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WWI - 1918, Occupation of the Chateau Thierry Sector 06Jun-14Jul18

Reel Number: 220730-04

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1918

Country: Canada,France

Location: Bois de Belleau,Chateau,Chateau Thierry,le,Montreuil,Trousse

TC Begins: 08:43:57

TC Ends: 08:58:44

Duration: 00:14:47

WWI - 1918, Occupation of the Chateau Thierry Sector 06Jun-14Jul18 Shows the 12th Field Artillery in action in the Bois de Belleau. Men in gas masks fire artillery; men w/ gas mask on field telephone; looking at map. Loading ammunition on truck. Civilian stashes furniture on cart. General Harbord & Colonel Manus McCloskey inspect prisoners guarded by 9th & 23rd Infantry. 5th Marines display enemy equipment; unloading heaps of rifles. A portable machine ship services motors, radiators, & tires. 08:52:03 The 2nd Engineers hold religious services. 5th and 6th Reg't Marines are decorated by General Pershing & reviewed by Generals Harbord, McAndrew, & Bundy at Chateau-le-Trousse. Marines leave trenches at Montreuil & depart for rest camps. Marine officers, including Captain K.E. Rockey, Major T. Holcomb, & Lt. C.B. Cates, pose. High angle men waving to camera from truck convoy. Good. WW1; France;

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