| Accession Number | F00169 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Film |
| Measurement | 53 min 49 sec |
| Object type | Documentary |
| Physical description | 16mm/b&w/silent |
| Maker |
United States Army Signal Corps |
| Place made | France: Lorraine, Meuse, France: Paris, France: Picardie, Aisne, Belleau Wood, France: Picardie, Aisne, Soissons |
| Date made | April 1917-November 1918 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
America goes over
Description
Introduction reads: 'Official film of the Corps of Signals taken under action and service conditions in France. Especially released by the War Department to the Eastman Kodak Company for the 2nd American Expeditionary Force. The first officially released picture record of our part in the World War compiled by military experts. Every picture is genuine considering that these pictures were taken under fire with fatalities to cameramen the results are remarkable.'
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Conflicts
Events
Subjects
- 18 Pounder guns
- 37 mm guns
- 75 mm guns
- Aircraft crashes and wrecks
- Anti aircraft
- Award investitures
- Balloons
- Battleships
- Bayonet practice
- Belgians
- British tanks (WW1 period)
- Bunkers
- Cartoons and caricatures
- Casualty movement
- Chattelerault machine guns
- Civilians
- Conscription
- Depth charges
- Destroyers
- Disembarkation
- Documentary
- Dogs
- Embarkation
- Explosions and bursts
- Female impersonator
- Flak
- Flamethrowers
- French
- French tanks (WW1 period)
- German aircraft (WW1 period)
- Germans
- Horses
- Hotchkiss guns
- Howitzers
- Mascots
- Mess duties
- Mules
- Naval operations
- Parades
- Physical training
- Politicians
- Pontoon bridges
- Prisoners of war
- Railway trains
- River crossing
- Road construction
- Royal visits
- Shipbuilding
- Sopwith Camel
- Submarines
- Torpedoing
- Trenches
- Trucks
- Vickers guns
- Victory celebrations
- Wagons
- Weapons production
- Wrecked buildings
- de Havilland aircraft (WW1 period)