THE 33RD DIVISION [WORLD WAR I]

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THE 33RD DIVISION [WORLD WAR I] Produced: 1921

Description Reel 1, 129th Inf. troops debark at Brest, Fr. Shows Gens. Bell and Wolf. 132nd Inf. troops march from the docks. Gen. Bell bids goodby to Brit. Gen. Haig at Molliens. King George V and Gens. Pershing, Bliss, Bell, and Holman decorate troops at Molliens. Wounded are carried from a train to an aid station. Shows an encampment in Tronville and street scenes at Salmagne. Soldiers talk to French children. Gen. Bell inspects barracks at Tronvllle. Reel 2, field telephones are tested. Gens. E.L. King and Bell view 129th Inf. maneuvers. Messages are transmitted from a 108th Field Signal Bn. telegraph station. Shows artillery-laden barges in the Rhine-Marne Canal; donkey carts carrying water; a band concert in Montzeville; a destroyed Ger. 15-inch gun; and supply trains in Bethincourt. 108th Engrs. build plank roads into the battle area. Reel 3, the Engrs. camouflage and repair roads near Forges. Shows supply dumps at Mouilly and activities at the division railhead at Rattentout. Clothes are sorted; hot food is hauled to the front lines; stone bridges are repaired at St. Hilaire. Pershing decorates troops with the Medal of Honor. Fr. Adm. Moreau inspects and decorates troops at Brest. Shows Gens. Wolf, King, and Bell conversing.

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