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Montage of scenes during World War II on the Western front during January 1945

January, 1945, on the Western front during World War 2. Troops of the U.S. 8th Infantry Division test new white camouflage coveralls for use in snow. They patrol in snow covered forest areas on the Western Front. A sergeant makes outdoor field adjustments to the coveralls using a knife and captured German sewing machine. He helps a soldier who tries on his new coverall. The material used is from old mattress covers. Several soldiers are seen putting on the camouflage coveralls. Scene shifts to U.S. troops with a jeep towing a 20mm Italian dual purpose gun for use in Germany. On January 2, 1945, they set up and fire the gun at targets a half mile away. In Belgium, U.S. Army engineers of Company B, 238th Engineer Battalion, improvise remote controlled bazooka shells as road blocks. They set them up on fence posts and fire them by ordinary flashlight batteries. U.S. soldiers from a Signal Company of the 99th Infantry Division are seen using a Weasel vehicle (officially designated an M29C light cargo carrier) to lay communication cables through snow in the 1st Army Sector, Belgium. Views of the wire spool on back of the weasel, and soldiers pulling wire from it.

Date: 1945, January
Duration: 3 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043290
French troops operate a 320mm railway gun on Western front in WWI

French 320mm Railway Gun on the Western Front. Soldiers move shells forward to load the gun. Gun is fired and recoils along the track. French troops move out of trenches. Blasts raise clouds of smoke on battlefield. A wounded man carried out of trench. French firing 155mm howitzer. Wounded soldier helped by other soldiers while bombardment continues. Troops moving out of trenches. Destruction in the area shows rubble. A battlefield cemetery. A wounded American soldier loaded in truck. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Date: 1918
Duration: 1 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675040041
Allied soldiers advance along a battlefield on the Western Front during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive of World War I.

Allied soldiers advance along a battlefield on the Western Front during World War I. Smoke rising from the battlefield. Aerial view of the battlefield. The Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Soldiers advance along the battlefield. Smoke rises from firing and bombardment. Dead soldiers and dead mules on the field.

Date: 1918
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051028
A rocket barrage is laid down and German tanks, trucks and infantry on the Western Front.

German Tiger II, Panther and Pz.IV tanks, trucks and infantry equipped with panzerfausts on the Western Front. Camouflaged tanks and jeeps pass along the road. Horse carriages on the road. German troops walk with artillery. Soldiers camouflaged. Soldiers lie on ground. Soldiers fire. The troops walk on hilly terrain. The troops communicate through radio. StuG III on ground. A rocket barrage is laid down. (World War II period). Note: this content can also be seen with German narration in clip 65675080268

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Portuguese
Clip: 65675054014
Canadian troops march in raincoats and injured troops are carried on litters in the Western Front during World War I

Injured Allied troops on the Western Front during World War I. Canadian troops march in raincoats. Injured soldiers in trenches. Men carry injured on litters. Soldiers fire artillery. A loaded horse drawn wagon. Troops march in columns.

Date: 1915
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068361
German shells explode on U.S. lines on the Western Front during the Aisne-Marne Offensive of World War I.

The Aisne-Marne Offensive on the Western Front during World War I. German shells explode on U.S. lines. Smoke rises from an explosion in the background. Dead German soldiers and equipment lying on a field. U.S. soldiers look at German equipment lying on the ground.

Date: 1918, July 18
Duration: 2 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070241