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Hit 2Control NumberNWDNM(m)-111-H-1271MediaMotion picture filmsDescr.
LevelItemRecord Group111SeriesHItem1271TitleYPRES-LYS OPERATION,
NOVEMBER 9-11, 1918, 37TH DIVISIONVariant TitleHistorical Film, No. 1271
Production Date1936Formatsilent, black & white.Creating Org.Signal Corps
Scope & ContentGerman prisoners, Belgian refugees, and wounded 37th Div.
troops cross a pontoon bridge over the Lys River at De Paling, Belgium.
Shows rubble in De Paling and Cruyshautem. Gen. C.S. Farnsworth and
French Gens. Hippolyte Penet and Jean Sicre pose.
Civilians receive U.S.
rations in Cruyshautem. 112th Engineers remove land mines at Olsene.
General NoteScript is available.ContributorsProduction Company or Unit,
Signal Corps. Revised versionSubject Ref.Army. 37th Inf. Div.;
Engineers,
Corps of. 112th Engineers; Farnsworth,
Charles Stewart, Gen.;
Penet, Hippolyte, Gen.; Sicre, Jean, Gen.; WWI--Civilian
relief--Belgium; WWI--Destruction and Pillage--Belgium; WWI--Mines and
mining; WWI--Prisoners of war, German; WWI--Refugees, BelgianItems1
motion picture title, 35mm, 8Accession Number596ContactMotion Picture,
Sound, and Video Branch (NWDNM), National Archives at College Park, 8601
Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001 PHONE: 301-713-7060 FAX:
301-713-6904
Hit 3Control NumberNWDNM(m)-111-H-1301MediaMotion picture filmsDescr.
LevelItemRecord Group111SeriesHItem1301TitleOCCUPATION OF BACCARAT
(LORRAINE) SECTOR, AUGUST, 1918, 37TH DIVISIONVariant TitleHistorical
Film, No. 1301Production Date1936Formatsilent, black & white.Creating
Org.Signal CorpsScope & ContentDefective ammunition is inspected and
then exploded at the 112th Ammunition Train dump at Baccarat. Munitions
trucks are loaded at the dump.
French officers, including Gen. Petain,
are greeted by Gen. Farnsworth at 37th Div. headquarters. Officers of
the 12th Light Railway Engineer Reg't pose. Shows baseball player
Charles E. ("Gabby") Street.General NoteScript is available.Contributors
Production Company or Unit, Signal Corps. Revised versionSubject Ref.
Army. 37th Infantry Division; Farnsworth, James Stewart, Gen.; Petain,
Henri Philippe, Gen.; Street, Charles E ("Gabby");
WWI--France--Baccarat; WWI--Materiel of warItems1 motion picture title,
35mm, 15 minutesAccession Number596ContactMotion Picture, Sound, and
Video Branch (NWDNM), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi
Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001 PHONE: 301-713-7060 FAX: 301-713-6904
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Hit 4Control NumberNWDNM(m)-111-H-1431MediaMotion picture filmsDescr.
LevelItemRecord Group111SeriesHItem1431TitlePOST ARMISTICE TRAINING,
37TH DIVISION [1918-1919]Variant TitleHistorical Film, No. 1431
Production Date1936Formatsilent, black & white.Creating Org.Signal Corps
Scope & ContentBelgian Gen. Bunheim decorates 37th Div. troops in the
town square of Esquelbecq, France.
Gens. Farnsworth and Bunheirn review
the division.
Gens. Pershing, Farnsworth, Read, Stanbery and Jackson
inspect, decorate, and review the division at Alencon. French Gen. Darde
decorates divisional officers with the Croix de Guerre.General Note
Script is available.ContributorsProduction Company or Unit, Signal
Corps. Revised versionSubject Ref.Army--37th Inf. Div.; Farnsworth,
James Stewart, Gen.; France; Jackson, William Payne, Gen.; Pershing,
John Joseph, Gen.; Read, George Windle, Gen.; Stanbery, Sanford B., Gen.
Items1 motion picture title, 35mm, 12 minutesAccession Number596Contact
Motion Picture, Sound, and Video Branch (NWDNM), National Archives at
College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001 PHONE:
301-713-7060 FAX: 301-713-6904
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Hit 5Control NumberNWDNM(m)-111-H-1448MediaMotion picture filmsDescr.
LevelItemRecord Group111SeriesHItem1448TitleACTIVITIES AND REVIEWS AT
HEADQUARTERS S.O.S., TOURS, FRANCE, 1918-1919Variant TitleHistorical
Film, No. 1448Production Date1936Formatsilent, black & white.Creating
Org.Signal CorpsScope & ContentReel 1, War Sec. Baker and Pershing
arrive at Tours. Baker and Gen. Harbord inspect German prisoners. Shows
Julius Rosenwald and
Gen. Fries. Harbord reviews Fr. cavalry and is
decorated with Gens. Farnsworth and Johnston.
Petain decorates Gens.
Russel and Connor. Brit. Gen. Henderson decorates Gens. Harbord, Harts,
Jadwin, Langfitt, Connor, Rockenbach, Simonds, McCaw, Atterbury, Dawes,
and McCoy. Reel 2, Pershing inspects buildings at Tours; addresses
officers; decorates Gens. Kernan, Rogers, et al.; reviews the 11th
Marine Reg't. Shows Harbord and Gen. McAndrew at a Mem. Day ceremony.
General NoteScript is available.ContributorsProduction Company or Unit,
Signal Corps. Revised versionSubject Ref.Atterbury, William Wallace,
Gen.; Baker, Newton Diehl; Cemeteries--France; Connor, William Durward,
Gen.; Dawes, Charles Gates;
Farnsworth, James Stewart, Gen.;
France--Army--Cavalry; Fries, Amos Alfred, Gen.; Harbord, James Guthrie,
Gen.; Harts, William Wright, Gen.; Henderson, David, Gen.; Jadwin,
Edgar, Gen.; Johnston, William Hartshorne, Gen.; Kernan, Francis Joseph,
Gen.; Langfitt, William Campbell, Gen.; McAndrew, James William, Gen.;
McCaw, Walter Drew, Gen.; McCoy, Frank Ross, Gen.; Memorial Service;
Parades--Tours(France); Pershing, John Joseph, Gen.; Petain, Henri
Philippe, Gen.; Rockenbach, Samuel Dickerson, Gen.; Rogers, Harry
Lovejoy, Gen.; Rosenwald, Julius; Russell, Edgar, Gen.; Simonds, George
Sherwin, Gen.; WWI--Children in France; WWI--France--ToursItems1 motion
picture title, 35mm, 26 minutes
Item37TitleTHE 37TH DIVISION [WORLD WAR ILVariant TitleMisc. film, no.
37Variant TitleMisc.film. no. 37Production Date1932Formatsilent, black &
white.Creating Org.Signal CorpsScope & ContentReel 1, supply trains pass
through Baccarat. Ammunition trucks are loaded at a dump. Railroad rails
are loaded on flat cars. Railroad facilities are inspected; locomotives
pass along the right-of-way. Prisoners are returned to Luneville.
Officers of the 12th Light Railway Engrs. pose. Reel 2, locomotives are
repaired at Gelacourt. Shows rail laying. Gen. Petain and other Fr.
officers are greeted by Gen. Farnsworth at Baccarat. Carrier pigeons are
released. Reel 3, pigeons arrive at trenches near Bertrichamps; wounded
birds are examined. Farnsworth poses. Troops occupy rubbled Avocourt.
Fr. tanks go into the lines. Ger. POW's carry wounded to an aid station.
136th F.A. guns bombard lines at Atton. Prisoners, wounded, and 112th
Engrs. cross into De Paling, Belg. Reel 4, 112th Engrs. repair a bridge
at Olsene. Fr. Gens. Hippolyte Penet and Jean Sicre and Gen. Farnsworth
inspect rubbled Cruyshautem. Refugees are fed. King Albert, Queen
Elizabeth, and the Crown Prince return to Brussels. Belg. officers
decorate the 37th at Esquelbecq, Fr. Pershing, Farnsworth, Jackson, and
Read review troops at Alencon. Reel 5, the 37th passes in review. Fr.
officers decorate troops at Balloon. Farnsworth, Jackson, and Stanbery
review the division. Troops receive Belg. decorations at Tours. Fr. Adm
Moreau and Gen. Helmick congratulate Farnsworth at Brest.General Note
Script is available.ContributorsProduction Company or Unit, Signal
Corps. RevisedSubject Ref.Albert I, King of Belgium; Army. 37th Inf.
Div.; Army. 37th Inf. Div. 136th Field Art. Regt.; Elizabeth, Queen of
Belgium; Engineers, Corps of. 12th Light Railway Engrs.; Engineers,
Corps of. 112th Engrs.; Farnsworth, James Stewart, Gen.;
France--Army--Tanks; Helmick, Evi Alva, Gen.; Pigeons; Jackson, William
Payne, Gen.; Leopold III, King of Belgium; Locomotives--Maintenance and
repair; Penet, Hippolyte, Gen.; Pershing John Joseph, Gen.; Petain,
Henri Philippe, Gen.; Read, George Windle, Gen.; Sicre, Jean, Gen.;
Stanbery, Sanford B., Gen.; WWI--Belgium; WWI--Campaigns--Fr.;
WWI--Civilian relief--Belgium; WWI--Destruction and
pillage--Belgium--Cruyshautem; WWI--Engineering and
construction--France; WWI--Medical and sanitary affairs; WWI--Prisoners
of war, German; WWI--Railroads--France; WWI--Transportation,
Military--FranceItems1 motion picture title, 35mm, 74Accession Number
1361ContactMotion Picture, Sound, and Video Branch (NWDNM), National
Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001
PHONE: 301-713-7060 FAX: 301-713-6904
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Hit 8Control NumberNWDNM(m)-111-M-91MediaMotion picture filmsDescr.
LevelItemRecord Group111SeriesMItem91TitleTHE 91ST DIVISION [WORLD WAR
I]Variant TitleMisc.film, no.91Variant TitleMisc. film, no. 91Production
Date1921?Formatsilent, black & white.Creating Org.Signal CorpsScope &
ContentReel 1, the 316th Field Signal Bn. operates a switchboard at
Mandres, Fr. Shows Gen. Foltz; troops billeted at Mandres and Montigny;
Gens. Johnston and Foltz conferring; 362nd Inf. troops moving up near
Dammartin; and Pershing talking to Johnston. Reel 2, POWs are escorted
to the rear near Recicourt. Johnston watches a skirmish. 364th Inf.
troops rest in reserve. Wounded are unloaded at Souilly. Shows captured
defensive positions and abandoned equipment. Johnston attends a band
concert in Iseghem, Belg. Waereghem is liberated. 316th Engrs. repair
railroad track. Reel 3, the engrs. remove demolitions from a trestle and
repair a bridge. Soldiers dig up household effects for Belgian women.
316th Engrs. build a bridge at Audenarde. Belgians receive bread.
Pershing, Read, Johnston, and McDonald decorate the division. Reel 4
also shows ceremonies. The div. passes in review. Thermite and
phosphorus shells are demonstrated at Belleme, Fr. Troops board the
transport Mongolia at St. Nazaire. Belgian officers decorate Gens.
Farnsworth, Johnston, and Harbord at Tours. Johnston decorates the
divisions colors at Nogent. Reel 5, Johnston addresses the troops.
Casuals and wounded board the transport Siboney; 361st Inf. units, the
Mexican; 362nd inf., the Luckenbach; and casuals, including Gen.
Johnston, the Calamares. Accession 1361General NoteScript is available.
ContributorsProduction Company or Unit, Signal CorpsSubject Ref.Army.
91st Inf.Div. 361st Regt; Army. 91st Inf.Div. 36nd Regt; Army. 91st
Inf.Div. 364th Regt; Chemical Warfare; Engineers,Corp of. 310th Engrs.;
Farnsworth,James Stewart,Gen.; Foltz,Frederick Steenman; Harbord, James
Guthrie, Gen.; Johnston, William Hartshorne, Gen.; Mcdonald, Robert
Bacon,Gen.; Pershing, John Joseph,Gen.; Read, George Windle, Gen.;
Signal Corps. 316th Field Signal Batt.; Transports; Belgium;
WWI--Campaigns France; WWI--Civilian Relief Belgium; WWI--Communication;
WWI--Engineering and construction--Belgium; WWI-Medical and sanitary
affairs; WWI--Prisoners of War, GermanItems1 motion picture title, 35mm,
73ContactMotion Picture, Sound, and Video Branch (NWDNM), National
Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001
PHONE: 301-713-7060 FAX: 301-713-6904
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Hit 9Control NumberNWDNM(m)-111-M-398MediaMotion picture filmsDescr.
LevelItemRecord Group111SeriesMItem398TitleNATIONAL MATCHES AND
INTERNATIONAL MATCHESVariant TitleSignal Corps - Misc. film no. 398
Variant TitleMisc. film, no. 398Production Date1923Formatsilent, black &
white.Creating Org.Signal CorpsScope & ContentOn the rifle matches held
at Camp Perry, Ohio, in 1923. The Thompson and Geraud automotic rifles
are demonstrated. Gen. Farnsworth and Asst. Sec. of War Dwight Davis
confer. Davis confers with Gen. Phillips of the Nat'l Rifle Assoc.
Signal Corps officers explain the rifle range communication system to
Senator Brookhart. Shows Army and Marine Corps teams on the firing line.
Targets are marked and pasted in the pits. Davis awards decorations to
the winning Marine team. The shooters depart from the camp.General Note
Title sheet is available.ContributorsProduction Company or Unit, Signal
CorpsSubject Ref.Brookhart,Smith W.; Davis, Dwight Filley; Farnsworth,
James Stewart, Gen.; Marine Corps; Military posts--Camp Perry (Ohio);
shooting contestsItems1 motion picture title, 35mm, 14 minutesAccession
Number1361ContactMotion Picture, Sound, and Video Branch (NWDNM),
National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD
20740-6001 PHONE: 301-713-7060 FAX: 301-713-6904
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Hit 10Control NumberNWDNM(m)-200-MN-40.78MediaMotion picture filmsDescr.
LevelItemRecord Group200CollectionMNItem40.78TitleMovietone News, Vol.
40, No. 78ProductionSeriesMovietone NewsCopyright Date1957Formatsound,
black & white.Scope & ContentPart 1, Ger. Pres. Heuss, Chancellor
Adenauer, Erich Ollenhauer, and others cast their ballots in a
parliamentary election. Part 2, Polish leader Gomulka dances at a Warsaw
festival. Shows collapsed houses in Farnsworth, Eng. A Vienna couple
celebrate their seventieth wedding anniversary. Part 3, a whale is
harpooned and whale blubber is processed in a New South Wales plant.
Part 4, Air Force officers compete in a golf tournament in Brookline,
Mass. Shows pointers (dogs) at work in Australia. Part 5, singer Pat
Boone urges Americans to buy U.S. bonds.ContributorsProduction Company
or Unit, Twentieth Century-Fox.Subject Ref.Adenauer, Konrad; Army Air
Forces--Sports; Australia--New South Wales; Austria--Vienna; Boone, Pat;
Defense Bonds; Elections--Germany (Federal Republic, 1949- );
Festivals--Poland; Golf; Gomulka, Wladyslaw; Gt. Brit.--Farnsworth;
Heuss, Theodor; Mass.--Brookline; Ollenhauer, Erich; Pointers (Dogs);
Poland--Warsaw; Whaling--Australia
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