The American Unknown soldier of World War I before burial in the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery. Remains of America's unknown hero sails aboard the USS Olympia (C-6) for America. A caisson carriage arrives at a harbor in France bearing the casket on October 25, 1921. Large crowd of soldiers and dignitaries present. France decorates the Unknown Hero as French officer reads citation for Legion of Honor medal. Officers crowd around the coffin. The ship USS Olympia (C-6) in the background. Sailors carry the coffin of the Unknown Soldier aboard the ship. French soldiers lay a wreath on the coffin. USS Olympia leaves the harbor. Next scene shows USS Olympia arriving in the United States at the Washington Navy Yard on November 9, 1921. Soldiers carry the casket off the ship. Unknown Soldier being received by U.S. Secretary of War John W. Weeks, U.S. Secretary of Navy Edwin Denby, U.S. Army General John J. Pershing, Commander of the U.S. Marines Major General John A. Lejeune. They salute as sailors carry the body past the military band. The flag draped casket is borne to the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC. A horse drawn caisson takes the body as officers and soldiers follow.
Thanksgiving 1944 in Northeastern France, with the U.S. 26th Infantry Division, during World War 2. Several U.S. Army women nurses walk through muddy snow covered field in Northeastern France, during World War II. One of them pulls a small sled. At the same time,US troops march along sides of a nearby road. A U.S. soldier is issued a winter coat by a quartermaster.Other soldiers putting on new overcoats. U.S. troops in overcoats march along a wet road. A soldier holds up a sign reading," 26 'Yankee' Infantry Division, HAPPY- THANKSGIVING !, Europe 1944." The troops huddle over field cook stoves in a field. They smoke cigarettes. Large group of U.S. soldiers in a chow line near a cemetery in a French town (probably Dieuze, which they captured on November 20th). They receive a Thanksgiving dinner. Soldiers playing football on a snow covered field.
Europe advances through the Marshall Plan. Discussion of Greece and the Corinth Canal, France and diverting the Rhone river to provide water power in France, and an iron mine in Norway is re-equipped.
British artillery being rushed to the front in France, during World War One. A team of horses pulls an artillery piece through British lines to the front, in France. British soldiers are seen walking about the area, including some from a Scottish Regiment, seen in their kilts. A sizeable battery, of British 13 pounder guns, all in a line, firing.
British Austin armoured cars moving along a road in France, during World War 1. British infantry and German prisoners and wounded moving in opposite direction at side of road. Behind the Austins are two Armoured Autocars of the 1st Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade that arrived in France in 1915.
World War 1: A rock quarry area in France where French soldiers have constructed a trench for battle directly in the stone quarry. The men stand in the trench in France, surrounded by stone. Part of the trench has a covered plank held firm by a roof of rocks. French soldiers look out from the trench.
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