The signing of the Munich Pact in Germany on 29th September, 1938. The Führerbau where the agreement is to be signed. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and other German officials look at the agreement on a table. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Arthur Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister of France Édouard Daladier, the Prime Minister of Italy Benito Mussolini and Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Galeazzo Ciano enter a hall. All the dignitaries and Hitler stand together before signing the Munich Agreement. They sign the agreement.
Scenes of the first daylight strategic bombing by the United States Air Forces against targets in German-controlled Europe. A dozen B-17s execute the first mission against railroad marshaling yards in German-held Rouen, France, on August 17, 1942. A year later, large numbers of U.S. bombers attack Schweinfurt, Germany during World War II. U.S. B-17 Flying Fortress planes take off from U.S. Air Base in England. A formation of B-17s in flight. They head towards Germany. U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and his aides confer. Unescorted B-17s over Schweinfurt under heavy attack by German FW-190 fighter planes. The B-17s drop bombs over the target area. Ruins of Schweinfurt after bombings. A FW-190 goes down after facing attack. Dead and wounded men unloaded from B-17s which return from the Schweinfurt raid. Panoramic views of ruined Schweinfurt on August 20, 1943.
Fencing event at Berlin Olympics, Germany. Italian commentator relating details. In another fencing event, Giulio Gaudini from Italy defeats André Gardère of France.
Eddie Rickenbacker returns from France, to New York at the end of World War I. A large crowd greets him, as he shakes hands with an officer. He shakes hands with a young boy. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
A painting of an ancient army commander on a horse back with two infantrymen at his side. A map of Europe shows the location Belgium between Germany and France. German soldiers crawl on ground among battle-scarred trees, in Belgium.
'Dramatization of heroic deed of Private Thomas C. Neibaur: A dramatization about the courage displayed by Private Thomas C Neibaur during a German counter attack near Landreset-St Georges, France in World War I on October 16, 1918, for which Neibaur won the Medal of Honor. Explosions occur at the war front and American soldiers in trenches. Artillery fired and dead lay in the field. German forces launch a counter attack. American soldiers get out of trenches and move across the field. Private Neibour under fire from a German machine gun. dead soldiers. Neibaur hit by a bullet, he crawls across, gets a pistol and captures 11 German soldiers. Prisoners move across the field with their hands up as Neibaur crawls behind them. Private Neibaur and prisoners in a ditch as Neibaur smokes a cigarette.
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