Uncle Sam Watching the Mexican Border
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Channel: US National Archives · 2014 · Education
Creator(s): Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964) (Most Recent) Series : Historical Films, compiled ca. 1914 - ca. 1936 Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985 Production Date: 1936 Other Title(s): Historical Film, No. 1157 Use Restriction(s): Undetermined Sound Type: Silent Scope & Content: On border patrol activities against Mexican bandits in 1916. Reel 1, inf. and art. unit, including the 4th F.A., pack mules and set up a camp near the border. Gen. Hoyt visits the camp. Reel 2, inf. units entrain and arrive at Columbus, N.M. Mountain artillery units at Ft. Bliss, Tex., load mules, enter the Sierra Madre Mts., practice range finding, treat wounded at a field hospital, and set up a portable radio station. A pontoon bridge is built and crossed by mules and vehicles. Mortars and artillery are positioned. Contact(s): National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RD-DC-M), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road College Park, MD 20740-6001 Phone: 301-837-3540, Fax: 301-837-3620, Email: [email protected] National Archives Identifier: 24662 Local Identifier: 111-H-1157 http://research.archives.gov/description/24662
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