The Aisne-Marne Operations, July 18 to August 6, 1918, Miscellaneous Scenes

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(This film is silent)
National Archives Identifier: 24868
Local Identifier: 111-H-1365
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24868 

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. 1365

Scope and Content: Reel 1, German shells explode in U.S. lines. Shows German dead and equipment; pontoon bridges across the Marne; debris at Vaux; 308th Engrs. repairing a road; wreckage at Chateau-Thierry; shattered churches in Lucy and Torcy; and German emplacements. Reel 2 shows the wrecked bridge at Chateau-Thierry and rubbled villages. Refugees return to Chateau-Thierry. Shows piles of salvaged materiel. Sen. T. A. Neilson collects battlefield souvenirs. French soldiers cut wheat and assemble and operate U.S. harvesters.

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