AMERICANS 1 [Main Title]

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  • Title: AMERICANS 1 [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 240
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  • Summary: General John J Pershing, Major-General Omar Bundy, and US forces on the Western Front, probably early 1918.
  • Description: Pershing addresses a group of US officers in the open. A supply column of US wagons moves along a road and rests in a field. Major-General Bundy, commanding US 2nd Division, comes out of his wooded local command post and enters his car.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 240)
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1918
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Pershing, John Joseph (person) Bundy, Omar (person) United States Army & American Expeditionary Force (regiment/service) United States Army & Div 2 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: 01/3(4-15) (event) France (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 150 ft; Running time: 3 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Title: this is taken from the shotsheet. Production: the AMERICANS series of films appears to be British official material taken of US forces, rather than US official material given to the British. Compare with US official material in the IWM 501 series, IWM 502 and IWM 503.
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    IWM 240

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