ANNALES DE LA GUERRE 14 [Main]


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  • Year: 1917
  • Runtime: 8 mins
  • Description: A view of the plain of Mulhouse from the town of Thann. The town is attractive and shows no signs of war. A young lady wearing traditional Alsatian costume holds an American flag in honour of the US entry into the war.The ceremony is held in the square beside the Church of Saint Sophia. French and Greek troops form a guard of honour round the square while civilians watch. Prime Minister Venizelos arrives with General Danglis and Admiral Condouriotis to general acclaim. Their departure at the end of the ceremony is then shown.Pershing begins his tour, escorted by various French military officials, at Les Invalides. He goes on to visit Napoleon's Tomb and see displays of captured enemy standards at the Musée de l'Armée. At Le Bourget airfield he meets the military governor of Paris, General Dubail, and they watch aircraft stunt flying above the airfield. Pershing talks to the pilots and meets a 14 year old refugee from Arras who has been adopted by them.
    I. French newsreel item on re-occupied Alsace, Western Front, June 1917.II. French newsreel item of the honouring of the Greek provisional government in Salonika, June 1917.III. General Pétain decorates the standards of various units and some officers, including one from the Air Corps, Western Front, June 1917.IV. French soldiers in the line at Laffaux, north-east of Soissons, explore a captured German command post and take rations up to the front lines, Western Front, June 1917.V. French newsreel item on General Pershing's visit to Paris, 14th June 1917.
  • Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / Venizelos, Eleutherios / Danglis (General) / Condouriotis (Admiral) / Petain, Philippe / Pershing, John Joseph / Dubail, Augustin Y H / Hellenic Army / French Army / French Army / French Army, Air Corps / French Army / French Army, Air Corps / society, French - friendship / arts, United States military - heraldry: flag (Stars and Stripes) / society, French - fashion / ceremonies, Greek - event-related: honour (provisional government, Salonika) / buildings, Greek - religious: church / ceremonies, French - event-related: investiture / defences, German - emplacement: [captured] / society, French military - sustenance / destruction, French military - area: artillery bombardment / delegations, United States international - military / spoils, French / refugees, French - settlement / 31/3(44) / First World War, Salonika Front & 6/1917 / 01/3(4-15).7 / 01/3(4-15).7 / 31/3(44) / Thann, Haut-Rhin, France / Greece & Salonika, Macedonia / France / World War, 1914-1918 -- France / Laffaux, Aisne, France / Le Bourget, Paris, Département de Ville de Paris, France / Les Invalides, Paris, Département de Ville de Paris, France / Children / Children and war
  • Provider: Imperial War Museums
  • Rights: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Production company: Section Cinématographique de l'Armée Française
  • Colour: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound
  • Language: fr

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