ANNALES DE LA GUERRE 13 [Main]
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Jahr: 1917
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Dauer: 8 mins
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Beschreibung: I. A camp for Chasseurs Alpins in hill country, possibly the Vosges area. The camp has permanent dugouts in a hillside, while 75mm guns and limbers are being camouflaged with trees and matting. The first US forces, from US 1st Division ('Big Red One') arrive at the camp for training, first a small contingent marches in, then the remainder arrive in trucks. All wear American uniforms but French shrapnel helmets. They are instructed in the French gas hood respirator. The French and American flags are raised at the camp, near the sign "camp Franco-Américain". A symbolic handshake between a French poilu and an American doughboy. II. An American cargo ship docking at a French port, possibly Marseilles. Its cargo of grain and flour is unloaded onto the quayside and tipped into storage vats. III. General Pétain visits an Army rest camp. He walks around among the troops, talks to them and samples a cup of wine. The film ends with a close-up of Pétain.
French newsreel of activities on the Western Front, including the arrival of the first American contingents and the visit of General Pétain to a rest camp for the troops, June 1917.
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Schlüsselwörter: EFG1914 / World War I / Petain, Philippe / French Army / French Army, [Chasseurs Alpins] / United States Army & American Expeditionary Force / United States Army & Div 1 / weapons, French - gun: 75mm field gun / society, United States military - friendship / society, French military - friendship / training, French military - specialist: anti-gas / training, United States military - specialist: anti-gas / equipment, French - personal: gasmask (gas hood) / supplies, United States, movement [RA] - food / delegations, French national - military / 01/3(4-15).7 / 31/3(44) / Alsace, France / Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France / propaganda, French
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Anbieter: Imperial War Museums
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Rechte: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
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Produktionsfirma: Section Cinématographique de l'Armée Française
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Farbe: Black & White
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Ton: Without sound
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Language: fr