The German assault on France during the Battle of France in World War II. German infantry crawl through grass. Artillery shells burst nearby. The German infantry run across a farm field. French defenders are seen operating a heavy gun inside a Maginot Line fort. German infantry cutting through barbed wire surrounding the Maginot Line fort, and employing flame throwers against the top turret of the fort as well as the lower base in the rear. View of the fort blackened by the fire. German troops enter the fort. A Nazi flag flies above it. French officers surrender. French POWs (Prisoners of War) walk along. Prisoners seated and standing about at a prison camp. Wounded prisoners. French Colonial African Senegalese prisoners of war greet one another and then several of them begin to dance.
United States 1st Battalion, 151st Infantry Regiment of 38th Division at Fort Drum, El Fraile Island, Philippines. Damaged buildings at Fort Drum. Platoon near Fort Drum, checks the results of demolition and fire. Guns in position at the fort. United states 1st Battalion disembarks from barge onto fort. Troops on the mast of the barge with American flag on a pole. The troops inspect the area and walk back on the barge. (World War II period).
Conservation Work in the United States during the Great Depression. View of the Bogue Bank near Fort Macon in Morehead City, North Carolina. CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) inspect Fort Macon and restore the fort. Worker measures the breadth of fort wall. Arches and ammunition rooms of the fort. Damaged door inside one of the rooms. Worker inspects doors. Man repairs a damaged window.
International exchange of CAP ( Civil Air Patrol ) cadets in Richmond, Virginia. Interiors of Fort Harrison as cadets look at a mock battlefield. An officer briefs the CAP cadets. A sign on mock up reads ' Fort Harrison captured September 29, 1864 by the federal 18th Corps ' .Another sign reads ' Fort Harrison confederate name , Fort Burnham Federal name'. Yet another sign reads ' Headquarters and museum, Richmond National Battlefield Park '. The cadets on a guided tour of the Fort Harrison. They come down a wooded stairway. The cadets point at a pamphlet. CAP cadets eat lunch in a picnic area while a female personnel drinks cola.
The ruins of the Fort Douaumont in Verdun, France during World War I. French soldiers stand outside the fort. Snow covered field. Destroyed barbed wire entanglements. Long lines of French troops are seen approaching the fort in the distance. French Soldiers move towards the fort with supplies. German soldiers fire artillery on the field. Smoke arises due to the firing.
The ruins of the Fort Vaux in Verdun, France during World War I. Exterior of the wrecked fort. French soldier works outside the fort. Barricades kept outside the fort. Soldiers walk. German soldiers fire artillery. Smoke arises due to firing. French soldiers prepare a machine gun to fire.