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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Documentary Films. 1914 - 1944. THE 89TH DIVISION [WORLD WAR I]

Title: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Documentary Films. 1914 - 1944. THE 89TH DIVISION [WORLD WAR I]

Reel 1, ambulances bring gas victims to Royaumeix, Fr. POW's are driven to the rear. Salvation Army women make doughnuts at Lucey. Spanish officers inspect div. hq. Gens. Shipton and Winn greet Span. Gen. Monteverdi. Ger. artillery hits an ammunition dump. 356th Inf. troops, including Gens. Winn and Dickman, attend a band concert at Lucey. Reel 2, Pershing and Wright inspect the Lucey hq. Bread is unloaded and carried into a warehouse. Shows devastated ammunition dump. 40th Engrs. cut foliage for camouflage. The 356th demonstrates machine gun tactics. A prison pen is built at Menil-la Tour. Shows maps of the St. Mihiel sector; captured dugouts near Flirey; troops feeding Fr. refugees; and 355th Inf. men resting. Reel 3 shows hqs. at Euvezin and Montzeville; supply trains in Esnes; a captured artillery position near Montfaucon: 315th Engrs. repairing a road; a burning ammunition dump; wounded receiving aid; supplies being unloaded at the Cierges railhead; 340th F.A. guns firing; Gens. Wright, Winn, and Todd at Tailly; and views of Tailly, Beauclair, and Nouart. Reel 4, 314th Engrs. repair railroad shops and a bridge at Nouart; Gen. Summerall observes the work. Summerall commends 353rd Inf. troops. Shows the town square of Stenay; a Nouart hospital; supply trains at Essey; the 341st Machine Gun Ba. entering Messancy, Belg.; the 314th Field Signal Bn. in Arlon; 354th Inf. men crossing into Luxemburg; Winn decorating the 314th at Nattenheim, Ger.; Pershing and Winn at Kyllburg; and Pershing decorating troops at Chaumont. Reel 5, Pershing congratulates Congressional Medal winners. Shows a football game at Wittlich, Ger. Gens. Barnhardt and Winn watch horse contests at Treves. Pershing inspects, decorates, and reviews the 354th. Reel 6 shows football games at Paris and Coblenz; Gens. Haan, Martin, and Winn at a horse show; Pershing decorating troops; and Sec. Baker, Prince Leopold, and Pershing and Harbord reviewing thedivision. Gen. Winn decorates and reviews 89th at Trier. Troops board lighters at Brest.

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