Overview
- Description
- Miscellaneous Film 50 / Signal Corps / U.S. Army. Reel 4. 01:27:12 "Behind the lines long range guns swell the storm of destruction" US artillery in fields, troops, firing with camouflaged vehicles, smoke rising in the distance. More weapons firing, equipment. 01:29:30 "The famous 75's in action at Le Cotes de Forinent, September 27, 1918" Men set off weapons, CUs. 01:30:24 "The tanks advance to do their bit" Views of tanks moving in the fields with soldiers nearby, smoke. 01:32:27 "Shelling an ammunition dump" Weapons fire. 01:33:04 "Every man on his toes - amid the roar of guns and whine of shells" Loading artillery, ruins in BG. 01:33:51 "A flock of aeroplanes getting ready for a trip over the lines" LS, planes lined up in airfield. 01:34:13 "This is how bombs are attached to an aeroplane" MS, men affix weapons to a plane wing. 01:35:03 "They're off! A squadron of aeroplanes out for the battle led by Lt. Quentin Roosevelt" Bi-planes in flight. 01:36:09 "Captain Eddie Rickenbacker American 'Ace of Aces' over the lines - looking for a scrap" View of Eddie from inside his plane. 01:36:24 "Bombing the German lines" Planes overhead, dropping bombs, smoke in fields. 01:37:03 "As night descends - the gloom is pierced by signal rockets" Firebombs at night, dropping from the sky.
- Duration
- 00:10:37
- Date
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Event:
1914-1918
- Locale
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France
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
-
Producer:
United States. Army. Signal Corps.
Physical Details
- Language
- Silent
- Genre/Form
- Unedited.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Fair
- Time Code
- 01:26:59:00 to 01:37:36:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2915 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2915 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2915 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
Master 2915 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 2915 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2915 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2915 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2915 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large- User
User 2915 Video: DVD
User 2915 Video: DVD
User 2915 Video: DVD
User 2915 Video: DVD
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- Copyright
- Public Domain
- Conditions on Use
- To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this footage from the National Archives and Records Administration in June 2008 for use in the special exhibition, "State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda."
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 5464
Source Archive Number: 111 M 50 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:39:19
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