ANNALES DE LA GUERRE 16 [Main]


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  • Jahr: 1917
  • Dauer: 9 mins
  • Beschreibung: A passenger ship brings the Russian contingent to the Piraeus, the port of Athens. French (or Russian ?) soldiers wearing sun helmets start their march from the Piraeus to Athens, establishing posts on the way.A marchpast by the groundcrew at the aerodrome, followed by a portrait shot of Guynemer. A visiting general (no clear picture) inspects the aerodrome's Spad 13s and decorates Guynemer with the Legion of Honour. The troops again march past, led by their band. An additional, unexplained, scene of an explosion in open country.Farmers harvest the hay and load it into wagons. Cattle are fenced in a field by barbed wire. Three farmers plough with "American" mechanical tractors.
    I. French newsreel item of the arrival of a token Russian force near Athens, Greece, June 1917.II. French newsreel item of the Somme area. Sappers bury an unexploded shell and detonate it by wire. A demonstration of a flamethrower in a trench system. Western Front, June 1917.III. French newsreel item of the award of the Legion of Honour to Captain Guynemer, the French ace pilot, Western Front, June 1917.IV. French newsreel item of farm work in central France, June 1917.V. French newsreel item of schoolchildren in Paris celebrating US Independence Day, waving US flags and cheering for the camera, 4th July 1917.
  • Schlüsselwörter: EFG1914 / World War I / Guynemer, Georges Marie Ludovic Jules / Imperial Russian Army / French Army / French Army / French Army, Air Corps / operations, Russian military - movement: ship / demolition, French - safety / weapons, German - shell: [unexploded] / weapons, French - CBW: flamethrower / ceremonies, French - event-related: investiture / aircraft, French - combat: Spad 13 / agriculture, French - arable / agriculture, French - animal / transport, United States civilian - agricultural: tractor & [French] / celebrations, United States - popular: Fourth of July / celebrations, French - popular: Fourth of July / society, French - friendship / 31/3(495) / 01/3(4-15).7 / 01/3(4-15).7 / 31/3(44) / 31/3(44) / Greece & Athens, Central Greece / Somme, France / France / World War, 1914-1918 -- France / France / World War, 1914-1918 -- France / Paris, Département de Ville de Paris, France / Children / Children and war
  • Anbieter: Imperial War Museums
  • Rechte: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Produktionsfirma: Section Cinématographique de l'Armée Française
  • Farbe: Black & White
  • Ton: Without sound
  • Language: fr

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