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.
Reunion of families after war. In the middle stand Tomeš, Janda and Bárta in uniforms of volunteers. Women sit behind and sons talk with fathers.
Volunteer Bárta (laborer) encounters his wife.
Volunteer Janda (smith) in Italian uniform encounters his family after the end of the war.
Janda´s son in the apron and volunteer Janda in Italian uniform.
From the left: Volunteer Bárta in French uniform, volunteer Janda in Italian uniform.
Tomeš encounters his wife and son after the return from the war. Tomeš hugs his son. His wife stands nearby and smiles at Janda and Bárta.
From the left: Tomeš (Russian uniform), Bárta (French uniform) and Janda (Italian uniform). Volunteers rest during their coming home.
From the left: Tomeš (Russian uniform), Bárta (French uniform) and Janda (Italian uniform).