Americans fight in World War I

Americans fight in World War I 

Miscellaneous Film 50 / Signal Corps / U.S. Army. Reel 4. 01:27:12"Behind the lines long range guns swell the storm of destructio" 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, 191" Men set off weapons, CUs. 01:30:24"The tanks advance to do their bi" Views of tanks moving in the fields with soldiers nearby, smoke. 01:32:27"Shelling an ammunition dum" Weapons fire. 01:33:04"Every man on his toes - amid the roar of guns and whine of shell" Loading artillery, ruins in BG. 01:33:51"A flock of aeroplanes getting ready for a trip over the line" LS, planes lined up in airfield. 01:34:13"This is how bombs are attached to an aeroplan" 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 Roosevel" Bi-planes in flight. 01:36:09"Captain Eddie Rickenbacker American 'Ace of Aces' over the lines - looking for a scra" View of Eddie from inside his plane. 01:36:24"Bombing the German line" Planes overhead, dropping bombs, smoke in fields. 01:37:03"As night descends - the gloom is pierced by signal rocket" Firebombs at night, dropping from the sky.