Brest Railroads - WWI - Guerre 1914

RAILROADS ACTIVITIES

Brest

French switch engine taking crated American aeroplanes to the assembling field,

Brest, France May 27, 1918

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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111

Unloading 1 or 36 complete Baldwin engines from the USS Firmore, Brest France 10-2-18 NARA111-SC-030964-ac image

Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111

US National Archives

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

Other Title(s): Historical Film, No. 1341

Sound Type: Silent Scope & Content:

A cargo of flour is unloaded at Brest in 1918 from the freighter West Bridge.
Shows torpedo holes in the ship.
129th Inf. and Negro labor troops unload clothing and food from the freighters Zeelandia, Pocahontas, Wilhelmina, and Kurch onto lighters.
Shows materiel piled on the dock by huge cranes.
Locomotives and tenders are derricked ashore from the Firmore.
The labor crews eat.

Contact(s): National Archives at College Park

Motion Pictures (RDSM), National Archives at College Park, 8601

Adelphi Road College Park, MD 20740-6001

National Archives Identifier: 24844 Local Identifier: 111-H-1341

Originally built to be an Ore boat but leased by the Navy for as a transport ship.

A Signal Corps motion picture shows the Firmore at the port at Brest, France and the unloading locomotives, rails and

other supplies.

Firmore is shown at 8:30 minutes into the film clip

USS Firmore bringing supplies from America, Brest France Oct. 29, 1918

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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111