WWI - 1917-18, US Army: Ethnic Laborers, Italian, French-Indochinese, Mongolian (?), etc.

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWI - 1917-18, US Army: Ethnic Laborers, Italian, French-Indochinese, Mongolian (?), etc. MLS Troops, many in heavy trench coats, or prisoners marching out of camp between rows of barracks; no rifles seen. Waving hats to camera 04:22:56 MLS Soldiers working on railroad tracks, Surmise, France (per NARA card). Switch engine pulling low freight cars w/ troops riding on top of gravel entering from right & passing workers w/ shovels who following along. Large bridge in background. 04:23:42 Horses pulling scrapers to build up railroad roadbed; men working w/ shovels. Large power shovel loading railroad cars w/ gravel or dirt. 04:24:19 MLS Pan of military band spread across field in front of barracks w/ farm buildings in background. Soldiers moving about. Several wearing Italian hats walking w/ rifles on shoulders. 04:24:49 Pan group of soldiers waving caps & laughing. Some saluting. 04:25:16 Civilian men / laborers walking past barrack-like buildings w/ soldiers accompanying. 04:25:36 Various ethnic laborers walking past end of barracks l. to r. African; Indo-Chinese & ?? 04:26:05 Laborers digging / excavating by hand, troops supervise; shoveling gravel or small rock into dump trucks. 04:26:35 Large steam tractor pulling string of large-wheeled wagons; men shoveling & w/ wheelbarrows in background. High angle / HA MS men digging w/ picks along roadside. 04:27:17 Civilian men carry & load planks / boards onto railroad cars. Pan partially constructed barracks complex or hospital at Mars-sur-Allier, to men in deep ditch digging. MLS ditch & men digging; team of horses pulling line of wagons w/ soldiers riding entering. Team pulling wagon w/ lumber past large building w/ men pounding nails etc. 04:28:58 MS Ethnic men employed by USA Army, in trench coats marching out of barracks area w/ soldiers watching; includes Asians. MCU w/ men carrying cartons, buckets of hot water from alongside building, others watching from near stoves heating water. Cooks (?) cleaning pans & knives. 04:29:43 Two Oriental men in large ethnic masks dancing in front of Asian string instruments & drums; CU musicians playing flute & stringed instruments, other men watch from behind - some in military caps & uniforms (?). MCUs. 04:31:31 Oriental men on blanket playing dice or card / gambling game for money or tokens. CUs. 04:33:15 Men putting dirt over roof of root cellar or ?? Soldier puts two Asian men inside & closes door. 04:33:39 Men & soldiers posing in MCU in front of barracks, Meaves-Bulcy area. Various nationalities. CUs. WW1; Construction; Manual Labor; multi-ethnic; Southeast Asians; North Africans; NOTE: Probably ca Oct18. Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk