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This clip is Reel 1, Part 2 of a 4-part film. Watch from the beginning

TRAINING AREA SCENES OF THE 3RD, 26TH, 31ST, 81ST, H 83RD, 91ST, AND 92ND DIVISIONS, JULY, AUGUST, AND 1539 SEPTEMBER 1918 Reel 1 · Part 2

Description

Reel 1, 83rd Div. officers study French at Montigny-le-Roi. Gen. Bailey and aides watch 306th Field Signal Bn. troops operate a radio set at Epineuil. Gen. Lyon confers with aides at Chatel Chehery. Gens. Pershing and Barnum inspect 366th Inf. troops at Brouvelieures. 26th Div. troops attend a stage show at Mussy-sur-Seine. 101st F. A. troops practice aiming antiaircraft guns. 26th Div. troops eat at the side of a road. 30th and 38th Inf. troops occupy tents at Beaumont. 7th Inf. troops listen to a female singer at Vaucouleurs. Burros are driven to pasture at Osches. 30th Inf. troops are reviewed by Gen. Hunt at Ribecourt. Reel 2, 362nd Inf. men move up near Dammartin. Gens. Johnston and Foltz confer. Troops shoot dice and listen to a jazz orchestra. 316th Field Signal Bn. troops receive and send messages at a field switchboard.

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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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3:40