French Army troops boarding a troop ship to deploy overseas. They are in full iniform including blouse and tie, and carrying their military kit and weapons. One soldier carries a French MAT-49 submachine gun. A man at gangplank gives each soldier a piece of paper. View of the full troop ship leaving the dock. Friends and family waving goodbye.
French officer briefs pilots of his organization about a flying mission. Writing on blackboards in the briefing room. Image of airfield on wall. The pilots take notes. French pilots walk out to their Sud-Est 535 jet aircraft parked on airstrip. They climb aboard, start engines, taxi and takeoff. Officers watch as planes depart.
Formation of French women marines (The fouled anchor insignia of French marines is seen on lapel of a woman's uniform.) They are inspected by woman commander and parade while band plays. One carries partially furled tricolor flag. Woman officer salutes as they march past. The women marines in combat training. They cross obstacles and crawl on ground under simulated combat conditions.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his wife Lady Churchill celebrate their golden wedding anniversary on the French Riviera. Churchill with his close friends sits in a car. He sits with his family members and smokes cigar while posing for a photo. Wedding photograph of Winston Churchill and Lady Churchill.
A French soldier enters side door of a Char 2C Super-heavy tank, number 97, as it passes him. Another Char 2C, number 94 (its name, "Bretagne" not seen ) plunges into a stream. View of tank number 97, from in front and below, shows its name "Normandie" painted on its front. Tank # 94 is seen, again, as it rolls over a tree; drives right through a masonry wall; climbs out of a deep ditch; and rolls into a concrete building, destroying it. The sequence concludes with Char 2C #97, riding over antitank obstacles, driving them into the ground.
Activities of the United States soldiers in Europe during World War I. United States Army soldiers depart from a troop ship at a French port. They are seen marching in a French town. Houses along the side of a street in the town. Trees along the other side of the street. A band marching on the street.
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