United States Army 4th Cavalry Regiment advance cautiously, firing small arms, as they enter the Erftwerk factory in Grevenbroich,Germany during World War 2. Soldiers fire rifles,carbines and Thompson machine guns at buildings. Damaged buildings in the background. Soldier interacts with a German woman, living nearby. Severa; factory workers are enticed out of air raid shelter. U.S. soldiers talk to the workers and allay their fears.
United States Army 4th Cavalry Regiment advances through Grevenbroich,Germany during World War 2. Road sign reads 'Grevenbroich 5 Km'. U.S. M10 tank destroyer, of the 4th Cavalry, moves into the town. Civilians happily wave white flags from building windows. M10 tank destroyer maneuvers in street. Woman holding white flag stands outside building. Soldiers fire the tank destroyer's gun and then drive it into a large open field.
Allied Prisoners are marched in Paris,France during World War II. Large group of American and British prisoners are marched through streets under German guards. Buildings on either side of the street. Buses move through street. Civilians, possibly French collaborationists, jeer and slap at two different Allied prisoners as they march by.
Documentary film titled 'America's Answer' depicts participation of America in World War I. President of the United States Thomas Woodrow Wilson seated at office. United States Army General John Joseph Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces, reviews troops. Trees in the background.
Destroyer ships underway off the coast in France during World War I. Destroyer escorts convoy underway at sea.
Army Engineers of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) use a rail-mounted conveyer-type bucket dredge to deepen a channel for Allied ships on the Penfeld River at Brest, France, during World War 1. In the background, the Kerguillo mansion in the suburb Bohars, can be seen. The dreged spoils are being emptied into a string of open rail cars. Men work around the base of the dredge, loosening soil with long poles. Army engineers, including African American soldiers of the U.S. Army 501st Engineers work with French civilians to build wharfs on the Penfeld River. They stand with a rail car of concrete at the job site, and manually remove it when emptied. Construction supplies are piled up at the port, where 501st Engineer members are seen with other U.S. soldiers and French soldiers. View from rail car (not seen) moving along track, away from the port. A locomotive is seen with "USA" painted on its side,next to a newly constructed rail platform. A French workman carrying a large can walks next to the tracks. A railroad crane stands on a siding. Workmen build a station on the platform. (One raises his arms out wide for the camera.) An open rail car sits by the platform. A soldier from the 501st crosses the track near a rail car filled with wooden ties. View of U.S. troops running from work on a train of rail cars, as they respond to noon mess call. African American soldiers of the 501st Engineers getting lunch and eating at an outdoor mess. Four of them tap dance for the camera, as their comrades watch and clap.
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