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White Russian troops parade and demonstrate bayonet use in Siberia
White Russian troops on parade in the cold in Siberia during Russian Civil War. Large numbers of troops, shouldering rifles with fixed bayonets, parade in formations on a snow covered field. A military band plays. A very large unit flag is seen containing the St. Andrew Cross and some type of Imperial insignia. A small contingent demonstrates bayonet use, as other troops stand back and observe.
German troops are welcomed as they enter Kaunas, Lithuania , during World War Two.
German forces entering the outskirts of Kaunas, Lithuania, during their surprise offensive on the Eastern Front during World war 2. Three German soldiers stand next to a parked staff car in a town. Several local women in bonnets and babushkas stand behind them.A Panzer III tank breezes past between them and the camera. Lithuanians and ethnic Germans (Volksdeutschen) wave their hats in welcome and one gives a Nazi salute, as a Panzer I tank enters the town. Soldiers on motorcycles and another Panzer I tank follow. Soldiers ride horses pulling artillery caissons camouflaged with tree branches. Soldiers ride in them. Closeup, near the ground, of horses, their trappings and the caissons they pull. Scene shifts to soldiers loading war materiel onto flat raft ferries at a river bank. Soldiers work to load a 105mm light howitzer, model 18, onto a ferry. A ferry carrying several caissons being pushed across the river by a ferryman in a small boat using a long-shaft outboard motor. Another ferry is seen carrying horses and infantrymen. A line of soldiers walk their bicycles along a path beside the river towards a spot where several large river steamer boats are docked. Substantial buildings of old town Kaunas stand on the other side of the river. Camera pans across the cityscape, showing twin spires of the Catholic Church (Jesuit) of St. Francis Xavier and associated buildings. View from riverbank as German soldiers descend its slope and walk towards a riverboat. The arch of a suspension bridge is seen in background. Troops cross a long plank to board the riverboat. View of soldiers gathered on deck of the riverboat. The German flag and the Lithuanian flag, just beneath it, are seen flying atop a tall structure at the port. Later, as German soldiers disembark from riverboats, they are greeted by women, in what appear to be nurses uniforms, who distribute flowers to them. The soldiers proceed along a paved road beside the river. The arched suspension bridge, shown earlier,is now seen to be part of the bridge connecting Old Town with Aleksotas across the Nemunas river. It consists of several arches, but only one is standing, and the rest destroyed. The infantry on bicycles speed down an incline on the road.
OSS Morale Operations led by American in Burma for psychological warfare to demoralize the Japanese troops.
OSS (Office of Strategic Services) film on Project Gold Dust gives details of the psychological warfare techniques used by OSS Morale Operations (MO) Unit and Kachin guerrillas in Burma during World War II to demoralize Japanese troops obstructing linkage to Burma and the Ledo Road. Kachin guerrillas including North Burmese killer tribesmen prepare for an operation. They are recruited, trained and led by an American officer. MO Detachment 101 troops. Burmese load shells, guns and artillery. 1st Field team of MO OSS personnel joins Detachment 101. An aircraft lands. The guerrillas board the aircraft and are transported all over Burma. Development of MO. A message from an American officer commanding a company of Kachin comes for Major Boldt. The message is dispatched to the Major and a distribution officer delivers it to the chief. A Production and Intelligence officer works. They discuss strategy about MO material best suited to reach the Japanese. The MO intelligence officer contacts Detachment 101 research and analysis branch. They discuss the accuracy and details of the operation. They go to interrogate a Japanese 18th Division soldier held prisoner. MO and the distribution officer discuss the strategy. Radio Major Haan consults Kachin. A detailed report is prepared and given to a pilot for dispatch. The message is given to Major Boldt. The MO staff at work. A lieutenant interrogates Japanese prisoners and gains their cooperation. The MO discusses Project Gold Dust. A forged surrender order to be given to Japanese. Production of the leaflets of forged order. Press prints the leaflets in the mobile production van. The leaflets are cut, dispatched and packaged. Burmese plant the forged order in a town. A lieutenant reads a report on the spread rumor. He talks to an Anglo Burmese woman. The rumor is spread in the town. Burma Jungle 101 patrol distributes the leaflets. A carrier pigeon for Major Boldt is sent. An aircraft arrives to pick up the prisoners who have surrendered.
Fire at the Roosevelt Hotel in Jacksonville, Florida. Firemen and a Navy Helicopter rescue hotel guests.
A fire at the Roosevelt Hotel (The Carling, 31 Adams St, Jacksonville, FL 32202, United States) in Jacksonville Florida. Smoke comes out from the windows of the hotel. People come out from the windows to reach a ladder. The ladder reaches the 7th floor only. Firemen help the guests in the hotel to come out. People come down the ladder. A navy helicopter arrives for help.
Top ranked table tennis players compete for the U.S. honors in New York City.
A table tennis tournament in New York City at the St Nicholas Arena. Top ranked players compete for the U.S. honors in ping pong. Spectators seated in the stands watch the players play. The players play the match and compete. A referee in a suit at each table watches the players and the scores. Views of star table tennis player Laszlo Bellak using his feet along his paddle for trick shots, and doing other ping pong tricks. A close up of a referee who keeps his eyes on a ball, moving quickly from side to side.
The Sudetenland Germans welcome Hitler and German occupying military forces
The occupation of Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia on 1st October, 1938. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler in a car. German troops and calvary units enter Sudetenland. Tanks pass through an arch expressing thanks for liberation. The citizens of Sudetenland greet the soldiers. Hitler in a car. The insignia of the Nazi Party in the background. A member of the local Nazi Party speaks to the people and turns to salute Hitler. Crowds are enthusiastic.
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