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WWI - 1918, France: Meuse-Argonne Offensive 26Sep-11Nov18, First Division R1 of 2

Reel Number: 220744-03

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1918

Country: France,USA

Location: a,Ardennes,Argonne Forest,Argonne Region,Chevenges,La Neuville,Maire,Meuse,Nouart,Sedan

TC Begins: 03:23:54

TC Ends: 03:39:14

Duration: 00:15:20

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWI - 1918, France: First Division, 28th Infantry, Chevenges; 5th F.A. & 26th Infantry, Nouart; 1st Eng. The 28th Infantry occupies Chevenges; the 5th F.A. and 26th Inf., Nouart; Rear view, troops down muddy narrow lane. Troops thru town on & alongside pack mules & wagons. Troops past Army car w/ bear symbol on door. Teams pulling field artillery. Single file under cover of hedgerows down muddy road towards church. 03:26:10 Arriving soldiers greet local girls & children. Wagons parked & troops assembled along town street. 03:26:49 Troops in town square welcomed by children & local priest who wave goodbye. LS walking out of town across wide valley past wagons & smoking cook fires. 03:27:44 Column / convoy of trucks & wagons up hillside road. Officers in car out & look at map & road sign for La Neuville, Sedan & map, back into car & leave. 03:28:20 Pan over damaged farm buildings w/ large observation tower on ridge. Large smoke cloud on horizon. CU damage to church spire. 03:30:05 Troops in rain along country road; thru mud in woods towards camera. 03:31:01 Column of troops approach on muddy road; well dressed refugee women talking to General Parker & French officers. 03:31:38 Town buildings & soldiers up lane behind. Soldiers run thru town; others run for cover past small abandoned tank. Others running up road w/ church in background. 03:33:22 Abandoned (?) field artillery being cleaned for firing. Near Romagne, France, 1st Engineers laying telephone wires & man on tree attaching beside collapsed wooden barn or ?? & setting up control point in it. Messenger sent off. 03:34:47 Soldier looking thru periscope binoculars; view across smoky valley w/ explosions; reads notes / speaking on field telephone. Men at control point. 03:35:37 General Frank Parker & other officers at newly established Division Headquarters (w/ sign). 03:36:00 Firing field artillery. Observer & periscope binoculars looking across valley, on telephone reporting. 03:37:08 Infantry soldiers around rocks on hillside & in sandy dugouts in shade; passing canteen; talking, reading map. Men advancing uphill in brush & foxholes. 03:39:06 Gun crews firing field artillery. WW1; Wet Weather; Fighting; NOTE: Partial or entire sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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