In 1920, in a village in French Alsace, many people have come to attend the national holiday celebration. Officers and well-known civilians are in attendance and a Major General presides over the loca...
Doris Parker, the daughter of an American Marine Officer, becomes Harry Townsend's pen pal. Harry is a young American soldier with no family who has gone to fight in France. As they exchange letters, ...
In 1917, during World War I, rationing forces Parisians to wait in line to get coal, while the winter is particularly harsh.
Manufacturing fake cannons, fake trees, fake molehills and mannequins in the Châlons-sur-Marne winter circus, transformed into a camouflage workshop. A door simulating a rock in a trench. A detailed ...
On July 14, 1919, the allied troops march through the streets of Paris to celebrate their victory.
A woman learns, by letter, that her husband has died gloriously on the battlefield, struck by an enemy bullet while filming news footage on the front. As she weeps and worries about the future of her ...
After having created laws on practicing physical culture, the government, in collaboration with the American Committee, brings in American experts who adapt their principles to the French system. In J...
Excerpts of various films made by the American Committee regarding the aid provided to the disaster victims in the Aisne department. Parade of children in uniforms. Toddlers eating their snack, nappin...