Close up views of French Army artillery soldiers loading and firing a large French 270mm howitzer during World War I. The soldiers wearing French kepi hats work together to load, close, raise, and fire the 270 gun. View of the howitzer alone as it fires.
Opening scene shows two French Renault FT 17 tanks descending a steep embankment from a path where several pedestrials pass in the background. The tanks then, ford a stream and climb a very steep embankment from the stream. In the background, two derricks are seen on a pier extending partway into the stream. The tanks reach a tree-lined road at the top of the embankment. Change of scene shows one tank running over the remains of a partially destroyed building, as two men watch from closeby. Next, the demolition site is seen from an adjacent street, where passersby watch the tank from the sidewalk. Scenes of the tank in the rubble
Views of World War 1 French Army and German Army forces in somewhat parallel activities; some presented in split screen. German soldiers on horses with guns in the field. French Cavalry on the move and German Artillery being moved by horses along a road. French troops attacking in battlefield. French and German artillery fire. French officers talk amongst themselves outside a telegraph station set up in a closed wagon in the field. Officers sit in the telegraph station. An aircraft being flown by aviation pioneer Hubert Latham, and another by French Lieutenant Rene Jost. French Lancers on horseback. People on the roadway.
A French soldier enters side door of a Char 2C Super-heavy tank, number 97, as it passes him. Another Char 2C, number 94 (its name, "Bretagne" not seen ) plunges into a stream. View of tank number 97, from in front and below, shows its name "Normandie" painted on its front. Tank # 94 is seen, again, as it rolls over a tree; drives right through a masonry wall; climbs out of a deep ditch; and rolls into a concrete building, destroying it. The sequence concludes with Char 2C #97, riding over antitank obstacles, driving them into the ground.
Air Search for United States Air Force aircraft C-47 that crashed in French Italian Alps, on October 24, 1954. Having discovered the crash site, a Search and Rescue jump master kneels near the door of SA-16 aircraft, wearing a helmet, and talking on microphone. View of C-47 crash site on Mount Carbonè in the Italian-French Alps. Rugged mountain peaks are misty and snow covered. Part of the SA-16 aircraft is seen.
World War 1 British soldiers dressed in cold weather gear, in a trench with snow all around. A Sergeant heats a canned Christmas pudding over a "fire devil" (metal cooking stand) in the trench. He opens the can and distributes contents to other soldiers in the trench. The soldiers pose and smile after sharing the pudding.
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