A film based on chemical warfare tests in the United States. Shows usage of poison gas on the Allies by the Germans in France during World War I. Casualties of chemical warfare being evacuated. The U.S. Capitol Building and the Washington Monument in Washington DC. Brief aerial view of White House. Establishment of U.S. Army Chemical Warfare Service on July 1st , 1920 shows a sign which reads 'Office of the CHIEF Chemical Warfare Service'. Chief of the Chemical Warfare Service Major General William N. Porter at his desk. Various processes carried out by the Chemical Warfare Service. The Edgewood Arsenal Laboratories in Baltimore. Samples of gas are analyzed by technicians. Chemical warfare laboratories at Columbia University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel visits the command post of German General Eugen Meidl in the European Theater of World War II. A map of the Western Front of France. German soldiers rest in troop carriers as Generals Rommel and Meidl confer. German infantry, supported by artillery and armor, enters villages. German SS (Schutzstaffel) troops destroy U.S. tanks and dig emplacements. A U.S. airplane is downed by antiaircraft fire. Explosions on a field. German artillery and rockets detonate an Allied munitions store.
U.S. army troops board LCVPs (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) at pier in Weymouth, England, to be ferried out to transport ships anchored offshore, in preparation for the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France, during World War 2. Several large Landing Craft Infantry are seen tied up at the docks, including LCI(L) numbers 84 and 49. Views of Higgins Boats (LCVPs) heading out. Markings on one identify it as belonging to the Attack Transport ship USS Charles Carroll (APA-28). The Higgins Boats come alongside the USS Charles Carroll and troops of the U.S. 29th Infantry Division board her.
An English Fascist and a German Corpsmen in the European Theater during World War II. The Gaumont Palace Theatre in Paris, France with view of cinema exterior marquee. Interiors of the Gaumont Palace shows English fascist John Amery standing on a raised platform and speaking into a microphone. Guards standing on either side of the platform. The audience listening to the speaker. John Amery speaks about Allied bombings. The audience applauding at the end of the speech. Panzer Corps Feldherrnhalle Division men aboard a submarine with Corvette Captain Luet. The Captain shaking hands with corpsmen aboard the submarine. View of the corpsmen with the Captain on the submarine. A few corpsmen inside a control room with an officer. A man aboard the submarine pouring a liquid from a pot for a corpsman holding a cup. The Captain talking to the corpsmen. A few corpsmen getting on to the submarine from a harbor. The Captain talking to the corpsmen aboard the submarine. The corpsmen standing around the Captain.
U.S. soldiers crowd on the deck of an LST crossing the English Channel en route to Normandy France on D-day, in World War 2.. A photographer in the background takes their pictures. Lieutenant Colonel John H. Livingston,of the 834th Engineer Aviation Battalion, refers to a map as he briefs members under his command about their mission. Army chaplain, Captain George Russell Barber, conducts an informal religious service for troops.
Preparations for D-Day Invasion of France during World War II. Four days before D-Day, U.S. gliders at a British base taxi and take off one after the other, towed by Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft. Insignia of the United States. A hangar in the background. The gliders in flight. They fly over an airfield in formation.
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