Scenes of utter destruction from bombing and shelling of buildings in World War 1. U.S. troops and Red Cross ambulances seen on hillside overlooking a town in last days of the war. Armed American soldiers escorting German prisoners of war, including some carrying their wounded on stretchers. German troops running from trenches to surrender, in no man's land. German prisoners of war eating rations of food as they march along after surrendering.
From German newsreel Welt Im Film: Shows Kamikaze airplanes in operation over the Pacific Ocean near Japan during World War II. Kamikaze airplanes are shot down and crash into the ocean. Aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) in the Pacific Ocean near Iwo Jima. A Japanese kamikaze suicide airplane hits USS Saratoga. Smoke rises from the ship. Crewmen try to extinguish the fire with water hoses. USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) underway in the Pacific Ocean on May 11. View from Bunker Hill as a Kamikaze airplane hits USS Bunker Hill. The aircraft carrier bursts into flames. Crewmen fight fire on USS Bunker Hill. Smoke rises from the aircraft carriers after being hit by Kamikaze airplanes. Crewmen at work on the carrier ships with large hose pipes. U.S. Navy crew cling to floating debris and swim in water after the attacks toward rescue ships. They are pulled aboard a ship.
U.S. tanks and infantry advance in France during World War II. People in a balcony hold the French and the United States flags. An official in the balcony speaks to the crowd assembled below. Troops enter Mayenne. Civilians cheer the troops passing in truck. The troops march across debris of houses and buildings. A sign board reads ' Boulevard Du Marechal Petain'. The troops march along a road as they cross Mayenne. A United States truck drives past the soldiers. The troops in military cars drive past a Christian cross. Tanks and infantry move past a Renault factory. They enter Laval. Infantrymen fire at the Germans across a river in Laval.
U.S. tanks and infantry advance in France during World War II. The tanks enter Laval. Military cars drive past along the tanks. Civilians cheer and wave to the troops on the tanks. Soldiers eat while they move along a road on military tanks. The civilians give water to the soldiers. The civilians tear down German posters. Officials fly a flag of the United States, France and Russia from a balcony. Civilians on cycles watch the troops on trucks as they advance. A pet dog with the soldiers on a tank. Military trucks with soldiers advance through Rennes. The soldiers move across a Bailey bridge on a river in Laval.
British in Hong Kong and U.S. Marines in Tianjin, China. A view of coastal area in Hong Kong. A landscape view of Hong Kong. British troops return to Hong Kong. British soldiers escort a Japanese prisoner of war. Japanese prisoners of war clear up the waste articles under a building. British Navy watching the prisoners cleaning buildings. Japanese prisoners pile debris and put to fire. Captured Japanese troops walk along the street after the British resumed control of Hong Kong. People gathered near a harbor in Tianjin, China. Chinese civilians gather and cheer to welcome the United States Marines. The harbor is filled with water all around. Crowd cheers and applauds. Landing ships in the Hai River. Crowd waves hands toward the United States Marines. Children carry United States flag and cheer. United States Marines watch the crowd cheer. Marines throw cigarettes to Chinese civilians. Soldiers restricts the crowd scrambling for cigarettes and candies. (World War II period).
Wooded forest area, site of Nazi atrocities in World War 2: U.S. Army soldiers walk in woods and examine bodies of Jewish concentration camp victims near Landsberg Germany. The bodies lie on the ground close together. Some victims are wearing prison uniform pieces.
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