SIGNAL CORPS ACTIVITIES [FRANCE, 1918] | The Archive Project

Video Parts (6 across 2 reels)

This clip is Reel 1, Part 1 of a 6-part film.

Description

Reel 1, portable field kitchens approach Colombey. 310th Engrs. raze a house in Sommerance. 304th, 305th, and 322nd Field Signal Bn. troops string telephone lines. Signal Corps troops erect telephone poles, send messages with Heliographic lamps and semaphores; and operate field radios. French women operate Signal Corps switchboards in La Belle-Epine and Paris. Shows captured German defenses. Reel 2, a trench radio is assembled near Chatillon. Wires are spliced. Signal Corps troops are reviewed at Cour-Cheverny.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Historical Films

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Date

1936-01-01

File

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TRT

3:35

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