Paris defense on WWI (1918)

[radiotelefonia]

From the Pablo H. Ducros Hicken film museum.

[Hamilton's Grandson]

Thanks for the amazing footage. Real insight into conditions at that time. Amazing that the footage was 100 years ago.

As with most veterans, they did not always talk about war with their families as it must of been an awful experience. My grandfather (Mark Hamilton) served in France in WWI and after suffering from trench mouth and losing most of his teeth, he ended up running over a landmine as a truck driver for his army infantry unit and fracturing several ribs. He was discharged on 7/17/19 as a Corporal and ended up in a VA hospital in New Haven, CT on 1/5/1920 (census indicated) still recovering from his injuries. in an interview in newspapers.com, he describes on one occasion losing consciousness during a very brief mustard gas exposure when he didn't have his gas mask on. In another interview, he mentioned that he was given standard clothing sized uniforms (shirt and pants) and at 6'6" tall with long arms and legs none of the initial uniforms fit him. His commanding officer thought he was mocking his authority with the way he dressed, but that is all they had given him. He reported that he formed a singing army comedy troupe while he served in France and this is how he gained comedy experience prior to vaudeville in the early 20's .

I am sure these veterans had a lot to offer to Silent Film Hollywood from their previous experiences.

Dana

[moviepas]

My father's father was in France in WW1 with the Australian services. He was of Scottish origin with most of that side of my family arriving in late 1890s-early 1900s in Melbourne/Victoria. When married his wife, my Grandmother,she was of German-Irish parentage. My Grandfather had been in France and I think his permanent injuries had been around the Somme. He lost a leg and received a wooden one and severe hearing loss and used a earplugs as a result. Handy for a married man-during an argument with the wife he could turn it off and turn the other way!!!!! So the family told me. He was the paymaster for a major downtown Melbourne Working Men's College that is now a University. He was a heavy smoker and died in a day or so of a massive stroke in 1947, I was born in March 1949. My Dad's great regret that I never was able to meet him. Smoking played a part in the stroke and surely the missing leg played a part. He marched, just the same, in the first annual April 25 Anzac Day march thru Melbourne streets in his kilt.

[Hamilton's Grandson]

Unfortunately, cigarettes (Government issue) were given to soldiers just like uniforms, food, and a weapon. Who knows if these products were filtered cigarettes and nicotine addiction was common place. My grandfather was also a smoker for decades after Hollywood and died of a respiratory condition in 1963 at a VA Hospital in WA state.

[All Darc]

Before penicilin, a single small wooden was potentialy a life threat. Scary times...

Smoking culture increased after WWI and WWII. Probably it killed more than the wars itself, after many after decades, and considering the bad legacy it made to the culture.

WWI alfter direct afected the beahvior/culture of man and women. Young man went to distant places, far from controling eyes of church and society, young women went to factories.

The war ppended doors to USA industrialization expansion.

A flu maybe it's guilt for the second world war. after the end of WWI american president Woodrow Wilson get ill, spanish flu I believe, and he would be the most oppned to Peace treads and reconstruction of Europe and diplomatic ways to solve the situation. But while ill he could not participate the negotiations and as result German was tottaly blamed as the whole guilty for the war and severelly punished (too much). There was also something about Japan, but I don't remamber now. All this critic angry approach generates bad feelings in german people that was crucial to the ascencion of Hitler to the power, and leads Japan to create hostility to USA.

A man's flu case changed the world foverer. There should be a movie about that. "The War flu".
A stumble during WWII perhaps changed many things too. Hitler stumbled in a paste/bag, with a bomb to kill hin inside, and used the food to push it deeper into a very strong massive wood table, and that was enough to save his life.