ANNALES DE LA GUERRE 14 [Main Title]


  • Title: ANNALES DE LA GUERRE 14 [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 508-14
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  • Summary: I. French newsreel item on re-occupied Alsace, Western Front, June 1917. II. French newsreel item of the honouring of the Greek provisional government in Salonika, June 1917. III. General Pétain decorates the standards of various units and some officers, including one from the Air Corps, Western Front, June 1917. IV. French soldiers in the line at Laffaux, north-east of Soissons, explore a captured German command post and take rations up to the front lines, Western Front, June 1917. V. French newsreel item on General Pershing's visit to Paris, 14th June 1917.
  • Description: A view of the plain of Mulhouse from the town of Thann. The town is attractive and shows no signs of war. A young lady wearing traditional Alsatian costume holds an American flag in honour of the US entry into the war. The ceremony is held in the square beside the Church of Saint Sophia. French and Greek troops form a guard of honour round the square while civilians watch. Prime Minister Venizelos arrives with General Danglis and Admiral Condouriotis to general acclaim. Their departure at the end of the ceremony is then shown. Pershing begins his tour, escorted by various French military officials, at Les Invalides. He goes on to visit Napoleon's Tomb and see displays of captured enemy standards at the Musée de l'Armée. At Le Bourget airfield he meets the military governor of Paris, General Dubail, and they watch aircraft stunt flying above the airfield. Pershing talks to the pilots and meets a 14 year old refugee from Arras who has been adopted by them.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 508-14)
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1917-06-15
  • Production Country: France
  • Production Details: Section Cinématographique de l'Armée Française (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Venizelos, Eleftherios (person) Danglis (General) (person) Condouriotis (Admiral) (person) Pétain, Philippe (person) Pershing, John Joseph (person) Dubail, Augustin Y H (person) Hellenic Army (regiment/service) French Army (regiment/service) French Army (regiment/service) French Army, Air Corps (regiment/service) French Army (regiment/service) French Army, Air Corps (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: society, French - friendship (object name) arts, United States military - heraldry: flag (Stars and Stripes) (object name) society, French - fashion (object name) ceremonies, Greek - event-related: honour (provisional government, Salonika) (object name) buildings, Greek - religious: church (object name) ceremonies, French - event-related: investiture (object name) defences, German - emplacement: [captured] (object name) society, French military - sustenance (object name) destruction, French military - area: artillery bombardment (object name) delegations, United States international - military (object name) spoils, French (object name) refugees, French - settlement (object name) 31/3(44) (event) First World War, Salonika Front & 6/1917 (event) 01/3(4-15).7 (event) 01/3(4-15).7 (event) 31/3(44) (event) Thann, Haut-Rhin, France (geography) Greece & Salonika, Macedonia (geography) France (geography) Laffaux, Aisne, France (geography) Le Bourget, Paris, Département de Ville de Paris, France (geography) Les Invalides, Paris, Département de Ville de Paris, France (geography) Children (concept)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: French Subtitle language: French
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 473 ft; Running time: 8 mins
  • Notes: Production etc: see Notes to IWM 508-10 Technical: issue IWM 508-14 is held with issue IWM 508-15 on one reel 929 feet long
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