French troops and equipment move along the Siegfried Line in France during World War 2 Battle of France. French troops and tanks advance through a small village during occupation of France. (Renault UE Chenillette armoured carriers seen at seconds 26-37). The tanks and the troops advance across a field. A view of the village with smoking chimneys. Nazi signs on the walls of a village. Trucks and troops move through a town. Horses lined up outside a building. A damaged wooden structure. Wrecked German vehicles and equipment. An ambulance and a hospital. Soldiers look at a collection of teller land mines. They come down a hill. The soldiers on the top of a fortification along the Siegfried Line.
French troops moving large artillery pieces along a tree-lined road in France during World War 2. French soldier smoking a pipe as he rides on four-wheeled carriage transporting an M1917 155mm artillery piece. A French Char B1 Bis Tank driving away from the camera. Its turret and main gun are rotated to the rear. French soldiers ride atop the tank as it moves through a village. They are followed by an H-35 light tank with soldiers draped on its turret. A Somua tank with foliage on it. An H-35 light tank with foliage camouflaging. Assortment of vehicles including trucks and a motorcycle with side car, transporting French soldiers.
British Pom Pom gun (QF 2-pounder) being fired in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. A British Pom Pom gun aboard a British Royal Navy ship being fired. Explosions occur at sea. A low flying enemy aircraft is hit. The aircraft bursts into flames and smoke rises. It plunges into the sea.
Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie gets aboard an aircraft in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Amharic word on side of aircraft translates to "Ethiopia." The Emperor in the cockpit. The aircraft taxis. Natives carrying rifles watch the aircraft as it takes off. It lands after a short flight. Emperor Selassie exits the aircraft. Officials greet him. The Emperor watches a demonstration of hand grenade throwing. Men throw grenades and explosions occur in woods. The Emperor looks through a handheld 16mm movie camera and smiles. View of two dogs. The dogs run towards a car and get into it. The Emperor also gets into the same car. (World War 2 period.)
Benito Mussolini arrives in a German Junkers Ju-52 aircraft, at an airport serving Adolf Hitler's Eastern Front headquarters (Wolf's Lair) near Rastenburg, Poland, a month after being rescued by German commandos from imprisonment in the Campo Imperatore Hotel, high in the Italian Apennine Mountains, during World War 2. He is warmly greeted by Adolf Hitler (who personally ordered the rescue mission). Mussolini's son, Vittorio, also greets him. Hitler escorts Mussolini to a staff car bearing both the Italian and German (Swastika) flags. The car arrives at the Wolf's Lair, and German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop greets Mussolini as he steps from the car. Hitler escorts Mussolini into the building. Next, Reichmarshal Hermann Goering is seen pointing out something to Mussolini. Change of scene shows Mussolini in hat and overcoat being escorted by Hitler, out to their waiting staff car. Back at the airport, Mussolini says his goodbyes to German officers and Hitler. He boards the Junkers Ju-52 trimotor aircraft which taxis out as Hitler waves goodbye.
Film obtained by OSS. OSS logo seen at start. A bicycle race in Europe, held during World War 2. Cyclists ride bicycles during a French-Belgian bicycle race. The cyclists speed away on their bicycles. A church. The winner being thronged by people after winning the race. The winner smiles after winning the race.
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