Scenes in the Meuse-Argonne Section, September 26 to November 11, 1918

(This film is silent)
National Archives Identifier: 24926
Local Identifier: 111-H-1424
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From: Series: Historical Films, ca. 1914 - ca. 1936
Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer
Other Title(s): Historical Film, No. 1424
Scope & Content: Reel 1 shows aerial views of the trenches and countryside in the Argonne sector; former German campsites and street scenes in Cunel, France; and ruined churches, railroad yards, and houses in Flirey, Nantillois, and Gercourt. Reel 2 shows demolished buildings and other debris in Nantillois, Montfaucon, Vaux, Brieulles, and Buzancy. French civilians celebrate in the streets of Brieulles. Shows German billets in Etraye. Reel 3 shows rubble in Malancourt, Avocoilrt, Nantillois, and Damvillers. Troops clear debris from streets in Lachaussee. Gen. Traub inspects barbed-wire defenses near Deuxnouds. Shows the entrance to "Death Valley" at Haumont; ruins in Nouat, Neuville, and Beaumont; a panorama of Woevre Plain near Combres; and Hindenberg Line defenses near Bethincourt. Reel 4, a rubbled home in Chaumont burns. Shows German emplacements in the Bois de Belleu; ruins of houses in Bernecourt; demolished bridges; water trucks in Brabant; and a chateau at Stenay, formerly hdqtrs. of the German Crown Prince.
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