at Neufchateau, France. The 28th Engineers operate rock-crushing machinery. Wounded arrive by train at Aulnois. Prisoners load trucks with crushed rock. The 23rd Engineers repair railroad track at Mandres. It also shows gas tractors and steam rollers at work. Rock is crushed and the Tours-Dijon road is repaired. In reel 2, 108th Engineers repair a road near Brabant. The 101st Engineers fill shell holes with logs and rock. The 28th Engineers quarry stone at Haucourt. The 23rd, 103rd., 108th, and 111th Engineers repair roads near Forges and Haucourt. Ruined buildings are torn down in Nantillois and St. Remy by 304th and 544th Engineers The 23rd Engineers crush rock at Limey. The 308th Engineers salvage rock from the ruins of Cuisy. The 23rd Engineers operate a road roller near Villers. Black troops of the 537th Engineers use pile drivers to construct a bridge across the Aire River near Boreuilles. The 4th Engineers cover shell craters with small wooden bridges. The 107th Engineers construct roads and bridges over abandoned trenches near Vauquois. The 27th Engineers reconstruct a bridge over the Meuse River at Velosnes.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Historical Films