In Courbevoie (Delage factory), workers machining, countersinking, and drilling mechanical parts for weaponry and airplane engines. In Paris (Gaumont), workers manufacture rifle covers and boosters. W...
The whole of France is mobilized : Civilian population's industrial efforts for resupplying the army with cannons and munitions. Armament sector innovation and productivity. Enumeration of infantry an...
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...
General Pétain's visit to a camp in June 1917, where he sees the daily life of soldiers, tastes their food and hands out tobacco. Raymond Poincaré gives the "médaille militaire" (military medal) to...
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,...
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...
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...