Shots of the World War, 1917-1918

Title: Shots of the World War, 1917-1918

Creator(s): Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 9/18/1947-2/28/1964 (Most Recent)
Series: Documentary Films, ca. 1914 - ca. 1944
Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985

Date: ca. 1921
This film is silent.

Scope & Content:
Reel 1 shows freighters sinking after a U-boat attack; Pres. Wilson at his desk and in the U.S. Congress declaring war on Germany; recruits arriving at a reception center and drilling; 29th Div. maneuvers and a review at Camp McClellan; Gen. Pershing aboard the transport Baltic; 1st Div. troops boarding the liner Leviathan at Newport News, Va.; depth charges being dropped from a destroyer in a convoy; Pershing conferring with Gen. Joffre; Fr. refugees clogging roads; 2nd Div. troops entering trenches and firing railroad guns; and 103rd Inf. troops attacking. Reel 2, a Ger. airplane crashes after setting an observation balloon afire 35th Div. artillery shells Sultzeren. Pershing views the battlefield. An artillery barrage is laid down and troops begin the St. Mihiel Offensive. Civilians welcome troops at Mont Sec. Troops advance under artillery support in the Meuse. Argonne sector. Eddie Rickenbacker enters an airplane and flies over Ger. lines. An ammunition dump explodes. Buzancy is shelled. Shows Armistice celebrations in New York and Paris; Pershing decorating troops; and the 42nd Div. passing in review.

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National Archives Identifier: 35459
Local Identifier: 111-M-51

National Archives Catalog: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/35459