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Model T's to War: American Ambulances on the Western Front

Focuses on the valiant work of the American Field Service during World War I.

Aired 03/05/2009 | Rating NR

NEPM Documentaries

Model T's to War: American Ambulances on the Western Front

Special | 56m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

Focuses on the valiant work of the American Field Service during World War I.

Between 1914-17, before the US's entry into World War I, over 3,000 American volunteers, paying their own passage,set sail for France to aid the war effort. Focusing on the valiant work of the American Field Service, a group of young men who drove Ford-built Model T's to the frontlines, take an archaeological journey of discovery using silent-film footage, rare photos, & French battlefields.

Aired 03/05/2009 | Rating NR

NEPM Documentaries

Model T's to War: American Ambulances on the Western Front

Special | 56m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

Between 1914-17, before the US's entry into World War I, over 3,000 American volunteers, paying their own passage,set sail for France to aid the war effort. Focusing on the valiant work of the American Field Service, a group of young men who drove Ford-built Model T's to the frontlines, take an archaeological journey of discovery using silent-film footage, rare photos, & French battlefields.

Aired 03/05/2009 | Rating NR

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