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Une Mauvaise nouvelle
Short film
1915
Centre nationale du cinéma et de l’image animée
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- Bad News

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 ...

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Recreation as a Part of Reconstruction
Documentary
1921
Centre nationale du cinéma et de l’image animée
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- La Récréation fait partie de la reconstruction

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...

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What the American Committee Is Doing for Our Neighbors in the Aisne
Documentary
1921
Centre nationale du cinéma et de l’image animée
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- L'Œuvre du Comité américain pour les sinistrés de l'Aisne

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...

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The Work of the Civilian Division of the American Fund for French wounded
Documentary
1924
Centre nationale du cinéma et de l’image animée
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- L'Œuvre de la section civile du Comité américain pour les blessés français

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...

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Athletics in the Devastated Department of the Aisne
Documentary
1921
Centre nationale du cinéma et de l’image animée
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- Athlétisme dans le département dévasté de l'Aisne

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...

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Baptising Church Bells in Devastated France
Documentary
1922
Centre nationale du cinéma et de l’image animée
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- Baptême de cloches dans les régions dévastées

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...

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Prisonniers allemands des combats de Verdun
Newsreel
1916
Centre nationale du cinéma et de l’image animée
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- Prisoners Taken by Germany at the Battle of Verdun

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...

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Sur le front de la Somme
Newsreel
1916
Centre nationale du cinéma et de l’image animée
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- On the Front at the Somme

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...

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