Reel America: Reel America: Silent WWI Films Commentary Historian Mitchell Yockelson and French World War I battlefield guide Guillaume Moizan provide commentary for several silent U.S. Army and French films from 1917-1918.
Historian Mitchell Yockelson and French World War I battlefield guide Guillaume Moizan provided commentary for silent U.S. Army Signal Corps films from 1918. Restored by the National Archives, the film shows activity related to battles in the spring and early summer of 1918 when American and French forces stopped a German offensive northeast of Paris.
Historian Mitchell Yockelson and French World War I battlefield guide Guillaume Moizan provided commentary for several silent U.S. Army Signal Corps films recorded shortly after the end of World War I. Restored by the National Archives, these films document the work of the Graves Registration Service, which moved the remains of fallen U.S. soldiers from temporary graves to ships for transport back home, or to newly constructed American cemeteries in France near the battlefields. Also shown is a silent 1955 film documenting the dedication of…
Historian Mitchell Yockelson and French World War I scholar Guillaume Moizan provided commentary for several silent U.S. Army films documenting the September 26 to November 11, 1918 American offensive that culminated in the Armistice ending the Great War.
Historian Mitchell Yockelson and French World War I expert Guillaume Moizan provided commentary for a silent French film dedicated to the U.S. forces that joined the Allies in 1917.
Historian Mitchell Yockelson and French World War I expert Guillaume Moizan provided commentary for a silent U.S. Army film documenting a September 1918 American offensive.
