French infantrymen rush to defend a Belgian town during World War I. French soldiers advance towards the front to defend the town against the German attack. Buildings along a side of a street. Soldiers fire rifles hiding behind barricades.
Belgian peasants in town captured by Germans during World War 1, are forced to give up their cattle to German authorities.They are seen leading cattle in the town squar3, as German soldiers direct them. Change of scene to street vendors stalls set up in front of established shops. More cattle being led to German soldiers on the square. Local Belgians and a few Germans pose for the camera. Behind them is a heap of rubble neatly piled up near some houses. A horseman moves past a church severely damaged by German shelling. The camera moves to other buildings also damaged. View backwards from vehicle moving across a wide cobblestone pavement, beside a destroyed railroad station. A German soldier stands near a man and woman. Extremely small open rail rail cars are lined up near the pavement. Two children stand in front of a larger open rail car. We pass a German staff car, going in the opposite direction and several people in horse carts. Severe damage from shelling is seen in many places, with some buildings completely destroyed. Final scene shows point of view from camera mounted on moving cart, looking to the rear, as the cart moves down the street passing many destroyed buildings. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
American soldiers at the French-Belgian border in World War 2. Belgian countryside on the French border. Several trees in view. An American tank burning on the side of a road Other tanks move past . Trees on the side of the path. Several tanks move past a building. Houses on the side of a road. American soldiers patrol on the roads. Belgian women coming out of a house.
During World War I, Belgian forces defend against German invaders at Liege, Antwerp, Mons, Malines, Meuse, and Marne. Artillery shells exploding on battlefield. Belgian soldiers fight against the Germans in an open field, devoid of trenches or fortifications in World War 1. Artillery fire being exchanged. View of a heavy mortar. Troops moving cautiously into an open area, with city in background. A cathedral is visible in the distant background. Heavy German artillery barrages create large craters. German troops run across a battlefield and take cover in a bomb crater. Exploding shells resulting in fire and smoke. The German soldiers crawl across a field, pushing soft filled sacks in front of them to absorb incoming fire.
The United States Army infantry advances in the Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. United States Army truck drives in the snow with its wheels angled to the right, slipping even with chains on. Military vehicles slide on icy roads as units of the 7th Army advance in the Ardennes Forest. Heavy snow falls over a moving truck. A truck towing a M115 howitzer. M4 Sherman tanks, tank destroyers and other tracked vehicles struggle to drive in the snow. Various tracked vehicles slide and slip on the icy roads, including an M4 Sherman tank that nearly hits a house after losing traction on the ice. A soldier shovels sand out of a truck onto the road. A half-track tows heavy equipment. 7th Army soldiers keep watch in the snow-covered forest. 7th Army Infantry troops march along the road on foot. A soldier pushes down on propeller to start a Piper Cub L4 observation plane. A United States Army Piper Cub L4 observation plane takes off from airfield. Aerial view of tanks moving in snow-covered fields. M4 Sherman tanks fire at enemy position after receiving signal to fire. Smoke rises from German positions. Gun crews fire with M1A1 Long Tom field artillery. Soldiers fire with their rifles. German soldiers wearing parts of captured U.S. Army uniforms (perhaps associated with Operation Greif) are captured in the Ardennes Forest. German prisoners wearing American overcoats put their hands on top of their heads. A captured German prisoner takes off boots. Captured German prisoners are led away by 7th Army infantry troops.
View of General Dwight Eisenhower, Omar N Bradley and Lieutenant General William H. Simpson entering the building. MP salutes to Generals. Generals including General Eisenhower walking out of the building. View of Generals traveling by car.
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