Other titles:THE WAR ANNALS 83 [Alternative Title]
Summary: I. French newsreel item of the Advance to Victory in the Verdun area, Western Front, October 1918.
II. French newsreel item of events in the Marne area during the Advance to Victory, including gas casualties, Western Front, October 1918.
III. French newsreel item of the cathedral at Saint Quentin, showing holes in the pillars to take demolition charges the Germans had no time to fit. Western Front, October 1918.
IV. French newsreel item on the visit of President Poincaré to Laon after its liberation, Western Front, October 1918.
Description: A 75mm field gun, probably fired by gunners of 18th Division, delivering harassing fire near the Côte de Talou. A column of German and Austro-Hungarian prisoners is marched through Samogneux village by troops of French XVII Corps and US 3rd (Marne) Division.
There is shell damage. A view of Mount Teton. The rubble of Nauroy, a pan over Mont Cornillet and the village of Beine, all just east of Rheims. German wooden dummy tanks mounted on limbers. Troops of US 2nd Division and French XI Corps watch as smoke rises from the village of Vouziers. Soldiers blinded by gas are escorted through the streets to safety.
The city, after its liberation by XVIII Corps, shows normal civilian life. A posed scene of M Michaut, the temporary mayor, talking with his staff and an officer of the Chasseur battalion which liberated the town. A military band plays in front of the town hall to the delight of the small children. President Poincaré and General Mangin arrive in separate cars while the bands are playing, and listen to what is probably the French national anthem. The crowd cheers them.
Alternative Title:THE WAR ANNALS 83 [Alternative Title]
Production Details: Section Cinématographique de l'Armée Française (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Poincaré, Raymond (person)
Michaut (M) (person)
Laon, Mayor of (person)
Mangin, Charles Emmanuel Marie (person)
French Army, Div 18 (regiment/service)
French Army, Corps 17 (regiment/service)
United States Army & American Expeditionary Force (regiment/service)
United States Army & Div 3 (regiment/service)
United States Army & American Expeditionary Force (regiment/service)
United States Army & Div 2 (regiment/service)
French Army, Corps 11 (regiment/service)
French Army, Corps 18 & [Chasseurs] (regiment/service)
Keywords: combat, French - artillery bombardment (object name)
prisoners of war, German - movement (object name)
prisoners of war, Austro-Hungarian - movement (object name)
destruction, French military - area: artillery bombardment (object name)
equipment, German - decoy: dummy tank (object name)
casualties, French wounded - battlefield: [gas] & [+] (object name)
medical, French military - movement: [+] (object name)
buildings, French - religious: cathedral & [damaged] (object name)
delegations, French national - state (object name)
celebrations, French - liberation (object name)
01/3(4-15).9 (event)
01/3(4-15).9 (event)
01/3(4-15).9 (event)
01/3(4-15).9 (event)
Côte de Talou, Verdun, Meuse, France (geography)
Samogneux, Meuse, France (geography)
Mont Teton, Reims, Marne, France (geography)
Nauroy, Aisne, France (geography)
Mont Cornillet, Marne, France (geography)
Beine, Marne, France (geography)
Vouziers, Ardennes, France (geography)
Saint-Quentin, Aisne, France (geography)
Laon, Aisne, France (geography)
propaganda, French (concept)
Children (concept)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Silent
Soundtrack language: None
Title language: French
Subtitle language: English
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 551 ft; Running time: 10 mins
