The Imperial German Army (“Deutsches Heer” in German) leaves for Belgium and France after the German Empire declares war on Russia and France in World War 1. A steam locomotive train moves past a forest, moving slowly beside a crowd of Imperial German troops. German troops march out after the train has come to a full stop. German Army officials greet each other. German Kaiser Wilhelm II shakes hands with a high-ranking military official. German military officials inspect infantry. Kaiser Wilhelm II shakes hands firmly with a German military officer after raising his clenched fist in the air.
Austro-Hungarian forces invade Serbia during World War 1. Hands ripping a newspaper apart. Front page of French newspaper, Le Petit Parisienne, reads “La Tension Austro-Serbe Les ambassadeurs de France et de Russie font une démarche auprès du cabinet de Vienne” (“The Austro-Serbian Tension: The ambassadors of France and Russia approach the Vienna cabinet” in English). A French language newspaper says “Le conflit Austro-Serbe” (“The Austro-Serbian conflict”). Austrian cavalry moves into Serbia. Serbian locals look on Austrian cavalry in the background. Austrian cavalryman with horse. Some Austrian soldiers are riding open horse drawn carriages.
U.S. Sergeant W R Thomas sits at the roadside in France. A truck drops the newspaper for him nearby. Shooting over the shoulder as he reads the headline 'Victory in Stars and Stripes', which came to be known as VE Day or Victory in Europe Day. VE Day marked the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany to the Allies. The Sergeant stands up and salutes after reading the paper. He is seen rejoicing and celebrating the Allied victory. (World War II period).
U.S. 5th and 6th Marine Regiment depart for rest camps in France during World War I. U.S. Marines leave the trenches at Montreuil and depart for the rest camps. Trucks and cars loaded with U.S. Marines. The troops on a road. Marine officers including Captain K.E. Rockey, Major T. Holcomb and Lt. C.B. Cates pose. Trucks loaded with U.S. troops.
Major Phillipe who flew from Villacoubay to Eastchurch, England in three stops. De Moulinet who flew 1450 kilometers. Pegoud, pilot for the Bleriot firm, shown making flight tests with arresting gear. Scenes of first live parachute jump over France made by Adolphe Pegoud. Aerial maneuvers piloted by Pegoud in 1913. Views of jubilant crowd who watched the flight and race to meet Pegoud after landing, then carry him on shoulders and celebrate.
Breguet 14 A.2 bomber flies over a target area, shortly after end of World War 1. 75mm bombs explode on the ground. Buildings and hangers at Aerial Bombing School Cazaux, Gironde, France.
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