An American sailor buys flowers from a woman in a flower market operated by widows from World War I, at Place Charles Rogier in front of the Grand Hotel Cosmopolite, in Brussels, Belgium. Men lined up in background. Because of the devastating loss of men during the World War, Belgian women perform many tasks themselves. One woman shines shoes.
American pavilion being constructed in Brussels, Belgium for World's fair. A sign reads ' USA VSA' Water puddle at the construction site. Workers build a construction headquarters. Trees around the construction site. A tree with a twisted truck. Men work on the roof of the construction headquarters. Trees around the construction site. A huge steel structure of the American pavilion.
International Inventors Exhibition at Brussels in Belgium. The items on display include a folding desk to foil a robber, and a cord-less electronic phone. A hand sized sewing machine and a table made of several tables are also seen in the exhibition.
Gliders parked on a field in Brussels, Belgium during world War II. A glider with an insignia of the United States on the field. Buildings in the background. A soldier enters a glider and other exits. A view of the gliders across the field. The wings of the gliders with the insignia of the United States.
General Dwight D Eisenhower arrives in Brussels, Belgium. Prime Minister and other dignitaries greet him. He talks to the dignitaries. Soldiers and officials greet him. He places a wreath on the tomb of the Belgian Unknown Soldier. Other soldiers salute. Buildings and a car parked in the background. (World War II period).
Initial German advances in World War 1. German troops entering Luxembourg and Belgium. They are seen crossing bridges (possibly at Remich and Wasserbillig). Local inhabitants stand and watch as horse-drawn German wagons of supplies pass along a road. They pass over a pontoon bridge. Troops and supplies passing over a suspension bridge and then over a pontoon bridge. One wagon carries pine trees with German flags atop them. German army trucks moving over a stone bridge with structures built across it. Imperial high command observing movements of German military forces. Crown Prince Wilhelm (William) of Prussia, appointed Commander of the German 5th Army, is seen in the uniform of a Leib Hussar, with toten kopf (death head) emblem on his fur busby. He converses with his father, Kaiser Wilhelm II. They are accompanied by high ranking German officers. German forces entering Brussels, Belgium.