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WWI - The St. Mihiel Drive, 1918 Historic HD Footage

True HD Direct Film Transfers - NO UPCONVERSIONS! http://www.buyoutfootage.com/pages/ti... The Battle of Saint-Mihiel was a major battle of World War I against the German Army, involving the American Expeditionary Force AEF and 110,000 French troops under the command of General John J. Blackjack Pershing... WWI - The Saint-Mihiel Drive 1918 The Battle of Saint-Mihiel, a major World War I battle fought September 12-15, 1918 involving the American Expeditionary Force AEF and 110,000 French troops under the command of U.S. General John J. Pershing against German positions in France. The U.S. Army Air Service which later became the U.S. Air Force played a significant role in this action. 00:22 General John J. Blackjack Pershing's steadfast purpose was an American army under American command. Orders for the first American army. General Pershing poses in his office. Trucks and troops move up a road in France. 01:05 The Saint-Mihiel salient had for four years threatened the rear of Verdun. Montsec Hill in the distance that commands a view of the Woevre Plain and used by German forces as an strong point and for observation. 01:30 On September 12th the battle opened with our artillery firing a million shells in four hours into the German positions. Soldiers loading and firing artillery. Wire-cutting patrols opening the way for infantry soldiers to advance. Accompanied by small tanks, the Infantry of the First and Fourth Corps advanced. The infantry of the Fifth Corps commenced its advance at 8am. Airco DH-4 airplanes lined up on a field preparing to take off. DH-4 planes in dogfight aerial combat with German planes. A plane falling from the sky, soldiers looking at the wreckage of a plane on the ground. 04:18 Artillery is moved up, placed in position, loaded, and fired. Infantry crosses captured trenches. Refugees are fed and prisoners are herded to the rear. Soldiers crossing recently captured trenches. Bodies of dead German soldiers. Wounded American and French soldiers are carried to the rear. A Combat Medic tending a wounded soldier. 06:01 Cartoon caption depicting a soldier looking forward to the Base Hospital, cut to a smiling, wounded soldier laying on a stretcher smoking a cigarette. 06:11 September 13, 1918. Animated map pinching out the salient. Soldiers bring up machine guns. Shows a machine position. Wooden sign with Hindenburg Str crossed out and Washington St Subway added. Captured German fortifications. A captured German messenger dog the soldiers nick named Dot-and-Dash-Hund. 07:28 American soldiers interacting with French civilians, including children, and feeding French villagers. Portion of the 16,000 German POWS prisoners of war captured during the Battle of Saint-Mihiel. Please visit our website for more historic archival film titles. http://www.buyoutfootage.com/pages/pd... Buyout Footage is a leading supplier of public domain and royalty free stock footage for filmmakers, broadcasters, advertising agencies, multi-media and production companies worldwide. Historical Archival Stock Footage in True HD.