PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE WORLD WAR NO 1 [Main Title]
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- Title: PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE WORLD WAR NO 1 [Main Title]
- Film Number: IWM 501-1
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- Summary: US official film of their own troops on the Western Front, 11th-17th October 1918.
- Description: The rail station at Châtel-Chéhéry near the Aisne on 11th October 1918 showing the limit of the German advance to Paris. A view of the town itself two days later. German prisoners of war at a camp at Souilly on 14th October building new huts for themselves. The headquarters of II Corps at Saint Quentin, German prisoners passing through the town, and damage to the cathedral, 14-15th October. Headquarters of 5th Division at Bois de Tuileries-en-Fayel Farm (between Cuisy and Montfaucon), where Sergeant W B Prince of the G2 (Intelligence) Branch plots the line of advance, and Private M J Goldstein passes a note to Captain H B Payne. The divisional commander poses with his staff, left to right Lieutenant R W Kingman, Major-General John McMahon, Lieutenant L E Devereaux, and Colonel C A Trott. General John J Pershing and Major-General Hines, the commander of III Corps, leave after a conference with McMahon. The camp of 78th Division in the River Aire valley at Apremont on 15th October, where 'F' Battery, 307th Field Artillery, practises signals. The water-supply depot of 304th Engineers, 79th Division, at Vaux-les-Palameix (which is in ruins) on 16th October. 304th Engineers at Saint-Remy on 17th October demolishes damaged buildings for road-fill.
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- Colour: B&W
- Digitised: Yes
- Object_Number: IWM 501-1
- Sound: Silent
- Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 501-1)
- Featured Period: 1914-1918
- Production Date: 1919
- Production Country: United States of America
- Production Details: United States Army General Staff, Historical Branch, War Plans Division (Production sponsor) US Signal Corps (Production company)
- Personalities, Units and Organisations: Prince, W B (person) Goldstein, M J (person) Payne, H B (person) Kingman, R W (person) McMahon, John (person) Devereaux, L E (person) Trott, C A (person) Pershing, John Joseph (person) Hines, J L (person) United States Army & American Expeditionary Force (regiment/service) United States Army & Corps 2 (regiment/service) United States Army & Div 5 (regiment/service) United States Army & Corps 3 (regiment/service) United States Army & Div 78 & Field Artillery Regt 307, F Bty (regiment/service) United States Army & Div 79 & Engineer Regt 304 (regiment/service)
- Keywords: buildings, French - commercial: railway station (object name) prisoners of war, German - custody (object name) prisoners of war, German - movement (object name) buildings, United States - military: headquarters (II Corps) (object name) buildings, French - religious: cathedral & [damaged] (object name) buildings, United States - military: headquarters (5th Division) (object name) strategy, United States (object name) training, United States military - specialist: signals (object name) communications, United States military - direct (object name) destruction, French military - area: artillery bombardment (object name) demolition, United States - safety (object name) 01/3(4-15).9 (event) Chatel-Chehery, Ardennes, France (geography) Souilly, Meuse, France (geography) Saint-Quentin, Aisne, France (geography) Bois de Tuileries-en-Fayel Farm, Montfaucon, Aisne, France (geography) Aire (River), France (geography) Apremont, Meuse, France (geography) Vaux-les-Palameix, Meuse, France (geography) Saint-Rémy-de-Plans, France (geography) camera (concept)
- Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: English Subtitle language: English
- Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 978 ft; Running time: 16 mins
- HD Media:Yes
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