Activities of American First Army during offensive into Germany in World War 2. U.S. Army Air Force 9th Air Force planes strafe German positions near the town of Stolberg, then U.S. Army troops attack with machine guns (view from machine gun being fired at houses), heavy guns like the self-propelled 155 mm Gun Motor Carriage M12; and massed American 3rd Armored Division tanks acting as artillery in attacking Stolberg. Civilian refugees seen removing their belongings out of the battered city. An American soldier guards a German POW who assists a civilian in moving a loaded cart down a street. View of collapsed building and wreckage after the attack as Stolberg is cleared by forces of the U.S. Army 104th Division, facing booby traps and mines. U.S. forces blast structures that could not be safely cleared. After two weeks of attack, the American flag raised in the city. The 104th Division enters Eschweiler and smaller villages; mined buildings are detonated as tanks move through the towns. Mop up operations last two days as German snipers are cleared. Captured German prisoners are led through the town under U.S. Army guard. U.S. Infantry troops ride on tanks on streets of city. Soldiers carrying bedding walk on street on way to a dry night's sleep. Roadblocks are cleared by U.S. Engineer battalions, including an overhead bridge blown-up by retreating Germans. Units of the 104th Infantry and 3rd Armored division continue eastward and are seen fighting German forces in Weisweiler.
Activities of American first Army in Germany, advancing eastward in late 1944 during World War 2. Animated map shows: 4th and 8th infantry division move out from Stolberg and enter into Hurtgen Forest . U.S. 4th Infantry attack with field guns and artillery. Field gun amidst pile of shells fires toward Hurtgen Forest. 4th Infantry Division troops crawl up a hill in the Hurtgen Forest, sometimes pinned down under enemy German fire. Armor comes to their aid and casualties are treated by medical corps personnel. U.S. Army tanks arrive to support the infantry and they continue forward, where footage shows U.S. mortars and artillery bombing Grosshau, and point of view shot of a U.S. Army machine gun firing at a target in the town of Grosshau. Animated map shows: 5th and 8th Inf. Divisions enter into Kleinhau. Kleinhau is bombarded by a heavy volley of U.S. Army rockets and artillery from units of the 5th and 8th Infantry Divisions. Allied fighter bombers in flight over the area. Artillery is loaded and fired at close-range on target of Kleinhau which was then captured. U.S. Army Soldiers around the ruined buildings of Hurtgen, eating and drinking during a break. Infantry division move towards another towns. U.S. Army soldiers take a moment to relax during the long drive eastward. U.S. soldiers fire mortars from positions along the west bank of the Ruhr.
Munitions manufacture in Germany. Steel workers use chain hoists to move a 1650 kg steel ingot into a furnace. Another ingot, weighing 6000 kg is taken from the furnace and placed under a drop forge. Men maneuver the ingot as it is being hammered. it gradually reduces in circumference and increases in length. The useless end is cut off by placing a steel cutter under the forge hammer. The forged piece is conveyed to the next stage of manufacture.
Munitions manufacture in Germany during World War I. A 6000 kg steel ingot is maneuvered with chain hoists and shaped under a 200 ton press. Surface scale is removed and size roughly checked with large calipers.
Gun barrel manufacture at munitions plant in Germany during World War I. Solid cylinder of steel is bored, and center core manually removed by men using sledge hammers and wedges. Weight of the barrel is 470 kg and the core weight is 240 kg. Rifling is then machined into the barrel by a milling machine that drives a milling plunger into the barrel. View of the rifled barrel.
Kaiser Wilhelm II reviews troops in Germany during World War I. The Kaiser, Prince Adalbert Von Preussen of Prussia and Admiral Ludwig Von Schroeder come out of a building. They climb down the stairs of the building. An officer comes out and gets into a motorcar. A man salutes them.
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