World War I, 1917-1918 film

Description: Compilation film taken by Indianapolis native Harry H. Coburn of activities and events related to World War I in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1917 to 1927. It was filmed at Fort Benjamin Harrison and in downtown Indianapolis. The events depicted include soldiers training and performing calisthenics at Fort Harrison in 1917; a parade for visiting French officials, Vice Premier Rene Viviani and Marshal Joseph Joffre on Mary 8, 1917, 4 Indiana artists admiring the war chest poster they painted at a savings bond drive on Monument Circle in May, 1918; and scenes from Welcome Home Day on May 7, 1919. There is also footage concerning the building of the Indiana World War Memorial in Indianapolis, which includes the moving of the Haugh Hotel in 1926; the laying of the cornerstone attended by General John J. Pershing on July 4, 1927, and building of the memorial.
Origin: 1952
Created By: Coburn, Harry H. (Harry Humbert), 1880-1958
Publisher: Indiana State Library
Source: http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll47/id/1678
Collection: World War I and the Hoosier Experience
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Copyright: In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
Geography: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Subjects: Motion pictures
Coburn, Harry H. (Harry Humbert), 1880-1958
World War, 1914-1918
United States. Army
Military personnel
Military education
Calisthenics
Exercise
Soldiers
Men
Fort Benjamin Harrison (Ind.)
Indianapolis (Ind.)
Marion County (Ind.)
Parades
Joffre, Joseph Jacques Cesaire, 1852-1931
Viviani, Rene, 1863-1925
Goodrich, James P. (James Putnam), 1864-1940
Fairbanks, Douglas, 1883-1939
Actors
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Politicians
Savings bonds
War work
Artists
Artists--Indiana
Art
Paintings
Wheeler, Clifton A., 1883-1953
Forsyth, William, 1854-1935
Stark, Otto, 1859-1926
Graf, Carl, 1892-1947
Fund raising
Philanthropy
Celebrations
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces
United States. Army. Field Artillery, 150th
Tyndall, Robert H., 1877-1947
American Red Cross
Hays, Will H. (Will Harrison), 1879-1954
New, Harry S. (Harry Stewart), 1858-1937
Watson, James E. (James Eli), 1863-1948
Memorials
Monuments
Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Indianapolis, Ind.)
Indiana World War Memorial (Indianapolis, Ind.)
Hotels
Construction
Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948
Cornerstone laying
Jackson, Ed, 1873-1954

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