Video Parts (6 across 2 reels)
This clip is Reel 1, Part 3 of a 6-part film. Watch from the beginning
Memorial Services Following World War I Reel 1 · Part 3
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This moving image contains the following footage: Reel 1, U.S. and French troops march into a U.S. cemetery in France. French women and children and U.S. troops lay wreaths on graves. Gens. Joffre, Foch, and Pershing make addresses. Taps is sounded. Reel 2, part 1, Gen. Pershing and his aides enter a French cemetery. Shows panoramic views of graves and crosses. Ambassador Sharp speaks. French children lay wreaths on graves. Taps is sounded. Reel 2, part 2, (News of the Day) President Franklin Roosevelt and General Pershing pay tribute at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery on Armistice Day, November 11, 1936 and (Pathe News) the Montfaucon American Monument is dedicated in France in 1937.
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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer
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