Allied armies face rain and storm. General Eisenhower gets into army jeep with officers. Soldier salutes him and gives hand signals for vehicles to pass by. General Eisenhower reviews soldiers and inspects a unit of the 29th Infantry Division. Army vehicles drive past a flooded highway affecting the 3rd and 7th army routes on their drives to Metz and Strasbourg. The flooded Moselle River (or Mosel) expanded from 50 to 1500 yards. Soldiers drag a plane to shore that brings medical supplies. The 90th Infantry Division troops cross Moselle River in assault boats. Soldiers construct a raft. Tank moves in heavy waters. Wrecker of a tank battalion overturned in an irrigation ditch along with a 2.5 ton truck. Truck towed from ditch. Damaged buildings and broken bridge. French division gunners stand guard at emplacements amidst an early winter snow. Machine gun position. Infantry men line up for a chow meal. Vehicles covered with snow. Army trucks plow slippery roads. Telephone wires strung pole to pole. (World War II period).
Indian lancers await orders at a place after Battle of Arras during World War I. Indian soldiers sit or sleep amidst horses. Irish band followed by guards and grenadiers as they advance. Soldiers from Ireland carry guns on their shoulders. Artillery moved in horse carts. Mark I tank moves. Three soldiers sit on the tank.
Gordons or soldiers of British Army Infantry preparing wire fence during Battle of Arras in World War I. Gordons pull out a stack of barbed wires and unroll it horizontally on ground. The wire is tied to a thick wooden stick at one end. Horses pull a 6-inch gun. Soldiers pull ropes to position 6-inch gun.
12-inch naval gun is fired in Battle of Arras during World War I. Soldiers slide ammunition to load a 12- inch railroad gun. The lock is tightened. The massive heavy artillery gun is fired at German position.
Mark I tank moves over a trench as soldiers sit on it during Battle of Arras in World War I. Other soldiers watch tank advance from a distance.
Canadian 60-pounder gun is loaded and fired during Battle of Arras in World War I. A soldier writes on a pad near the firing gun. Smoke arises at distance as gun is fired. Australian troops fire a howitzer. A Mark I tank moves over a shell hole. Soldiers load and fire 6-inch gun. A British gun crew, stripped to the waist, fire an 18 pounder field gun.
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