Meuse-Argonne Offensive, September 26 to November 11, 1918, Prisoners of War

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Channel: US National Archives · 2018 · Education

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(This film is silent)
National Archives Identifier: 24909
Local Identifier: 111-H-1407
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24909

Other Title(s):Historical Film, No. 1407

Scope & Content: Reel 1, Germans are marched to rear areas. Sec. of War Baker, Gen. McAndrew, and Gen. Brewster inspect a 
stockade at Rarecourt and talk to prisoners. Prisoners are questioned. Shows several groups of prisoners. Prisoners carry U.S.  wounded to rear areas near Aincreville. Reel 2, prisoners load rations into cars and entrain at Souilly. Germans and Austro-Hungarians arrive en masse at the Souilly stockade, receive lunch, are interrogated, play poker, disinfect clothing, and construct prison barracks.

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