WWI Footage // Colorized & HD Restoration - Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 1918
Stunningly restored footage of American troops during the
Meuse-Argonne Offensive, September 26 to November 11, 1918. Scenes of 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Divisions.
SHOTS: Hay is unloaded at La Cheppe from railroad cars. 6th Marines march through Sommerance. The 4th Machine Gun Bn. eats breakfast, 3rd Div. troops move into Ippecourt. German shells burst in Nantillois. Gens. Hale, Brown, Richardson, and Sladen attend decoration ceremonies. 16th F. A. units pass through Cuisy and Malancourt. 58th and 77th F.A. units advance; the 77th F.A. fires guns. 39th and 58th Inf. troops advance under fire.
Source: catalog.archives.gov/id/24988
RESTORATION
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1. Removed dust, noise & flicker
2. Upscaled from 240p to 1080p
3. Colourised footage
4. Slowed footage to real-time
5. Increased frame-rate to 60fps
6. Added sound
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My grandfather was 19 years old and in this offensive. He was wounded on October 19,1918 and stayed in France till April 1919 recovering from his wounds. He became a watchmaker the only job that gave him the peace and quiet he needed. He passed away March 1970.
RIP+
He has my gratitude and my admiration
very brave man I bet your proud of him I would be may he rest in piece
@@ccrider3435 Thank you!
@@spokest Thank you!
Hard to believe this was over 100 years ago as I remember when many of these vets were my grandfathers age and still fairly vibrant when I was a small kid in the late 50s and early mid 60s.
my grandfather was in this battle, he was a machine gunner, was hit by sharpnel, went thru his left wrist. he survived and lived to be 87 years old. i asked him once what it was like to be in battle, he told me , if you have a rock as big as your fist ,you get behind it.
Grande Herói, parabéns.
😊
Good advice.
Thanks to all the veterans!
These men are heroes and very brave . It’s a shame what the world has become it’s not what they fought for very sad
My grandfather fought in this battle and lost his foot to artillery fire and stuck his leg in mud to stop the bleeding but in doing so had to have parts of his leg amputated eight time before he got back to the states from gangrene. He was my number one hero and I joined the military because of him.
Badass 👍🏽
Ele deve ter ficado desesperado, pois nesta guerra a lama estava contaminada. Grande Herói.
@@mastomasto6197 Sim, geralmente os ferimentos em alguns campos de batalha não saravam ou davam muito trabalho para sarar por conta da lama que os contaminava...Muito triste o destino de milhares de jovens que estavam ali matando quem não conheciam e morrendo por quem também não conheciam.
Savage i can imagine him all the while screaming in amger firing back and giving them hell for his foot
Wow
This footage is absolutely unbelievable. I kept hoping to catch a glimpse of my great grandfather. He died in the Argonne in September 1918.
The National Archeives KZhead channel has lots of clips from the Meuse-Argonne Offensive.
Well you caught a glimpse right
We have one month for Black History, one month for LGBTplus etc etc and we have one day in November to remember those who gave their everything. Sad
People forget. And that’s very dangerous.
And many blacks and LGBT gave everything-despite being treated as second-class citizens. The categories are hardly mutually exclusive. 🫡
@@sualehriyaz762 the authorities do, not the people.
How cursed is society these days.
Ah yes LGTV month
Absolutely incredible footages, I've never seen a reproduction like it. Hats off to you, sir.
AHC regularly runs Apocalypse WWI on tv. 5 episodes. There was a another 1 or 2 episodes of a second season I think too
It’s crazy to share a moment with people all the way from 1918. Feels like you’re right there with how well the video is restored
We haven't evolved much, evidence being Russia and Ukraine. The reasons dont matter, the suffering is the same.
You not seen They Shall Not Grow Old? Watch the trailer for it here, it will blow your mind if you think this is well restored, I mean it is but They Shall Not Grow Old was done by Peter Jackson with almost unlimited funds and unlimited computer power.
Hi all, I've gotten a few messages on my socials about the infamous bird chirping so I thought I'd quickly address it - audio/foley is not my profession at all, I just use it to add more depth to the video. Somehow while editing, the birds sounded much quieter or so I thought, but in hindsight there should have been no birds at all in a warzone (duh). I like to think my newer videos are much better in terms of audio if you'd like to check those out. I am not Peter Jackson, this channel is a one man project, and mistakes happen. Cheers :)
I saw lots of birds in combat. This was the Middle East. I went five times. Even got to see animals occasionally in their environment. Mostly snakes and hedgehogs, scorpions, a friend of mine saw a bear in Afghanistan in his sector. I saw fish in the rivers we crossed too.
If they don't like it, they can feck off. People complaining when they are getting something for free should take a long hard look at themselves. I thought the video was fascinating, thanks very much.
I think it's excellent and really insightful. Thanks
I thought your work was great and the birds were no big deal. My dog came running out when he heard them. NICE JOB.
Amazing work matey, absolutely love it, thank you :)
this has to be the best restoration i have ever seen. whoever did this did a fine nice job on it.
You have not seen they shall not grow old then?
Thank you, that really means a lot!
@@spm36 Such a great film! Really got me into colourizing to begin with.
@@spm36 i did and was mildly dissapointed it was *only* british.
@@Mr_Fancypants It was commissioned by the British Imperial War Museum. It was also their films that were used. That's why all British.
My grandfather was there…. He was a wonderful person, one of the kindest and most gentle men you will ever meet. Thomas Mayo(1895-1981), Rest In Peace Grandpa Mayo.
Thats the name of one of my friends...
Both the colorization and the audio was outstanding. This series belongs in the Prelinger Archives.
i doubt the sound is real. in its time sound was on a separate medium, usually a record. i dont think that was even available at the time now i think about it. Talkies didnt start till like 1927 beautiful images tho.
@@nickbavera362 Of course the audio is fake. It might have been AI-generated, but it is not very accurate. Most places near the frontlines would have been much louder. The soldiers would have made a lot more noise than in the video, especially while marching or pulling a large howitzer. But gunshots and explosions could also be heard in the distance. Not always the same intensity of course, but there would have been very few instances where the battlefield was completely quiet, especially with daylight. Furthermore, we can hear birds chirping even when massive howitzers are firing. The shots of these would have been deafening, and the howitzer we can see in the video would not have been the only one there. There would have likely been another, not much more than 100m from it. Most birds would be frightened by the sound of these guns. Only trained birds, like carrier pigeons might dare to come closer.
Yes this does
I do not care what anyone says, this has to be one of the best color and restorations I have ever had the pleasure of viewing. It is sincerely right up there with 'They shall not grow old' ! I can not get over how great this is, as I am in awe whilst continuously watching this masterpiece over and over again. Whomever is responsible for this truly amazing work did a damn fine job, thank you for transporting me back a century! More please!
Seriously though! When I saw the thumbnail, I thought it was a reenactment lol
Means a lot, thank you! Glad you enjoyed :)
I must agree with you 👍
You Tube is a time machine
The ones who are not killed, but just wounded or survived without injury, they GROW OLD. You know, the ones you made fun of when they paraded. The ones you had no respect for when you were younger.
My grandfather got hit with shrapnel and gassed the night before the major attack. It was all that saved him because his company composed of almost all Newport, Rhode Islanders was pretty much wiped out the next day during the main attack in the Argonne. He lived to be 94 and along with my father was the greatest and humblest man I ever knew.
My wife’s grandfather served in the same area and was badly gassed which led to severe lung damage. He couldn’t do physical labor after the war so he was trained to be a bank teller (making very low wages). I think the government gave him a ridiculous pension of somewhere around 23 dollars a month. It just goes to show that they will thank you for your service but that’s about it.
@@norrissnoggs $23 a month was not an insignificant amount back then. My grandfather was considered to be making good money at $11 per week. It was supposed to be enough to live off of, taking other income and disability into consideration . It was not meant to be a reward or a way to get rich, or so anyone who ever served would never have to work again. It was considered your duty to go, in many cases it wasn't even voluntary. How much do you think men should be paid for contracting to go and fight for the government, and at what point can we just start calling them mercenaries if the whole point is to make a good profit from risking your life?
@@justforever96 if you haven't served, and dealt with the VA. Please refrain from commenting. Smart, powerful nations reward their soldiers and veterans. Guys willing to risk their lives for the freedom of weak slackers at home should be rewarded greatly. Much more than we reward the politicians and corporations who don't do the fighting
@@MikeM-qy9zz Amen to that.
@William Walker The whole point IS to make a profit from you risking your life, you just wont be the one making the profits.
My great great grandfather served in this campaign I saw him in this video thanks to a picture I have of him I was able to recognize him in the video thanks for posting this you have my respect lad
Put a time stamp and describe which one. Maybe I saw him as well. And respect to him of course.
That’s awesome!
My maternal grandfather fought at the Meuse Argonne offensive. My grandmother told me that his outlook on life grew darker as Hitler rearmed and began WWII. He committed suicide in 1940 at the age of 44. This presentation is beautifully done.
I'm sorry for your loss I can only imagine he had a idea of what the follow years would be like and I can't imagine what that felt like to him
My uncle, Corporal Forest Woods is among these soldiers. He was wounded in the left arm and right leg by German machine gun fire in an assault on German positions in fall of 1918. Born in the midwest, he recovered and returned to the USA, living out his life peacefully in Portland, Oregon
how old is your uncle?
@@KanadaliAzeri given that the last known ww1 veteran Harry Patch (British) died in 2009, her uncle has probably passed away quite a long time ago.
@@KanadaliAzeri 127
@@anonymousanonymous9370 in his comment he mentioned that his uncle living out peacefully in Portland. I am kind of confused about his uncle's age
@@KanadaliAzeri i think it might be a her given her name is Emily
My grandfather was a soldier for the Austrian monarchy in World War I and with the Wehrmacht in World War II and died in 1983 when I was 15. He always said WWII was bad but WW1 was a slaughterhouse. Unfortunately, the generation that actively experienced the war has already died. Today young people talk lightly about the necessary war without knowing what a war does. At 54 I still know the war stories of my grandparents, be it as a soldier on the front line or as a civilian in the cities.
I agree. War is horrendous both physically and mentally. I served in the USN with quite a few fellows who had fought in Vietnam. When I was a boy my brother and I swam in an elderly neighbor's pool by invitation. He had served on the western front for the U.S. Army in WW1. It was ghastly he said. When I was 15 years old I skied at Innsbruck, Austria. An older fellow on the chairlift sitting aside me asked me where I was from. He spoke English well. I replied, "New Jersey." He chuckled and told me that he knew the state well. He was imprisoned there as a POW after capture during WW2. Unless they were SS the army let the prisoners out on day leave to assist in jobs like forestry management or similar jobs, because most of the American men were away at war. If one absconded the army was more worried about their welfare rather than being an escapee. They reckoned that he was simply homesick and lonely.
As we all sip our glass of Jaegermeister on the rocks, let us all remember that citizens have the right and a duty to stop madman dictators and tyrants from leading their country into oblivion. Since the madman in 1937 through 1945, there has never been a shortage of them and now we have the half-pint sized pile of poo known as pootin. BUT there is a shortage of enough moral righteous people in those countries that will stand up to these evil insane "leaders".
It must have been a slaughterhouse for soldiers in WWI because of the trench war where troops were required to do a full frontal charge en mass into the machine gun fire thinking enough soldiers could survive the mowing fire of multiple machine guns to overpower the enemy in their trenches. Then the use of gas by the German Army. By 1939 when Germany and Russia invaded Poland then in turn, France, Belgium and Denmark the Nazis knew that was no longer the best way to kill the enemy. It was now a mechanized war called the German word “blitzkrieg”. The problem they did not realize was it was not sustainable. The Nazis also falsely believed part of their problem were their own Jewish population and progressively the Jewish people of the nations they overpowered. Big mistake! It took millions of the Nazi soldiers to maintain the death camps. At the same time the Nazis thought because of their secret society, locking up & killing news reporters and believing their own lies, they thought no one would ever know the truth. In the end the Nazis murdered some 12 million innocent people children, women old men, all non combatants & half were Jews. So yes, WWII was easier on the common soldiers in the German Army. Especially if all you did was guard duty at a death camp. Until the Russian Army showed up. Then the Germans stripped their uniforms off and ran west to surrender to the US Army so they could be sent to the Jersey Shore. My father was a corporal camera man in the US Army Air Corp assigned to deliver photos, movie film & info to the OSS. That is my main source for this information. I survived one year in Vietnam, 1968, as a U.S. Army ammo truck driver. Those who fail to study history & truth are doomed to repeat it. Keep an eye on the trumpers.
But what about the stories of your father? Did he not do his duty and fight, and then come home to bore you with his stories? My father fought in WW2, and told me a lot about his war in North Africa, France, Belgium, Netherlands and Germany. He was in the Western Desert Force from 1939, that was 3 years before the Yenghi decided they had better do a bit, but only for the money.
God bless you. We must share this and tell our children.
Amazing to see life brought into a war that is largely forgotten. And to also know that all these men are now dead is sad and chilling.
What a awesome job, I have never ever seen a film restored to this quality. Thanks for your fine work.
My wife’s Grandfather was in WWI at several battles near the end of the war. He never spoke of it although he did write a personal life story that discussed it. Including being taken prisoner in the last few days of the war. He said the German troops treated them well. He lived to age 89, passing in 1982.
They always treated their prisoners well, however the one's that control the things you hear and see, cannot let the world know their plans.
@@lanthanumlanthanium6373What does this comment even mean
My Grandfather had been in the 16th Infantry since 1913. This was his third campaign under Pershing. He received a battlefield commission in the Argonne and would continue to serve until 1952, retiring as a Colonel, USAF. I have his medals and portrait made shortly before leaving France.
16th Infantry Division, or 16th Regiment in the 1st Division?
You should be very proud of him , these men deserve to be remembered , we also lost a whole generation of good men . War is horrible ! All the best from the UK
@@papabear5253 Now we have a new generation of non-men.
Absolutely amazing clarity and color. It really brings all those texts and diaries I’ve read on this war to life. Stunning when you can put all of that together.
You did a great job of "modernizing" this footage. Everything from the speed to colour to scratches. A+ job. Thank you much.
Amazing seeing this in colour. My Granddad was wounded somewhere on the western front. I never knew my grandfather but I’m so immensely proud of him. I’m just one of his grandsons aged 58
I only found out about 7 years ago, not long before my father died, that my grandfather was a high ranking officer in WW1, mostly on the western front, but miles behind the front line, as they all were. My father asked him numerous times, as you do as a lad, about his times back then. He wouldnt speak about it. Now i know why, as all these officers, only relying on telegraphy or morse, sent alot of young and old to their deaths. Never met my grandfather, but from my mothers side, her dad, my grandad, served in the RAF in WW2
All these men, they just went and did the job. Incredible footage and bravery
stupidity is the word
Thank you for taking us back in time , certainly pulls at your heart. My grandfather was an American Doctor who opened all the Field Hospitals in France. He fell in with a French nurse , whose parents refused for them to marry, she died in his arms. He returned USA, opened a practice, married and had grandchildren. He never talked about what he did, was remote and basically never recovered from his experience, peace and Light to your spirit Dr. Norman Quinn Sr. To all the men and women who died in WW I thank you for your service, peace and light to your souls, ❤️🇺🇸❤️🇫🇷❤️
Glad you know his story. War is a terrible thing. I was in VN and didn't think the war affected me, but later the feelings came out.
@@thomaswayneward Thank you for your service. Peace and Light in your life.
Wow, most realistic restoration video of WW1 and that time period I've ever seen. Loved the sound effects, even if a tad bit over the top with the birds. So much detail it could easily be overlooked. Great job!
My grandma's uncle was killed in this battle assaulting Blanc Mont Ridge. Pvt. William A. Campbell 36th Inf Div, 141st Inf Regiment, 1st Battalion, E Company October 8th, 1918 RIP
This footage is fantastic. My grandfather served in the 18th Infantry, First Division during the campaign. He was wounded in combat on November 1st and received a Purple Heart. It's hard not to imagine he is in the background there somewhere. Thanks for posting it.
Yet another, "I totally knew someone there" bullshit comment. Based on the comments, everyone in America has a relative who was there. Impossible considering how pathetically small the American contributions to WW1 were.
@@Lorrdd seek help, go outside, give your brain a chance to appreciate yourself. You're clearly miserable
@@Lorrdd how do you know? We're you there
@theniliu keep your cynical, rude comments to yourself.
I am in awe, not only at your skills, but al so your patience to bring back this footage to such vivid life. Thank you very much. Kevin in Harmony
Superb restoration really brings it to life. My only criticism is that I don’t think there would be many bird’s singing with guns and shells going off!
The war where there is a wide use of machine guns yet there are still cavalry divisions with swords. Wild times
Machine guns, artillery more powerful then anything before it, planes were just invented, horses, infantry moving in company formations, trucks, Xray was new, Chemical warfare was used for the first time. Out of all the wars in human history, this one was a cluster. Id prefer to be a soviet soldier at Stalingrad then to fight in ww1.
When the Royal Marines and naval ratings stormed the mole at zeebrugee in 1918 from HMS Vindictive most of them were armed in cases with nothing more than a cutless or a cosh and facing german machine gun and rifle fire
Back in the early 70's I used to visit a hospital for old veterans and I remember one of them recounting watching a cavalry charge against entrenched positions. He broke down in tears.
On the eastern front cavalry were really effective still. The western front was just too concentrated to really use them, though there were some successes.
Indeed, that was the thing about WW1..... 20th century weapons with 19th century tactics. So sad.
My next door neighbor, John Vickers, fought in WWI with the Rainbow Div., he was wounded in the thigh during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. I was not very old when he started telling me his many war stories, he use to take me to his VFW outings and we would play shuffle board. Died while I was in college, I think of him often!
Was he gay?
And you Hispanics wonder why you aren't liked here or wanted.
@@RaulRodriguez-bq4nj What are you talking about, you might want to go to other sites for your jollies!
@@billashby7858 the rainbow division lol
don't pay any attention to these idiots. My grandfather was also with the Rainbow Div. and was gassed twice and fought with a crushed ankle. He never talked about it except to say it was so bad. Brave men all!
All those young men killed for a pointless war.
Incredible work on the sound. I know these were silent films. Yet, you did your researcch to find just the right sounds for each scene. I was especially impressed by the horse eating, and as a vehicle approached the camera from a distance, the sound became louder, then faded after passing the camera. That took a lot of work and it is appreciated.
Wait so how did he make the sound?
@@jeremyselman8908 using video editing software and adding a sound clip
How do you know they were the right sounds, what you means is they're the right sounds that fits your imagination.
@@milliemandy8641unless you think a horse walking sounds like a diesel truck id say he got the sounds about perfect and not to ones imagination😉
Amazing work. Shows a different side and part of the war to what is usually shown, with much of the focus normally on the front lines.
Thank you! I totally agree, seeing the soldiers casually smile and talk and move around really humanizes the men behind the conflict. More like this video to come soon!
@@glimpsesintothepast wish this was advertised more - just stumbled on it, matches Peter Jackson's film
Y'know it's really special seeing Americans at this point in the war showing up so full of energy, smiling and waving. I can't even imagine how much relief the French and English must have felt and how hopeless and demoralizing the Germans must have been to see this. More than 10,000 U.S. servicemen were arriving every day by this time. One of the smallest armed forces in the world in 1917 mobilized almost 4 million well trained and equipped service men by the end of the war in Nov 1918.
Definitely appreciate these restoration videos with the added colour, sound etc it makes even events from a century ago feel far more recent fantastic job 👍
These colorized historical videos are absolutely excellent!!!
I watched every frame carefully looking for my grandfather. I would still recognize him if I saw him. He was in the field artillery on French 75 MM gun, and spoke often of riding the the horse on the caissons and the McClellan saddles. He could easily have been there.
Chances are he's somewhere in this video, but because of the quality you probably won't find him
I wouldn't think it's likely he is in one of these videos but there is a chance
@@countercuIture No not likely, but any opportunity I have to see troops from his unit, or MOS I look closely in the hope of seeing him.
The crew had the 75 gun elevation raised by setting wheels on the rise you could have asked if they ever did that and did they have to find the range.
Read "The Soldier from Independence: A Military Biography of Harry Truman." It covers Truman and his 75mm artillery battery in World War I. Very interesting story.
Remarkably good restoration and sound track. Don’t think that I’ve seen any better WW1 footage. Well done!
Well done! Only the marching gave the ever so slightest hint that the sound was added - when it was horses and birds though it seemed as if it was as real as real could get. THANK YOU for this, your effort has made it truly, a glimpse of the past.
The fact that nobody is alive in this video today, just makes it more sad. Im from the Hungarian side, and i remember my grandfather told a lots of stories about the ww1. His father served in the eastern and after the western front. He survived. In the end of the story he said "this war was unexpectly brutal, regarding to the knowledge of the era." People were fighting with the 1800s style in a modern war, this is why this war were so deadly.
The amount of artillery fired during this war is still hard to grasp, it was absolutely insane. At times there were days of firing, nonstop, wiping out anything recognizable as far as the eye can see and these boys had to get out of the trench, and walk towards machineguns zero'd in on their positions and just hope they werent hit as cover didnt exist. We must not forget wars like this, or we are doomed to repeat it.
1000 shells per square meter(11square feets) in Verdun, but no Americans were there.
It’s already being repeated in Ukraine! Some of the Trenches in North Eastern regions look no different!
Well. in fact we forgot it and 20 years later there we were again killing and being killed...
Dude we would drone them right out of their trench cmon...this kinda war is history
@davidca96 ... not only must we not forget, we must have the moral fiber and courage to stand up to insane leaders who will always try to take us down this path of insanity. Standing up to them is something the German people never did in WWII and is something the Russian people are also not doing here in 2022.
Amazing restoration and does increase ones awareness of that brutal period in European history. Improving the quality of these early films is a painstaking task so well done you. Adding sound helps to anchor the film to its surrounding environment birds and all! Must have been a very brave sparrow!
I really appreciate your kind words! Super glad you found this interesting!
@Chris Sharp ... you mention "brutal period in European history". Today we think of Europeans as cultured, sophisticated, progressive. Yet they started both World Wars and the majority of their history has been brutal wars and persecutions. They should NEVER be so arrogant as to ever lecture Americans.
An amazing job. For 13 minutes you brought them all back to life. Thank you!
This is absolutely amazing footage. Thank you for sharing
Thats really amazing what youve done, even down to synchronizing the sound of the mens boots and horse hooves hitting the ground when marching, or a spoon hitting a metal can when eating. And always a little bird chirping in the background -- the sound of hope.
It's crazy how these vids look so incredibly good and clear! Thank you for uploading this so we can see the world 100 years ago!
someone put alot of detailed , exhaustive and intricate work into the restoration of this video and i and many more appreciate your efforts !
This is remarkable! The depth of view allows for such an immersive perspective.
You did a great job of editing this, especially matching audio to video. Top notch!
Thanks for this. My great uncle Roscoe Zint died in the Meuse-Argonne campaign one week before the Armistance. I will admit to carefully looking at each face you presented in hopes of seeing him with his machine gun company. I have his picture mounted in my den and this has given me the clearest idea of the place he fought and died in. Please do much more. My uncle was a Marine who survived the battle of Okinawa. If you have any footage of that battle I would greatly love to see it. Thanks again.
Думаю он будет не рад узнав что сегодня вы вооружаете людей с символикой сс, вермахта, татуировками сатаны , Гитлера и его преспешников. Зигующих и совершающих факельные шествия как фашисты. Почитающих ветеранов армии Гитлера. И всё это сегодня происходит в прибалтике и Украине. Позор таким внукам. Вы запачкали память отцов.
My granduncle, Charles Cornelius Carvin, served with the 77th Infantry Division in WW I. His basic training was at Camp Upton on Long Island NY, where he was assigned to Co. I, 305th Inf Bn. He was a PFC at the time of the Meuse-Argonne offensive. We know he survived the fighting in the Argonne Forest and suspect he was wounded at or near St. Juvin or Champignuelle based on dates shown on unit campaign maps we reviewed. He died of his wounds on November 3, 1918 (just eight days before the Armistice). PFC Carvin is buried in Plot E, Row 14 Grave 19 at the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery & Memorial, along with +/- 13,999 other souls. It is the largest and most impressive American military cemetery and memorial in Europe. WW I is an amazing story of amazing men and women caught up in an amazing war.
Armistice
Which machine gun battalion? Such a tragedy.
Great job with the video, and the sounds add a depth and calmness to it( the nature sounds) but your matching of sounds to appropriate actions in video was spot on! Thank you for your effort
I finally saw "They shall not grow old", amazing what can still be done with this old footage.
This footage is absolutely amazing. Thank You for sharing it 👍
That soldier was receiving the Distinguished Service Cross. That's the second highest medal you can get in the US Army for valor. It was first issued in 1918.
He looked like Douglas MacArthur.
@@thomasdragosr.841 might have been him. he was in this battle, being shown in this video.
@@siggifreud812 That was not MacArthur.
Pilipino did fight with you and got kill there to
My grandfather was there. He was wounded on Sept. 29, 1918. His company suffered about 80% casualties but achieved their objective, capturing the village of Gesnes-en-Argonne. A report stated that the regiment suffered 1,000 casualties in 1 hour that day. I have toured that area. Thank you for presenting this video. It made a deep impression on me.
What regiment was he in? My great grandfather was a Sergeant in F Company, 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Division. He attacked Gesnes and was wounded on October 5 1918.
@@urbansyth1935 Co. K/362nd Inf./91st Division After taking the village the regiment was ordered to retire to its original jump off position. It did so by 4:00 a.m. Sept. 30. Of the original 3,000 men in the regiment, only 500 effectives remained. The Germans reoccupied the village.
Without a doubt, the very best restoration I've seen from this era. Fascinating.
Amazing transformation. Makes it not seem so long ago seeing this in color. My mother was delivered by a WW1 veteran who was a doctor in the trenches in 1918. His description to my grandmother about the horror of seeing the dead being stacked like cords of wood.
Amazing work! It’s like traveling back in time. 👍👍👍
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed!
Tragic that so many of the horses, donkeys and mules the equine heroes...were destroyed or were left behind when the war ended. May they rest in peace alongside the men they served.
Thanks for mentioning the valiant 'beasts of burden." Why do men force gentle creatures into war?
@@kennethwood2089 Because un-gentle creatures would be more difficult to convince 🦬
@@jerryh.9960Now that’s smart
the poor things. I feel bad about those towns too that stood for hundreds if not almost a thousand years. and the forests and wildlife blown to splinters. the tragic slaughter of animals is awful because they are innocent. they served faithfully.
@@kennethwood2089 Because they didn't have many cars or trucks back at that time genius. Have you noticed how there are far less equine heroes on the battlefield in the 21th century ? who would have guessed !
My mom told me about our family heritage involved in this war. I haven't done any geology into this yet. This is amazing clarity I feel like I'm sitting with them. "Thou shall never grow old" is the only other film that comes close to this. Wow! I'm blown away how well you were able to filter out all the imperfections and to sound is awesome as well! Thank you for preserving this heritage for future generations to learn from! The 11th month... of the 11th day... on the 11th hour... Les we forget...
Fantastic job with the color and added sound! I hope you make more videos soon!
Thank you! Stay tuned, I have an interesting video coming up next weekend :)
Thank you for showing this. May all the living beings in this film rest in peace.
My great uncle was killed in the Marne offensive and I never got to meet him. The colorization brings out the relative short amount of time that the conflict takes place . Bravo to you all for your great efforts to restore and preserve this for future generations.
Amazing...adding color definitely brings the footage to life. I had watched a program some years ago where a lady read the lips of talking soldiers so you could hear what they were talking about.
My grandad fought in the great war and was gassed. never spoke about it but my mum in her youth helped to look after him. Enough to say he died in his mid thirty's from that gassing. RIP grandad. His sacrifice gave me my life as I know it. 💔
My great uncle was with the Canadians at Ypres in 1917. He got gassed as well. I met him in 1967 and his vocal chords were still scarred, 50 years after the war.
this is amazing . the clearity of this video and the colorization make it seem like it was shot a week ago.
Excellent coverage, extremely well done. My grandfather was in the Royal artillery during this war.
Grande herói
This is truly amazing! Thanks for your work! To my knowledge nobody in my family participated in this offensive. My 3rd & 2nd Great Grandfathers left Canada with the 187th under the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Both were wounded at Vimy (before the assault that took the ridge). Both returned home, my 2nd GG eventually going on to serve in the next global conflict, during which he was WIA again, ending his participation in the war.
WW I. Wow, great footage , incredible job on the restoration. 👍. All these young fellas are long gone. R.I.P.
Thank you for your work. This video really brought back these men to life. My Great Uncle fought in the Meuse Argonne and died from the effects of Mustard gas while will the Army of occupation in Germany.
Just scrolling through the comments & saw the same name as mine
Absolutely fantastic work! Congratulations and many thanks for your efforts!
To see this clear, in color, some dubbed in sound, and not with the fast film speed usually seen in these films from ww1. It really makes it more real, like your there. Outstanding.
Amazing with today's technology. Really enjoyed the footage that you restored. Enjoyed it immensely. My grandfather was a world war one veteran.
This restoration is amazing, a very professional work, seriously. Regards from Mexico
That is amazing how you add the sound, very creative and accurate!
Wow. Just come across this. Stunning realism. I'm a Brit, but knew many other countries were involved in WW1. I respect them all. Thanks for the reality check.
I could not workout if the sound track was original or not, if it was not, you made a fantastic job of it and the Colorization was just as good.
The sound was added, but it was recreated to match the environment
Sorry, I speak french. C'est superbe. Quel travail !!! C'est vraiment réaliste : la colorisation, le bruitage, la fréquence d'images, font qu'on dirait un reportage actuel (current in english 😉). Great job !!!!
Oui, mon ami, c'est superbe! Les pauvre soldaten!
OHHH HEEEE HEEEE HAAWWWWW HAWWWW!
In English, Armand says It's really realistic: the colorization, the sound effects, the frame rate, make it look like a current report
@@barryjohnson929 Thanks Barry 🥰
ton anglais est bon! bien joué!
This footage is beyond amazing!!! It brings the great war into a new perspective. Thank you..
Incredible job rejuvenating this footage!
Incredible work! It takes you back in time…I literally had knots in my stomach watching those men sit and wait as the sounds of bombs and death drown out the sounds of nature and life.
Yet, they wouldn't lose their appetite while being shelled ! They eat their lunch voraciously at 11:30...!
Congratulations for this very good job. It seems like to be inside the moment, being part of the history. Never had seen some footage like this.
Thank you for presenting this. People need to be reminded of the impacts of the war.
Always watch ww1 footage, my mothers father was there . Recently read his letters from the war . One of them described him leading a group six in to the Argonne forrest. To clear roadways for the advancing allied armies . 4 were killed . He was shot in the leg by a tank .he an his mate nursed each others wounds , for 2 weeks. Grandpa was awarded 2 purple hearts 💜 and every medal expect the medal of honor , which I believe all 6 of them deserved. He carried the shrapnel in his leg until he died in 1978 at the age of 85 . Hand to hand cold filthy, fighting from trench to trench ,which by then were filled with the dead .The war to end all wars , didn't quite hit the mark . Let us all stand and salute those DOUGH BOYS who answered the world's cry for victory ✌. God bless you Grandpa. 🇺🇲❤
I may sound like a jerk, but statistically the only tanks Germany ever had were like 10 copies of their ridiculous A7V and some dozens of captured British tanks. The British and French combined had at least 5,000 by the end of the war. God bless the souls of all these Veterans. And this veteran too.
RIP! My Grandpa was in the 371st US Colored Infantry Regiment 🇺🇸
Excellent work! Great looking footage!
Beautiful video. Very good! I hope you post more.
Without doubt the BEST restored WWI footage i have ever seen!
I've read a number of accounts from eye (ear) witnesses of WW1 battles and, to the surprise of the witnesses, yes, the birds kept on chirping, even in the midst of intense combat.
My Grandfather was alongside many of the soldiers remembered here. From NYC , he was drafted into the 52 Pioneer Infantry Regiment. He as in the Muse Argonne offensive attached to a British or French unit. Promoted to 2nd Lt. he returned to the US in 1919. RIP
Insanely well done, the restoration is ....wow Awesome work, top level
Breathing new life into rare history, thank you for sharing.
Very impressive how much improvement is possible on such film. In particuler the correction of the speed issue, that films from this time period usually have, due to lower frame rates. Here it looks really natural. The colorisation is done well, too. Just the added sound has some glitches, as it often happens. Like a bird singing next to a firing cannon, and it sings even louder than the bang of the cannon. But I know, its not easy to create a believable sound for every scene.
Shoutout my man at 3:20 for having a sense of humor in the most hellish situation imaginable
Thank you for sharing this, very nice work.
Amazing restoration and footage!
Very nice footage. I've spent a lot of time on these former battlefields. It is surprising how much live ammunition and shells you still find. It's a nice place to stay too. It surprised me that some younger French villagers did not know the history of these pleaces during the war. For example, in one I where I stayed, many of the locals were unaware that it was a German rest area with a military cemetery. They were really surprised when I showed them the photos.
When I was in Germany during the early 80s some school kids from Ramstein American High School went to Verdun France and came home with some unexploded ordnance they picked up iff the ground. Fortunately, no one got hurt but a notice went out to all parents to make sure they talked to their kids to find out if they had any in their possession.
@@geodes4762 I have taken families over where I have researched their loved one. They are always so disappointed when I say, "No, that is live, dangerous and illegal. Take a photo and leave it". There is so much of it still there.
I spent some time in the Verdun area. I noticed that the farmers picked up the shells and piled them alongside the road for pickup by the 'deminers'. I once saw the deminers working on a poison gas shell. I stayed at a distance.
@James Barrett Yes and lots in the Somme and Ypres areas
This is so well done and will be of great benefit to students of history forever,