U.S. Army Activities in Italy During The World War, 1918-1919

Creator(s): Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 9/18/1947-2/28/1964 (Most Recent) Series: Historical Films, ca. 1914 - ca. 1936 Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985 Production Date: 1936 Sound type: Silent Scope & Content: Reel 1, Gen. C.G. Treat, Col. Wm. B. Wallace, and Ital. Gen. Garaldi detrain in Villafranca. The 332nd Inf. Reg’t arrives, gets Red Cross refreshments, parades, occupies billets, and is reviewed by King Victor Emmanuel, Treat, Amb. Page, and Wallace. The Prince of Wales visits Reg’t hdqrs. Reel 2, 332nd and Ital. troops practice with bombs and signal rockets. Officers watch a baseball game. Troops man trenches near Varago. Treat and Ital. officers visit trenches on the Piave front. Troops cross the Sile River and march through Treviso. Treat, Wallace, and Samuel Gompers inspect a camp. Gompers addresses the troops. Reel 3, machine gunners get rations from a rolling kitchen. Troops cross the Astico
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