The Aisne-Marne Operations, July 18 to August 6, 1918, 42nd Division

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(This film is silent)
National Archives Identifier: 24866
Local Identifier: 111-H-1363
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24866  

From: Series: Historical Films, ca. 1914 - ca. 1936
Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Other Title: Historical Film, No. 1363

Scope and Content: 42nd Div. troops march through Chateau-Thierry. 149th F.A. guns are brought forward. 166th Inf. units advance on Tardenois. Supply trains and field kitchens pass through Beuvardes and artillery horses are watered. Y.M.C.A. workers advance with the troops. 117th Engineers repair a road near Beuvardes. The division's supply train halts in the center of Chateau-Thierry. 165th Inf. troops are treated for wounds at Epieds. U.S. and French soldiers salute graves. 

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