PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE WORLD WAR NO 8 [Main]


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  • Jaar: 1919
  • Speelduur: 12 mins
  • Beschrijving: A German 420mm railway gun captured by the Australians in the Battle of Chipilly Ridge. Four Americans "of a famous division" with the fourteen German prisoners they took in the Argonne. A German 210mm howitzer captured by Australians and Americans north of Saint Quentin. The ruins of Albert, showing the cathedral. US forces passing through Malancourt, near Verdun. German prisoners captured on Côte 304 being escorted to the rear. American lorries pressing through damaged roads while French troops work to repair them (note the Signal Corps camera truck). "Young Black Joe", groups of US Colored Troops, probably 92nd (Buffalo) Division, working by the roadside. A US pilot with his crashed Breguet Type 14, its propeller shot away. The Saint Quentin Canal between Bellicourt and Riqueval, showing the German dugouts along the banks, and men of 30th (Old Hickory) Division who captured them.
    US film of their own troops, after the assault on the Saint Quentin Canal and in the Argonne, Western Front, September 1918.
  • Trefwoorden: EFG1914 / World War I / United States Army & American Expeditionary Force / United States Army & [infantry] / United States Army & [black troops] / United States Army, 92nd Infantry Division / United States Army & Army Air Corps / United States Army & Div 30 / United States Army & Signal Corps / French Army / weapons, German - gun: 420mm (railway mounted) & [captured] / spoils, United States / spoils, Australian / prisoners of war, German - movement / weapons, German - gun: 210mm howitzer & [captured] / buildings, French - religious: cathedral & [damaged] / operations, United States military - movement: road / journalism and record, United States - cameraman (?) / aircraft, French - combat: Breguet Type 14 & [wrecked] / defences, German - emplacement: [captured] / 01/3(4-15).9 / Albert, Somme, France / Malancourt, Meuse, France / Saint Quentin (Canal), Aisne, France / Race
  • Provider: Imperial War Museums
  • Rechten: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Productiemaatschappij: US Signal Corps
  • Kleur: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound

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