Recruiting Campaign (1916-1918)

Recruiting Campaign. Location of events unknown - London? High angle shot as recruits march down street; military band behind them - British. Then American band; followed by American troops; w/ helmets; marching. USA flags. Soldiers stand in row facing camera; 3 in middle hold American flags. Next; General John J. Pershing and British Army & Navy officers; also man in top hat & glasses - politician? - walk out of building toward car & camera. CU Pershing and unidentified man in car. CU the British officers get into next car Cut to troops in training - about 6 British soldiers lie down on porch of cabin built on hillside and aim their rifles. CU same. LS targets in distance. US Army - cooking - food at the front - a mobile kitchen. Kitchen workers dressed in white overalls take down pots from wagon. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES.