General Phillipe Petain fastens a decoration, to French Army unit's flag, during a ceremony in World War I. He bestows traditional kiss on cheeks of unit commander. French troops lined up in the background. Marshal Petain also gives traditional kisses on cheeks of a lady and a child holding bouquet of flowers, in the field. Troops marching away, seen through deep grass.
Heavy guns in operation during World War 1. French troops riding on 370mm railway gun. French artillerymen setting fuses on 370mm shell stored on top of rail cars. Crane lifts shell toward rail gun. French 320mm rail gun fires. Battery of long guns fires. Shells exploding on enemy targets. Advancing Infantry being struck by incoming artillery barrage.
French soldier comfortably settled in ruins of building, cigarette in mouth, smiles and waves at camera. French soldiers among battle ruins during World War I on Western Front. Destroyed buildings. French officers and soldiers stand about by cars parked at a wartime ceremony in which soldier is being decorated. Fade to interior of the Gem Theatre, in Brooklyn, New York City, where these World War I scenes are part of series projected on the movie screen. Woman playing piano at front of movie theater to accompany the movie.
Russians officers enter a building in Stalingrad. Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov at the desk with other Soviet officers. German Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus enters the office to surrender. Marshal Friedrich and other German officers seated. Soviet guns fire in celebration. Celebrations and fire works in Stalingrad. Smiling faces of women. (World War II period).
A guard marches in the compound of a hotel. United Kingdom's Prime Minister Winston Churchill seated. French General Charles de Gaulle. General George Marshall with U.S. Air Force Chief, Lieutenant General Henry H. (Hap) Arnold. General Marshall with British General Brooke. Sir Dudley Pound, British Naval Chief, with American counterpart, Admiral William D. Leahy. Winston Churchill and President Franklin D Roosevelt seated and other British and American officials stand behind. American and British troops meet in Tunisia. Troops share cigarettes in the battlefield. General Eisenhower shakes hands with British General Montgomery. British troops advance in the battlefield. Aircraft of Allied Forces strafe German targets on the ground. American tanks advance. German prisoners marched off by French soldiers. German prisoners captured. Crowd cheers in a French city which was occupied by Germans earlier. French soldiers and crowd celebrate. (World War II period).
Sicily and Italy invaded by Allies. Allied troops land in beach of Sicily in 1943. Airplanes drop paratroopers over Sicily. Benito Mussolini ousted in Rome. U.S. battleship at the sea. American troops advance. Italy invaded by Allied forces during World War II. Soldiers riding Jeeps. American warships underway at the sea. General Eisenhower and British officials aboard a ship. Convoy in the sea. The Italian fleet surrenders to General Eisenhower. Italian crowd greets American troops in Naples, Southern Italy.
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