The French government invites members of the American department of agriculture to demonstrate their knowledge of home economics during a four-month stay in the summer of 1919. Received by Ms. Jusier,...
Scenes of rural life in Picardie at the beginning of the century: the destruction of shells in open fields, sowing, plowing with a multifurrow plow, harvesting with a sickle, a graduation ceremony, th...
The American Committee's health department brings the medical authorities' and parliamentary circles' attention to the state of children's public health in the disaster-stricken Aisne region. Seventee...
The Public Health Department was created to put reception and counseling facilities into place--with the American Committee's help-- for parents in difficulty. An American Committee nurse, assisted b...
World War I devastated France's natural wealth. To rebuild itself, the entire country would need to draw inspiration from the courage of soldiers on the front line and subscribe to the emprunt nationa...
On the Russian front, soldiers move a cannon, load it under the supervision of their superior, then fire it. In the "observatory," a group of officers observe the outcome in the valley.
During World War I, soldiers transport 75 mm field guns, towed by horses across the countryside, then begin shooting.
A reconstruction of Joan of Arc's life, which reflects that of the poilus (French soldiers of WWI), who were anonymous and often of modest, rural origin. "From Domrémy to Chinon." Joan the Maid, guid...