ANNALES DE LA GUERRE 51 [Main]


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  • Ano: 1918
  • Duração: 10 mins
  • Descrição: Part of the area is flooded. A marching column sets out for the front lines. Engineers knock in stakes for wire defences in the second line and fix wire to them. A relief patrol moves up in single file through a shattered wood. American officers in training are taken down to watch a 220mm heavy mortar firing from a hillside gun pit. Three types of finned bomb are displayed beside it. The American officers emerge from the dugout.Clémenceau is escorted by General Pershing. He talks with the divisional commander, Major-General John L Bullard. He presents the Croix de Guerre to a number of soldiers for the successful repulse of a raid. He is taken to the divisional headquarters and heavily concealed batteries of 75mm field guns nearby.
    I. French newsreel item of Queen Mary and Princess Mary inspecting a parade of women VAD ambulance drivers in foggy conditions in Britain, early March 1918.II. French newsreel item showing activity on the Aisne sector, Western Front, March 1918.III. French newsreel item of a bombardment by a 279mm Schneider howitzer and 75mm field guns, the shells falling on the German lines, Alsace area, Western Front, March 1918.IV. French newsreel item on Clémenceau's visit to US 1st Division headquarters at Ligny-en-Barrois, Western Front, 3rd March 1918.V. French newsreel item of the battlefield and Fort de la Pomelle, filmed a few days before the German attack of 2nd March. Western Front, February 1918.
  • Palavras-chave: EFG1914 / World War I / Mary, Queen / Mary, Princess (Princess Royal) / Clemenceau, Georges E B / Pershing, John Joseph / Bullard, R L / Voluntary Aid Detachment / French Army / French Army, Engineers / United States Army & American Expeditionary Force / French Army, [gunners] / United States Army & American Expeditionary Force / United States Army & Div 1 / French Army / delegations, British national - state / destruction, French: flood / operations, French military - movement: march / engineering, military, French / training, United States military - combat / combat, French - mortar bombardment / weapons, French - mortar: 220mm / combat, French - artillery bombardment / weapons, French - gun: 279mm Schneider howitzer / weapons, French - gun: 75mm field gun / delegations, French international - state / ceremonies, French - event-related: investiture / ceremonies, United States - event-related: investiture / weapons, French - gun: 75mm field gun & [United States] / defences, French - emplacement / 31/3(41) / 01/3(4-15).8 / 01/3(4-15).8 / 01/3(4-15).8 / 01/3(4-15).8 / GB, England (?) / Aisne (River), France / Alsace, France / Ligny-en-Barrois, Meuse, France / Fort de la Pomelle, Reims, Marne, France / fog
  • Fornecedor: Imperial War Museums
  • Direitos: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Companhia produtora: Section Cinématographique de l'Armée Française
  • Cor: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound
  • Language: fr

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