Meuse-Argonne Offensive, September 26 to November 11, 1918, Captured Materiel

(This film is silent)
National Archives Identifier: 24908
Local Identifier: 111-H-1406
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From: Series: Historical Films, ca. 1914 - ca. 1936
Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer
Other Title: Historical Film, No. 1406
Scope & Content: German howitzers, Krupp 88-mm guns, antiaircraft guns, and mortars are inspected. Demonstrates the operation of antipersonnel mines left by the retreating Germans. Shows rail yards at Harricourt. Track, railroad cars, and locomotives are examined. Ammunition dumps are inspected. 110th Field Signal Bn. men examine captured field telephone switchboards. 90th Div. troops drink captured mineral water at Aincreville. Shows a 140-mm gun. A 380-mm howitzer is disassembled and loaded on a flatcar.
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