View from hillside at Suresnes cemetery, near Paris, France, on Memorial Day, 1919. French troops in uniform are massed around an American flag flying at the top of a tall flag pole.
Schematic diagram of rocket motor power plant of RTV-A-5 and Navaho 2 missiles is given. Various parts of the motor are shown and their position is specified. Animation shows pathway of fuel to combustion chamber. Vertical and horizontal view of rocket in test stand is given. Day and night view of rocket fired from Santa Susanna field are shown.
German war ensign flying over the Zeughaus (military museum) on Unter den Linden, in Berlin, Germany on Heldengedenktag (Day of Commemoration of Heroes) in World War 2. A military band outside plays the National Anthem, as Adolf Hitler walks out of the building, accompanied by General Paul von Hase, Commandant of Berlin. An honor guard of soldiers presents arms in salute. Hitler and Marshal Hermann Goering (Göring) lead members of the German High Command, including Marshal Wilhelm Keitel; Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz; SS leader Heinrich Himmler; Marshal Fedor von Bock; and Marshal Erhard Milch, as they walk along the street, reviewing troops in formation. Flag bearers dip 30 colors of the old German Kriegsmarine and 30 of the new German army, in salute, as the reviewers pass. Soldiers stand holding a large memorial wreath. Hitler and his entourage turn and walk towards the Neue Wache (New Guard) National War Memorial building. Scene shift to inside the memorial, as the wreath bearers enter, followed by Hitler and the Marshals. The strains of "ich hatt einen kameraden" war song are heard played as a dirge. Soldiers place the wreath, and all present salute. Many more flowers are seen on the memorial floor. View of the memorial black granite block topped by an oak wreath (designed by the sculptor Ludwig Gies) situated under an oculus. It is flanked by two guards. Flowers cover the entire floor in front of it. Meanwhile, outside, on Unter den Linden, all persons simultaneously salute, including military and civilians. As Hitler leaves the memorial building, accompanied by the Marshals, he stops to shake hands and converse with wounded German officers and soldiers in wheel chairs. He greets older veterans of earlier wars. A crowd including many young people hold up placards on poles.
German troops march along Unter den Linden, in Berlin, Germany, on Heldengedenktag (Day of Commemoration of Heroes) in World War 2. A military band (unseen) plays. The troops pass a reviewing party in front of the Neue Wache Memorial building, that includes Adolf Hitler, Marshal Hermann Goering; Marshal Wilhelm Keitel; Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz; SS leader Heinrich Himmler; Marshal Fedor von Bock; and Marshal Erhard Milch.
Damage seen after mainland Chinese communist forces bomb Quemoy (Formosa, later Taiwan), following a 15-day respite. Shells on the beach. Wrecked houses in a town on Quemoy island. Nationalist Chinese soldiers come out of an airplane. Chinese soldiers dig trenches and are seen on guard near an artillery position on the island.
Celebration of Army Day during World War II in Washington DC, United States. People gather in front of the Capitol Building to watch the event. Soldiers march. Trees along the sides of the street. Soldiers on horses. Secretary of War Stimson, General George Marshall and other high army officials review the troops. They salute the soldiers. Soldiers in Jeeps move on the street.
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