ANNALES DE LA GUERRE 29 [Main]
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Jaar: 1917
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Speelduur: 8 mins
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Beschrijving: II. French newsreel item on German prisoners of war at Saint-Dizier, France, September 1917.Some of the prisoners work in a wood cutting timber and piling up sticks. Others dig up stones for roadfill. The prisoners march back to their camp under escort. At the camp they work building a new barracks. One prisoner undergoes the routine camp medical examination. Other prisoners rest outdoors. One has his hair cut, others wash themselves or their clothes in a river. At mealtime they queue for soup, then rest and play cards.The Prince decorates two men of a division in Alsace, following which the division marches past. Near the River Aisne he salutes the tattered standard of a battalion of Chasseurs and goes on to decorate one soldier. He then performs a similar ceremony at Noyon, decorating a soldier before watching a marchpast.
I. French newsreel item showing a Letord L4 or L5 bomber (described as an artillery spotter) being wheeled out by French and US officers and groundcrew, the crew preparing and the take-off, Western Front, September 1917.III. French newsreel item of Prince Arthur of Connaught visiting French troops on various parts of the Western Front, September 1917.
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Trefwoorden: EFG1914 / World War I / Arthur of Connaught (HRH Prince) / French Army, Air Corps / United States Army & American Expeditionary Force / United States Army & Army Air Corps / French Army / French Army / French Army, [Chasseurs] / operations, French air - preparation / operations, French air - sortie / aircraft, French - combat: Letord L4 (?) / prisoners of war, German - custody: [+] / delegations, British international - military / ceremonies, French - event-related: investiture / ceremonies, British - event-related: investiture / 01/3(4-15).7 / 31/3(44) / 01/3(4-15).7 / France / World War, 1914-1918 -- France / Saint-Dizier, Haute-Marne, France / Alsace, France / Aisne (River), France / Noyon, Oise, France
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Collectie:
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Provider: Imperial War Museums
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Rechten: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
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Productiemaatschappij: Section Cinématographique de l'Armée Française
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Kleur: Black & White
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Sound: Without sound
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Type document :
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Language: fr