NEPM Documentaries

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

Special | 56m 46s  | Video has closed captioning.

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: 03/05/09

Rating: NR

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NEPM Documentaries is a local public television program presented by NEPM.