Opening scene shows German LVG biwing airplane with gunner in rear cockpit, receiving bombs from ground crewmen and storing them in his cockpit during World War 1. The pilot is inspecting the front cockpit. Next is a view of the battlefield, from the air. White smoke drifts in places and troops on the ground scurry to new positions as if escaping gas. View from wing of German airplane, showing pilot and gunner in forward and rear cockpits, respectively. Gunner raises a bomb from his cockpit and drops it overboard. Explosion is seen on the ground. Several other explosions and white smoke are seen. Scene shifts to a dogfight taking place in the air, between Allied and German aircraft. View from inside the German airplane shows the gunner firing his machine gun. Glimpse of gunner and pilot seen in the airplane, from the rear. Airplanes maneuvering in flight. View from rear of pilot in cockpit of the German airplane. An allied airplane attacks a German blimp, setting it on fire. It plummets to the ground in flames., trailing heavy black smoke. Next French Niewport airplanes are seen in formation and then engaging in a large dogfight with German aircraft. .
Opening slate reads: "Leaving as friends the land they entered as foes." A large contingent of German soldiers is seen assembled for departure by a building, in a French city, along the Belgian and Luxembourg border, that Germany had occupied during World War 1 Next, a German army brass band parades along a street of the city, through a crowd of French inhabitants, many of whom walk along the sides of the street keeping up with the band. The last moment of the clip displays a slate reading: "Auf Wiedersehen."
Saint Nazaire truce for civilian evacuation during World War II. Fighting is halted to escort St. Nazaire citizens to safety. German troops at a rail road station. A train arrives at the station carrying refugees. They come out of the train and meet the soldiers.
Activities of American soldiers in Frace during World War I. A trench on the battle front. The U.S. Army soldiers walking in the trench. They string wire in the trench. Medics standing and discussing amongs themselves. A soldier lying in prone position and firing rifle from the trench. The soldier crawls backward into safety of the trench. The soldiers standing in the trench. They duck their heads as incoming fire comes from the enemy sides. A gas alarm in the trench. The soldiers are seen quickly putting on gas masks to prepare for a gas attack.
A U.S. soldier brings news of the armistice to troops sitting at their camp. The troops celebrate. They jump and hug each other. They raise hands and applaud. The troops gather and celebrate the news of the armistice by greeting each other and shaking hands. The soldiers discuss the armistice news and walk away. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Views of trenches during World War I. A soldier writes on a pad as he speaks to another soldier at entrance to a dugout in a trench. A French soldier leads several U.S. troops along the trench. Several soldiers peer over the top of the trench toward German lines. Soldiers hide themselves in trenches. A U.S. soldier mans a machine gun nest.
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