Shots of the World War 1917-1918 R1 of 2

WWI - 1917 - 1918, USA: War Declared, Soldiers Training, Shipping Over & Fighting in France Titles. 01:00:31 Intertitle: Early in 1917 Germany announced her intention to engage in unrestricted submarine warfare. 01:00:37 Bow of sinking freighter. 01:00:48 President Woodrow Wilson standing looking out window, turns & sits at desk. 01:00:59 Captain & sailors on sub conning tower w/ freighter in ms background; torpedos hitting freighter & exploding; sinking seen from sub w/ bow of sub visible. 01:01:41 Intertitle: President Wilson at once broke off diplomatic relations with Germany. 01:01:44 Pres. Wilson writing at desk, hands paper to ??. US flag in wind w/ Capitol behind. 01:01:56 Intertitle: “We enter this war only where we are clearly forced into it, because there are no other means of defending our rights.” 01:02:03 High Angle / HA from balcony during Joint Session of Congress. 01:02:07 Intertitle: The great task of recruiting, training and equipping...fell heavily on...small Regular Army. 01:02:15 CU sign: War Is Declared; civilian men march w/ suitcases past Army camp barracks; drilled w/ dummy rifles; calisthenics; march in uniforms; machine gun training in woods. Bayonet practice. 01:03:24 Troops w/ rifles, packs march past waving civilians on city street, along railroad platform & board troop train. Leaving & waving from train windows. 01:03:51 Intertitle: Major General John J. Pershing...sailed for France May 28, 1917 on the S.S. Baltic. 01:04:00 MCU Pershing posing shipboard. 01:04:08 Intertitle: Two weeks later began the perilous feat of landing 2,000,000 American soldiers... 01:04:14 HA 1st Division troops march onto ship; camouflaged troop ship leaving NYC. Shots of ship convoy underway; CU ship whistle; sub tower above water; gunners prepare & fire depth charges. CU whistle. Men drilling to abandon ship. Smoke screen laid; depth charges exploding. 01:05:35 Intertitle: A spot of oil tells the tale. 01:05:44 Sailor signaling w/ semaphore flags. Convoy on smooth sea. 01:05:51 Troops march off ship; in rail yard, wave to others leaving in train boxcars. 01:06:27 Intertitle: General Pershing and Marshal Joffre of France. MS talking. 01:06:37 Convoy of trucks w/ troops along rural road; marching as roads clogged w/ refugees. Fighting from trench. Intertitle re German advance on the Marne by 29May18 French refugees heading south. 01:07:23 Refugee wagons along gravel road; people w/ bundles & soldiers in opposite direction, 01:07:47 Intertitle: “Units of the 3rd Division on the way to Chateau Thierry”. Troops marching. 01:08:00 Intertitle: “The 2nd Division leaving for the front.” Soldiers waving from trucks. Troops in sandbag trenches firing rifles, machine gun. Large artillery firing; explosions. Troops put on gas masks, fire grenades. 01:09:13 Intertitle: “The bridge over the Marne at Chateau Thierry...destroyed June 5th by French as Germans were crossing”. MCU of destroyed brick bridge foundation; town behind.”Counter offensive was planned.” Pershing & Joffre . “The Zero Hour...July 18th...103rd Infantry...over the top.” LS of troops moving up thru smoke. WW1; 1910s; Battlefield; 28May17; NOTE: Partial or entire sold at per reel rate. Excellent quality BUT NOT SPEED CORRECTED.