Summary: I. French newsreel item showing a Letord L4 or L5 bomber (described as an artillery spotter) being wheeled out by French and US officers and groundcrew, the crew preparing and the take-off, Western Front, September 1917.
III. French newsreel item of Prince Arthur of Connaught visiting French troops on various parts of the Western Front, September 1917.
Description: II. French newsreel item on German prisoners of war at Saint-Dizier, France, September 1917.
Some of the prisoners work in a wood cutting timber and piling up sticks. Others dig up stones for roadfill. The prisoners march back to their camp under escort. At the camp they work building a new barracks. One prisoner undergoes the routine camp medical examination. Other prisoners rest outdoors. One has his hair cut, others wash themselves or their clothes in a river. At mealtime they queue for soup, then rest and play cards.
The Prince decorates two men of a division in Alsace, following which the division marches past. Near the River Aisne he salutes the tattered standard of a battalion of Chasseurs and goes on to decorate one soldier. He then performs a similar ceremony at Noyon, decorating a soldier before watching a marchpast.
Production Details: Section Cinématographique de l'Armée Française (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Arthur of Connaught (HRH Prince) (person)
French Army, Air Corps (regiment/service)
United States Army & American Expeditionary Force (regiment/service)
United States Army & Army Air Corps (regiment/service)
French Army (regiment/service)
French Army (regiment/service)
French Army, [Chasseurs] (regiment/service)
Keywords: operations, French air - preparation (object name)
operations, French air - sortie (object name)
aircraft, French - combat: Letord L4 (?) (object name)
prisoners of war, German - custody: [+] (object name)
delegations, British international - military (object name)
ceremonies, French - event-related: investiture (object name)
ceremonies, British - event-related: investiture (object name)
01/3(4-15).7 (event)
31/3(44) (event)
01/3(4-15).7 (event)
France (geography)
Saint-Dizier, Haute-Marne, France (geography)
Alsace, France (geography)
Aisne (River), France (geography)
Noyon, Oise, France (geography)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Silent
Soundtrack language: None
Title language: None
Subtitle language: French
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 447 ft; Running time: 8 mins
