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President and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson on a State visit to London, England immediately following World War I.
United States President and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson enter an open horse-drawn carriage in London. Mrs. Wilson has a large bouquet of flowers. Prince Arthur, the Duke of Connaught, enters the carriage to accompany them. Attendants place carriage robes upon the occupants. The carriage proceeds, accompanied by many others, along the narrow streets of London where spectators line the sidewalks and American and British flags cover the buildings and are strung across the road. In various places, British military personnel are seen in formations along the route. At one point, President Wilson, accompanied by senior British officers, reviews a cadre of British troops drawn up in formation. Later, the carriage of the President and First Lady arrives at the Guildhall (71 Basinghall St, London EC2V 7HH, United Kingdom), where they step down from the carriage. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
allied troops occupying destroyed trenches in Flanders. Pulling artillery piece out of mud
British officers watch as American Expeditionary Forces soldiers move single file across a field to occupy bombed out trenches in Flanders, during World War 1. Brief glimpse of British Army chief, Sir John French and Sir Douglas Haig, along with other British high-ranking officers. Troops struggle to free a British 127mm (60 pounder) heavy field artillery piece, from mud. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Japanese occupation of Hong Kong (WW2)
Japanese pilots run to their aircraft before a mission to Hong Kong, a British Crown Colony, during the Battle of Hong Kong in World War II. Aerial view of Hong Kong. Smoke rises from bombing. Japanese crew loads and fires old type artillery piece. Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) troops marches into the New Territories and Kowloon peninsula. Captured British soldiers, including Sikh Indian troops, are marched to the compound by Japanese soldiers. Japanese soldiers drive a tracked truck along Tai Po Road. Crowds on the streets of Kowloon after Japanese occupation. Japanese soldiers carry huge banner that reads 'Peace Mission'. Japanese troops in Japanese Navy ships sailing to Hong Kong. Naval artillery and bombers bombards Hong Kong Island. British prisoners of war in Hong Kong Island after Japanese capture. A British prisoner of war drinks from a can. Japanese military officials in Hong Kong. Japanese troops march into Victoria and streets of Hong Kong Island.
Battle of Dieppe in World War II
The Dieppe Raid, during World War 2. Relief map of France overlayed by Label "DIEPPE." Low-flying British Royal Air Force Spitfire aircraft seen attacking German installations in the area, as German guns fire at them from deep fortifications. Closeup of German antiaircraft gunners on lookout for British aircraft as they fire a Bofors (4 cm Flak 28) point blank, from atop a hill. German gunners firing 2 cm Flakvierling 38 at the attacking aircraft. A German 12.8 cm Flak 40 antiaircraft gun firing. Views on the ground of smoke rising from bomb strikes. German soldiers gathered near a Renault FT tank (one inside it) on deserted street. One soldier holds a hand grenade. A huge explosion throwing up large amount of earth. German Soldier firing MG42 machine gun from inside a building. More huge explosions. Canadian soldiers on beachhead. Some carry a wounded comrade on a stretcher. A German Junkers Ju 88 aircraft bombs vessels near the beachhead. A Churchill tank of the Calgary Regiment near burning landing craft on the beachhead. Glimpse inland of bombed buildings. View shifts to beach, again, and fallen Canadian soldiers lying in front of a burning landing craft. Wounded Canadian soldiers lying on the beach in front of a knocked out Churchill tank. German soldier giving a drink to a wounded Canadian soldier on a landing craft. Canadian soldiers being rounded up as prisoners of war, on the beach and walking under guard with seaside Church of Notre-dame-de-bon-secours in the background. Some prisoners are barefoot. One is being carried on a stretcher. Abandoned Canadian military vehicles on the beach. Canadian prisoners of war with hands raised, being escorted under guard. View of town from beach. Bomb damaged buildings in town. views of allied prisoners under loose guard: walking across a town square; on the beach; and helping injured as they walk from beachhead. View of town from overlooking cliff. Bomb damage is seen. Camera pans across the beach showing beached landing craft and damaged and abandoned military vehicles and equipment littering the shore. View from shore with Church of Notre-dame-de-bon-secours and cliffs in background. Churchill tanks and other equipment at edge of surf. Damaged fortifications in cliffside. Numerous dead Canadian soldiers piled up against a cliff on the beach. Others lying in front of German fortifications. Camera pans across fallen soldiers on the beach. Closeup of surf lapping at two Canadian helmets. More knocked out Canadian armor. A destroyed German fortification and heavy gun near the beach. More destroyed Canadian armor and fallen soldiers lying nearby. More knocked out Churchill tanks. Closeup on one named "Beefy." Closup of manufacturer's label on Churchill tank. A stack of Canadian soldiers' boots. A British Spitfire airplane crashlanded on the beach. Wreckage of a destroyed British aircraft. Closup of bullet holes in fuselage near the aircraft's roundel. A landing craft drifting in the surf. Scene shifts to the town, where canadian prisoners of war are being processed. They remove their helmets. A group of French boys (some in boy scout uniforms) march along a road. Captured Canadian commandoes in black uniforms marching under guard. Ambulatory wounded civilians walking along a sidewalk. POWs assembled in a large open space near a building where a field kitchen has been set up. German soldier puts soup into the helmets of the prisoners. POWs seated on ground eating their meal. Another look at the shore and detritus thereon. View shifts to the undamaged areas of the town and waterfront. Residents continuing on with their lives, as normal. Some conversing as children stand near a street vendor, who appears to be selling ice cream. Other city street scenes. A German soldier at an anti aircraft gun in the hillside overlooking the port. A contingent of German soldiers marching in formation along a beach road. German officers looking over a 12.8 cm Flak 40 antiaircraft gun position overlooking the beach. German troops marching below in background.
Allied soldiers in North Africa celebrate Christmas in 1942 and assemble for Roosevelt visit in January 1943
Allied Forces in North Africa during Christmas, 1942, during World War 2. Map of Tunisia. Ancient Roman ruins, including the Amphitheater of El Jem. A native plows a field. Children ride mules. Christian Cathedrals in various places. Interiors of a cathedral. At various places Allied soldiers hold Christmas Services outdoors. Camel Corps troops astride their camels. A Christmas service in front of a Curtiss P-40 aircraft displaying an American flag on its right wing and a Christian flag on its left. Scenes of children celebrating Christmas in different parts of the world, including boys throwing snowballs at each other outside a school building in the United States (Lettering above doorway of school reads "Durham Public School", possibly in Durham, NC. Graves of dead soldiers. Religious services held for the allied soldiers. British General Montgomery attends a religious service. Bells ring in churches across the world Sign reads 'A Happy Christmas'. Soldiers carry sacks. Letters brought for soldiers on a jeep. Soldiers run to get their letters. A soldier reads his letter. A soldier wakes up to find a filled stocking hung on his tent. Another soldier opens a parcel. 'Pine Grove USA' and 'Birney Cave Mincoka' written on two signs. Soldiers open parcels. Empty boxes, cups and bottles on a table. Preparation for the Christmas feast. Feathers are plucked from a turkey. Many bottles of rum in a row. Chickens are removed from an airplane. Soldiers in a chow line. A pudding on a plate is put on the table. A bowl of oranges on a table with some WAC (Womens Army Corps) service members. A sign in the background reads 'A Merry Xmas' Soldiers feed their pets. A puppy is fed. A donkey and a pig are fed. A pet monkey grooms a soldier's head. Candy is thrown to the native children. The Red Cross dispenses milk given by soldiers to native children. Soldiers go sightseeing in Egypt and observe an Egyptian magician. The Great Sphinx of Giza with the Pyramid of Khafre in the background as Allied soldiers fall off a camel they are trying to ride. Native people of Morocco in a city market area. Women pass in veils. British Soldiers play Cricket. American soldiers play baseball. A soldier plays a guitar. Another soldier views a magazine with a young woman centerfold picture. Soldiers polish uniform brass and shine shoes to prepare for assembly. Others take baths in tubs outdoors. With all troops assembled, President Roosevelt visits, riding in a jeep (while in the area for the Casablanca Conference). He is accompanied by Lieutenant General Mark Clark and General George Patton, riding in the back of the jeep. Later the President is seen sitting sideways in the jeep, holding his hat over his heart as he passes troops lined along the roadside. Secret Service agents ride behind carrying machine guns. The generals in his jeep salute as they pass the colors. Next, British Prime Minister Churchill is seen greeted by an honor guard of four British soldiers during his time in Casablanca for the Casablanca Conference. He is seen beside a gate labeled "Villa #3" which was the Villa “Mirador in the complex of Villas beside the Anfa Hotel.
15 Divisions of German troops (266 thousand) surrender to the Allies, ending the Tunisia campaign during World War II
At beginning, the film shows German soldiers surrendering in World War 2. First they surrender in small groups and then in increasingly larger numbers. Eventually whole divisions are seen surrendering, some even marching behind their Division brass band. They are being interned in outdoor areas under guard. A U.S. Military policemen monitors some and collects identifications papers from them as they enter a barbed wire enclosure. Numerous views of the German soldiers, some arriving in full open railroad cars. German commander of the Army Group Africa, Generaloberst (Colonel-General) Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, followed by British officers, steps from a U.S. C-47 transport airplane and salutes. (He was captured by the British Indian Army’s 4th Infantry Division). Aerial view of the wheat field where the German prisoners were interned for processing. Views of numerous destroyed German aircraft, artillery, fuel trucks, tanks, and other war materiel. A pile of German steel helmets. Closeups of German prisoners in the outdoor compound. An unidentified German General stepping from the cab of a truck, to join the other prisoners. German Colonel-General von Arnim leaving a building and standing as if waiting for a car. Series of closeup views showing soldiers from the various countries comprising the Allied forces. Allied soldiers wading through deep waters; and elsewhere in amphibious assaults, as World War 2 continues. Cheering crowds in Tunis welcoming French, Free French, and British forces occupying the city. General Eisenhower standing before Allied flags, with British Field Marshal Harold Alexander, and French General Henri Honoré Giraud, as Allied warplanes fly in formation overhead. Film ends with "V" for Victory.