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[Quentin Roosevelt]; Clemenceau and Foch, 1917-1919 /

[Quentin Roosevelt]; Clemenceau and Foch, 1917-1919 /

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Summary

Film appears to have been photographed in France during WWI. Medium close shot of Quentin Roosevelt with a small building in background; brief shot of French and American officers, including Lieutenant Edward V. Rickenbacker at immediate right, talking; view of a troop train moving through a European town as people line the tracks waving to soldiers. Final sequence is medium close panning shots, from left to right, of: John J. Pershing, commander in chief of American forces; André Tardieu, French diplomat; Premier Georges Clemenceau of France; Marshal Ferdinand Foch, commander in chief of French forces; an unidentified French officer; General Maxime Weygand, staff officer to Foch; and Major General James W. McAndrews, general chief of staff of American forces, posing as they leave a building.
Copyright: no reg.
Dates in title unverified.
Appearing: Quentin Roosevelt, Georges Clemenceau, Ferdinand Foch, John J. Pershing, Edward Rickenbacker, André Tardieu, Maxime Weygand, James W. McAndrews.
Duration: 0:59 at 16 fps.
Roosevelt Memorial Association numbers: RMA 311-06-03; RMA 311-06-04; RMA 311-06-05.
MAVIS 1203951; [Quentin Roosevelt] ; Clemenceau and Foch, 1917-1919.
Sources used: Pershing, John J. [Views and activities of military import, 1902-1921.] lot 7729, v. 3. P&P; P&P portrait file.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
National Park Service acquired from Roosevelt Memorial Association; RMA purchased from Signal Corps.; out of frame ca. 14-15 ft.
viewing print, dupe neg, masterpos; Received: May 1968 from USDA lab and Feb. 1976 from LC film lab; preservation; Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection.

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Date

01/01/1918
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Contributors

Roosevelt, Quentin, 1897-1918.
Clemenceau, Georges, 1841-1929.
Foch, Ferdinand, 1851-1929.
Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948.
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973.
Tardieu, André, 1876-1945.
Weygand, Maxime, 1867-1965.
McAndrews, James W.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
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Library of Congress
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