Adolf Hitler addresses the Reichstag in Berlin on December 11, 1941 declaring war operations against the United Kingdom, Soviet Union, and United States. Marshall Hermann Goering, Sharp and other Nazi leaders listen to him. A map shows eastern front with Nazi German Armies advance in Soviet Union. Battle scenes between German and Soviet armies. German soldiers capture a Soviet prisoner of war. German soldiers fire artillery during a battle. View of German tanks advancing and firing on a battlefield. Ruins of a wrecked, smoking Soviet tank. Scene shifts to United States President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill at Atlantic Conference aboard ship "Prince of Wales" for signing of Atlantic Charter. The Allied leaders are seen singing "Onward Christian Soldiers" during a service.
King George V of the United Kingdom awards ribbons to Australian soldiers during World War 1, possibly related to the Battle of Somme. King George V pins ribbons on Australian soldiers, wearing slouch hats, and shaking hands with every soldier after awarding ribbon. Soldier salutes after he receives award from King George V on the field.
Two women putting on a golf course green. A woman putts ball with a club as partner player holds pin at the hole. They exchange roles and second woman putts, followed by first woman. A man putts golf ball a long distance, as as a small girl looks on. He motions to girl and puts his arm around her.
King George V of the United Kingdom reviews children in uniform in France during World War 1. Queen Mary of Teck, the Queen consort of the United Kingdom, reviews women associated with an ambulance corps and reviews British nurses stationed in France with daughter, Princess Mary.
Edward, Prince of Wales, King George V and Queen Mary, are seated in the stands at a baseball game in England during World War 1. The young Prince of Wales displays enthusiasm for the game. The King smokes a cigarette using a long cigarette holder. (WWI; WW1)
Montage of scenes related to European mobilization and preparations for World War I, from 1914 through 1919, plus brief views of Mark VIII tank maneuvers, circa 1924. Patriotic French citizens fill a street as France mobilizes for World War 1. Italian soldiers marching to war through a town. British King George V seen with Prime Minister David Lloyd George and other British officials. British First Lord of Admiralty, Winston Churchill poses and "mugs" for camera. British troops being transported along a country road on double-decker buses and slogging through the mud in France. Two French soldiers join the line of "tommies" to be photographed, and then step out of line to watch. King George V with Field Marshal Douglas Haig, and other officers, next to their automobiles in field, during the King's visit to his troops in 1916. The King and British officers observe tests of Mark IV tank, circa 1917. Scene shifts to August 10, 1916 showing the Prince of Wales and King George V, accompanied by Field Marshal Douglas Haig, and other officers, observing the Battle of Pozières (in Battle of the Somme) from a safe distance, using a telescope. U.S. Army Mark VIII International Tanks in daytime and nighttime maneuvers (likely at Fort Meade, Maryland) circa 1924.
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