This video shows Indo-Chinese troops debarking at a French port, guarding a munitions plant, repairing a French railroad, playing native games, and staging a ceremonial play. It also shows Senegalese troops engaging in bayonet and hand grenade drills, performing native dances, and stringing barbed wire at the front in France.
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in our main National Archives online catalog.This primary source comes from the Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985.
National Archives Identifier:
24658Full Citation: Motion Picture 111-H-1153; French Colonial Troops in the War [1914-1918]; 1918; Historical Films, ca. 1914 - ca. 1936; Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985, Record Group 111; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/french-colonial-troops-war, April 19, 2024]