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The Heritage of France
Documentary
1919
Centre nationale du cinéma et de l’image animée
Other title(s):
- L'Héritage de la France

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...

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La Victoire décisive de l'armée de l'Orient
Newsreel
1918
Centre nationale du cinéma et de l’image animée
Other title(s):
- The Decisive Victory of the Armée de l'Orient

French, Serbian, and Greek troops advance against Bulgarian troops in Macedonia in September 1918: the effects of artillery shots, columns of captured prisoners and equipment, views of Prilep, moving ...

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La bataille de l'Ancre
Newsreel
1917
Centre nationale du cinéma et de l’image animée
Other title(s):
- The Battle of the Ancre

Prisoners are searched after the battle. Mail is distributed to the Scottish. British soldiers show their spoils of war and return to the camp. Areas of Martinpuich and Beaumont-Hamel are destroyed an...

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Abris contre les Gothas et protection des vitrines contre les bombardements
Documentary
1918
Centre nationale du cinéma et de l’image animée
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- Shelters from Gothas and Protecting Windows from the Bombings

In August 1918, during World War I, Parisians can protect themselves from bombings by German Gothas by hiding in public shelters with varying capacities. To prevent glass from falling, shops and depar...

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Montgeron lance tracts
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1917? ?
Centre nationale du cinéma et de l’image animée
Other title(s):
- Montgeron leaflet distributor

The Higher Invention Committee studies several pamphlet distribution tactics.

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Déminage à Tahure : première explosion
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1918? ?
Centre nationale du cinéma et de l’image animée
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- Landmine clearance in Tahure: first explosion

The Department of Inventions, Studies, and Technical Experiments organizes the de-mining of a large amount of unexploded shells from the war at the Suippes military camp, settled on the ruins of the T...

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Canon de 75 sur char Renault
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1917? ?
Centre nationale du cinéma et de l’image animée
Other title(s):
- 75mm Gun on Renault Tank

The Higher Invention Committee watches a Renault tank, armed with a 75mm gun, navigate rough terrain. Jules-Louis Breton gets to sit in the tank beside a soldier in charge of handling the gun;

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Les Annales de la guerre n°66
Newsreel
1918
Centre nationale du cinéma et de l’image animée
Other title(s):
- French Wartime Newsreel no. 66

Troop movements by bike, horseback, and foot as the maneuver warfare begins again. Cannons are shooting despite a fire. A convoy of trucks and troops advances toward the lines. Shots are fired by a 75...

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