In Blérancourt, a little town in Aisne where the Civil Security has been set up on the ruins of the chateau, American women raise the American flag. Mr. Fernand David, the Minister of Agriculture, an...
The life of a happy, close-knit French family from Aisne who must flee the German advance in 1914. The father and uncle must join the front. To keep the women and children safe, the American committee...
After five years of war and hardship, young people need a distraction from the dreary atmosphere of the devastated villages. In Aisne, the reconstruction is slow. The American Committee decides to adv...
In front of Landricourt's temporary church, a crowd attends the baptism of a bell that will replace the one destroyed during WWI. The new bell was donated by the Poetry Society of America in memory of...
May 1916. A large detachment of prisoners arrives at the Souilly (Meuse) camp. The detachment stands out, with prisoners from Alsace, Poland and Denmark. Featuring: A panorama of the camp and its wall...
After a panorama of the village of Fleury, a 75 mm battery takes some shots. An infantry makes headway in the countryside. Then, English generals inspect a battalion of chasseurs à pied (light infant...
In July 1916, the 1st corps of the colonial army is deployed and seizes an observation post from the Germans on the front at the Somme. The general has come to take stock of the cannons taken from the...
The Invention Department's aeronautic technical committee and Edmond Rothé place an electric-oscillation anemometer under an elongated tethered balloon with low cubic volume. The method uses only one...