U.S. Army Activities in the District of Paris, 1918-1919
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(This film is silent) National Archives Identifier: 24856 Local Identifier: 111-H-1353 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24856 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. 1353 Scope and Content: Reel 1, U.S. and Tonkinese convalescents plant seedlings and herd cattle at a Versailles garden center. Barges are unloaded and freight cars loaded at Saint-Denis. The River Seine floods a coal dump at Quai Saint-Bernard. A soldier is buried in a Paris cemetery. U.S. troops attend Yom Kippur services at a synagogue. Reel 2, enlisted men are decorated at the Longchamps race track. Pres. Poincare decorates Gen. Petain at Provins. Gen. Harts presents the D.S.C. to Col. Vidmer at Paris. Gen. Berdaulat presents the Legion of Honor to U.S. officers. Officers and Red Cross personnel attend a reception. Contact(s): National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RDSM) National Archives at College Park 8601 Adelphi Road College Park, MD 20740-6001 Phone: 301-837-3540 Email: [email protected]
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