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German army units move towards battlefront in France during World War I.

A large group of German infantry marching toward the front in France, during World War 1. Some horse-drawn supply wagons move along with them. Horses pulling wagons with heavy machine guns on them. Others pulling artillery pieces, caissons, and supply wagons. German troops resting on side of hill pose for the camera. Their arms are stacked. Troops stopped for a meal break. Change of scene shows German troops and supplies moving through a war-torn French village. View of destroyed buildings in the village. German infantry marching briskly along a road.

Date: 1918
Duration: 2 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029656
German artillery shells Allied positions in France during World War I

View from German front lines, as their artillery bombards Allied positions in World War 1. As shells begin to strike, some Allied soldiers are seen silhouetted against the sky, in the background, as they leave their trenches for safer positions. A battery of German 21-cm Mörser guns. Closeup of one firing. American soldiers firing a heavy artillery piece. An Allied camp with soldiers, horses and mules. Their gunners are firing a French 75 artillery piece. Scene shifts back to the German lines, where German soldiers in a bunker are firing at rapidly advancing Allied troops, spread across a wide field. German soldiers firing an Austro-Hungarian Schwartzlose M.07/12 machine gun. Allied troops running across the field of view. Two German soldiers in a trench, watch as several other German soldiers retreat back through brush and wire,towards their trench, and fall to Allied gunfire before they can reach safety. Scene goes black and then shifts to German infantry climbing out of a deep trench and running forward, over downed barbed wire, up a small hill, and moving along a zig-zag trench. Next, a German infantryman is seen lying down as he probes to cut through barbed wire in a mass of Allied obstacles. Other German soldiers jump up and throw hand grenades over the barriers. The German infantrymen then advance through the barriers. Scene shifts to German soldiers stringing wire for field communications. A German soldier speaking on a field telephone

Date: 1918
Duration: 2 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675029657
The Red Ball Express in France during World War II.

Documentary tilted 'Rolling To The Rhine'. On the "Red Ball Express." Bronze Star medal is displayed. Montage shows a pilot, infantryman and a paratrooper. The bronze star is awarded to a truck driver in France for heroism. Railway station in Pennsylvania, boxing match in Oklahoma, and Chicago subway train. Red Ball railroad express underway. Trucks are gassed, driven through slush, and carry supplies to the war front. ' We Deliver' written on trucks. Us troops and convoy in France. An 8-tire trailer, several disabled trucks, and Military Policemen direct traffic in France.

Date: 1945
Duration: 4 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029664
Travel by air, rail, and bus in Germany, circa 1936

Air and rail travel in Germany before World War II. View of snow-covered mountains and clouds. Flying above them is a German Lufthansa Junkers Ju 52 trimotor passenger airplane. It is named "Hans Wende" and displays registration "D-ADER" on its fuselage, and a swastika on its tail. Closeup of the forward part of the aircraft. View of passengers inside the cabin, enjoying the views out their windows. Body of water below. A passenger lights a cigar, and smokes. Another swings a typewriter down from the back of seat in front of her and prepares to type something. Views out plane's window behind left wing showing flaps slightly extended and as plane banks in right turn. Quick pan across copilot's position and back, showing corrugated metal on right wing. The city of Berlin is seen below. Passengers preparing to land. Aerial views of pre-war city of Berlin, from behind right wing, as aircraft descends to land. "Berlin" spelled out in large letters on ground at the airport, visible from the air. Aerial view of various buildings and landmarks, including the Berliner Dom (largest church in the city) seen below. The Lustgarten, two bridges leading to the Unter Den Linden boulevard below, with cars moving on it. The Zeughaus (Unter den Linden 2 10117 Berlin) and other buildings are seen along Unter Den Linden. As the aircraft passes over the Brandenburg Gate and forested park, below, the scene shifts to a zoom-in on the gate and transitions to a ground view of it with cars driving through the gate. Closeup of the “Quadriga” statue atop the gate, depicting the goddess of victory driving a chariot pulled by four horses. Camera moves through the gate and shows policemen, in white uniforms, directing traffic, including double-decker buses. Brief glimpse of the Victory Column (Siegessäule, Großer Stern 1, 10557 Berlin, Germany) on the Königsplatz across from the Reichstag. Pedestrians walking and trams passing along the street. Sightseeing bus carrying passengers along the road. View of the passengers inside the moving bus and the guide explaining the sights and landmarks of Berlin. They pass the Neue Wache war memorial. Scene shifts to a railroad train traveling in the city and rising up to an elevated track that passes through a building. View as the train approaches and passes through an elevated station. Brief view of the Wuppertal Schwebebahn (suspended railway). View of a German high-speed passenger train seen as it passes a bridge. Passengers relaxing inside the train. Some are eating and drinking. Several views of trains moving at high speed. Train signals in action along the railways.

Date: 1936
Duration: 4 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029680
Mummers stage a traditional New Year's Day parade in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Thousands of mummers stage a traditional New Year's Day parade in their colorful costumes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Many performers are men in drag (men dressed as women). Ornate floats pass by in the parade, including an "invasion from Mars" scene and a ship being tossed on the ocean. A car weighed down by a heavy cart attached to it drives with its front wheels up in the air. Crowd of Mummers parade participants dancing in street, including some in blackface.

Date: 1939, January 3
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029685
Grocery store, automat, and Peoples Trust Bank seen at the Cross County Shopping Center in Yonkers, New York, United States.

Exteriors of the suburban Cross County Center shopping center in Yonkers, New York in the late 1950s. Camera pans across the Grand Union grocery store advertising its gravity-fed "Food -O-Mat" shelving system. There is also an automat in front of the store for a number of items. Close up view of an automat automatic vending machine. Man pulls a box of cornflakes from the machine after inserting coins. View of grocery store puchases from the Grand Union supermarket in large bins on a conveyor belt, as they roll to bag boys outside the store, who lift the bags into the cars of waiting customers. A car pulls up to a drive in window at the Peoples Trust Bank and the driver deposits a large bag of money into the teller drawer. Elevated view of the Cross County Center open air suburban shopping center and many 1950s cars parked in the parking lots. Signs seen at shopping center include "Lerner Shops" and "Gimbels". Many cars on the nearby roads and parking lots.

Date: 1958
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675029794