A Renault FT tank being demonstrated in France, during World War 1. It drives slowly toward the camera through the deep foundation cellar of a destroyed house and climbs out. It then negotiates a deep ditch and continues moving toward the camera. Two American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) soldiers watch from nearby, as the tank moves past. The tank continues moving directly towards the camera, until it must stop or endanger the cameraman. (Note: The type of Renault FT tank in this sequence was commonly called the FT-17, after the war.) (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Tanks in France during World War 1. French soldiers pose with a French Saint-Chamond tank on a dirt road. Two French-built Renault FT light tanks. American driver of Renault tank shows 37mm shell. Officers and tank crew pose in front of a British-built Mk IV tank. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Allied tanks in France during World War I. Numerous damaged French Renault FT tanks. Several that appear repaired lined up in the center of the repair station. Mechanics working on other tanks. A very large building can be seen in the distant background. Brief shot of mechanic working inside engine compartment of a British Heavy Tank. Renault FT tanks loaded onto railroad flat cars being refueled prior to transport. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. Allied soldiers fire artillery and mortars. Troops advance after D-Day invasion along a road into the city of Saint Marcouf. Men of United States 82nd and 101st Airborne Division march into villages. A sign reads ' Sainte Marie Mont', ' Montebourg' and ' Point Labbe.' Heavy artillery being fired, camouflaged gun positions as paratroopers continue to advance. Paratroopers enter the town of Carentan, past a disabled M4 Sherman tank, fitted for deep wading on Utah beach. Paratroopers ride a captured German armored vehicle. Another paratrooper rides a bay horse. Two men ride a captured Sd.Kfz.2 (German: Sonderkraftfahrzeug 2) half-track motorcycle with a single front wheel, also known as the Kleines Kettenkraftrad HK 101 tracked motorcycle, down the street. Vehicle tows a small trailer loaded with ammunition. U.S, soldiers march German prisoners of war in the streets.
Activities of United States 94th Aero Squadron in France during World War I. The film-making in this clip is as described in chapter 33 of the book, "Fighting the Flying Circus" by W. David Lewis. Eddie Rickenbacker in the cockpit of a DH-4 aircraft (posing as a Spad) in flight during World War I. He is in a mock duel against a captured German Hannover aircraft. Several aircraft manuevering in the sky. Smoke from tracers (incendiary bullets). Various allied aircraft pass close by. View of James "Jimmy" Armand Meissner from the 94th Aero Squadron in front seat of DH-4. Aerial view of the ground. Clouds all around. Rickenbacker's Spad aircraft with number "1" painted on side seen in fight around 3 minute mark on clip.
Activities of United States 94th Aero Squadron in France during World War I. Three men work on a Spad plane in a muddy field. A man with a letter arrives and reads out the contents of the letter to them. Men appear jubilant after reading the letter and celebrate.
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