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WWI - 1918, USA Government Documentary: America Goes Over Pt. 3 of ?

Reel Number: 221135-03

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1918

Country: France,Germany,USA

Location: Belleau Wood,Cantigny,Chateau Thierry

TC Begins: 16:19:47

TC Ends: 16:29:56

Duration: 00:10:09

NOTE: For ordering information see: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk Pt. 3 of ? Has post-1918 “cartoon titles” Continued... Many dead bodies in trenches & crater. Gen Pershing w/ French General on road. US troops marching both sides of camera in huge formation; aerials of men marching onto ship at dock & waving from ship up to camera. Black troops dancing on shipboard. 16:21:38 Troop transports escorted by Navy ships & lookouts. Good shots of stormy sea & lifeboat drill on troop ship. Destroyer firing front deck gun at U-Boat; Y-gun throwing depth charges for camera. Explosions beneath surface. Dense black smoke screen being laid over convoy. Camouflaged ship & blimp. 16:23:40 Off ship down gangway, soldier w/ dog in rucksack. Large number of troops marching to railroad boxcars & leaving station platform. Women dipping soup or coffee from large bucket. Man shaving while riding on flatcar. 16:24:56 Shelling of Cantigny w/ large artillery under camouflage netting. Firing from among trees. Destruction of woods, village. Pile of dead bodies. 16:25:58 Trucks of Americans thru French village. Houses of Chateau Thierry under fire. Destroyed houses. Belleau Wood captured by Allies. Treating wounded in trenches. Taking information from German prisoners, some wounded; pose for camera. 16:27:23 Line of ships bringing troops from USA. Camouflaged ships w/ troops waving. Map showing Germans pushed back on 18Jul18. Large tank, and troops advancing from trenches (dark and foggy. Silhouetted. Continued... WWI Fighting; Battles; Great War; WW1; USA Historical Government Documentary; Propaganda; Patriotism; NOTE: For ordering information see: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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