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WWI - 42nd Infantry Division In France - Bourmont Training Area
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Synopsis: The 42nd Infantry Rainbow Division of the American Expeditionary Force AEF in the Bourmont Training Area of France...(read more)
- Date: 1918
- Duration: 00:07:58
- Sound: No
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: France
WWI - 42nd Infantry Division In France - Bourmont Training Area
The 42nd Div, known as the “Rainbow Division” of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF), in The Bourmont Training Area of France August 16-28, 1918.
Shot List:
00:00:01;15
Shows panoramic views of the 42nd Division headquarters near Bourmont
00:01:07;06
Shows the 33rd Engineers of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) digging a well using an early well drilling machine; shows vintage well drilling rig. Shows an early print shop and printing press. Shows a vintage printing press in operation
00:01:35;17
166th Infantry troops, including baseball player Henry "Hank" Gowdy, playing baseball in Sommercourt, France
00:01:57;22
American Expeditionary Force (AEF) in WWI France. Shows the 117th Engineers returning from maneuvers to Brainville, France. Shows machine gun drill. 167th Infantry troops receiving clothing
00:03:01;06
A wire-laying contest between 117th Field Signal Bn. men at Chatenois, France. Shows a radio aerial strung from a church to radio room
00:05:00;11
General John Blackjack Pershing and General Michael J. Lenihan decorating 84th Brigade troops, including Brigadier General Douglas MacArthur, at Bagneux, France. The brigade passes in review
