In Blérancourt, a little town in Aisne where the Civil Security has been set up on the ruins of the chateau, American women raise the American flag. Mr. Fernand David, the Minister of Agriculture, an...
Jules-Louis Breton and the members of the Invention Department Studies and Technical Experiments Section attend flame-thrower tests in a field and in a trench.
A plane drops bombs from different altitudes to study the trajectory of the projectiles and calculate the freefall time.
After five years of war and hardship, young people need a distraction from the dreary atmosphere of the devastated villages. In Aisne, the reconstruction is slow. The American Committee decides to adv...
In front of Landricourt's temporary church, a crowd attends the baptism of a bell that will replace the one destroyed during WWI. The new bell was donated by the Poetry Society of America in memory of...
In June 1919 at the Mailly military camp, tanks carry out traction tests on rough terrain while Marshal Pétain looks on.
Lieutenant Lender and Paul Heldelberg present the "Piloteur" to the Invention Department's Technical Aeronautic Committee. Using this device, which is anchored to the ground, student pilots can learn...
In a field, soldiers, officers, civilians, and Jules-Louis Breton, members of the Invention Department Committee, study different types of machine guns designed to be fired at tanks.
Still from "Die einsame Insel"
Still from "Eugen Onegin"
Hella Moja, Claire Selo (from left to right)
Paul Kronegg, Traute Carlsen, Franz Herterich (from left to right)
Still from "Der Graf von Cagliostro"
Still from "Der Herzog von Reichstadt"
Hans Mierendorff
Still with Asta Nielsen