"Engineer Corps: Camouflage"
1918-1919
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This silent film, compiled in 1936, shows the use of camouflage by the
American Expeditionary Forces (A.E.F.) during World War I in footage from 1918-1919. Scenes include:
American Expeditionary Forces (A.E.F.) during World War I in footage from 1918-1919. Scenes include:
- French women painting burlap to be used for camouflage, splicing sections of burlap, and tying simulated leaves onto burlap screens
- A sculptor working on a bust in the Camouflage Plant
- A periscope observation post camouflaged as a tree stump
- A scene in the trenches near Dijon, France, in which German soldiers searching the bodies of dead Americans are killed from a concealed trap door
- A camouflaged and heavily defended knoll with concealed observation and rifle posts, and a machine gun emplacement trap door
- Dummy heads used for locating enemy snipers
- A German on reconnaissance captured by camouflaged men
- A shell hole used as an entrance to an observation post
- And camouflaged scouts near Clamecy, Nièvre, France
This primary source comes from the Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer.
National Archives Identifier: 25025
Full Citation: Motion Picture 111-H-1525; Engineer Corps: Camouflage (A. E. F.) [1918]; 1918-1919; Historical Film No. 1525; Historical Films, ca. 1914 - ca. 1936; Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, Record Group 111; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/engineer-corps-camouflage, March 28, 2024]Rights: Copyright Not Evaluated Learn more on our privacy and legal page.