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WWI - 2nd Infantry Division In France - Training With French 2nd Army
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keywords: wwi, france, bourmont training area, american expeditionary force, aef, 2nd infantry division, indian head division
Synopsis: A composite of Army and Marine units of the American Expeditionary Force AEF form the 2nd Infantry Indian Head Division and spent the winter of 1917-1918 training under the supervision of French veterans at the Bourmont training area...(read more)
- Date: 1917-1918
- Duration: 00:07:47
- Sound: No
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: France
WWI - 2nd Infantry Division In France - Training With French 2nd Army
The 2nd Infantry Division, known as the “Indian Head” Division, was organized October 26, 1917 at Bourmont, Haute Marne, France. At the time of its activation, the 2nd Division was composed of existing Army and Marine units of the A.E.F. (American Expeditionary Forces) which included the 4th Marine Brigade, 5th Marine Regiment. The division spent the winter of 1917-1918 training with French veterans in the Bourmont training area.
Shot List:
00:00:02;04
U.S. troops in trenches during winter, ground in area covered with snow. Troops come out of bunker and walk across snow covered ground. A U.S. officer plays with a dog
00:00:48;08
U.S. troops come out of trenches with bayonets attached to rifles and move across snow covered ground to next trench. Solders use dummies hanging from a support and dummies on ground for bayonet practice
00:02:14;14
U.S. soldiers engage each other in bayonet practice
00:02:48;00
U.S. soldiers rush out of bunker into the trenches wearing or putting on gas masks. A.E.F troops moving along an open trench wearing gas masks
00:03:37;09
U.S. soldiers receive containers of hot food from a portable field kitchen
00:04:02;14
A French soldier stands nearby as the civilians pull white ribbons from an evergreen tree that is covered by decorative ribbons. An American Army soldier helps reach ribbons high in the tree to hand to civilians
00:04:50;11
U.S. troops learn how to erect effective barbed wire fences for defense. Officer checks the barbed wires and talks to the troops. The soldiers in prone position. U.S. soldiers practice advancing across a battlefield
00:06:02;10
U.S. soldiers in bunker entrance hastily puts on gas masks, attach bayonets, and move out. A soldier talks over a radio at a field switchboard attached to a tree while another soldier takes and give messages to dispatch riders. Brief image of dispatch rider on horseback. U.S. 5th Marine Regiment in France during World War I. U.S. troops stand and French General Joseph Joffre and U.S. General John Joseph Pershing are escorted by the U.S. and the French officers.
