Spectators are gathered on the steps at the left side of the Propyläen in Königsplatz, Munich. Quartermaster General (Generalquartiermeister) Erich Ludendorff, and several army officers walk forward, from the nearby doorway. Next, a procession of Sturm Abteilung (Storm troopers) is seen, wearing Nazi armbands. They parade in the streets of Munich, carrying Nazi flags. Several thousand assemble in Königsplatz. Next, General Ludendorff is seen on the steps of the Glyptothek (in Königsplatz) surrounded by civilians.
Decoration of a technical sergeant of U.S. Army in Darmstadt, Olm Area soon after end of World War II in Europe. Commanding-General of 7th U.S. Army General Wade Haislip shakes hands with T/Sgt (Technical Sergeant) Charles H. Coolidge of Signal Mountain, Tennessee before awarding Congressional Medal of Honor. U.S. soldiers and band parade along field. The officers salute.
Decoration of a technical sergeant of U.S. Army in Darmstadt, Olm Area soon after end of World War II in Europe. Soldiers lined up. An aircraft taxiing on a field. Commanding-General of 7th U.S. Army General Wade Haislip presents Congressional Medal of Honor to T/Sgt (Technical Sergeant) Charles H. Coolidge of Signal Mountain, Tennessee for outstanding duty with 141st Infantry, 36th Division the "Lost Battalion" in October 1944. Troops and Honor Guard parade along field.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Athens, Greece during World War II. Winston Churchill along with Field Marshal Harold Alexander and British ambassador. Churchill and Archbishop Damaskinos arrive at the constitution square. A large crowd gather at the square as they greet the British Prime Minister.
United States soldiers on alert in Michelbach, Alsace, France during World War 1. The soldiers, at the ready, with weapons in hand are in well established trenches reinforced with woven slender tree limbs and sand bags. They are in a forest with what appears to be a footbridge in the background. Troops aim their weapons.
B-24 aircraft in formation over German target. Sky filled with Flak bursts. Recreated views show aircrew on oxygen at altitude in their respective crew stations inside a B-24. Some scenes, showing gunners firing at a German fighter aircraft, are actually filmed from inside a B-17 (and show B-17 empennage, as viewed from waist gunner position, looking aft). While under attack, one German pilot drops his landing gear to slow down and bails out. Bombs dropping from aircraft and exploding on the German factory at Gotha. Narrator notes that the U.S 392nd and 445th Bomb Groups were decorated for this successful raid. (World War II period).
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