An exhibition of Électricité de France (EDF) in Paris, France. A large crowd gathers. A woman demonstrates an electro-magnetic field. A tray is suspended in mid-air. A man takes off his glasses in disbelief. Eggs are fried on the electro-magnetic tray. People watch and eat eggs cooked from an electro-magnetic tray.
Scenes of New York City night clubs, during the "Roaring 20's," beginning with the relatively sedate Versailles Club, on 50th Street, where Rudy Vallee and his musical group play for patrons dancing. Rudy Vallee is seen playing the saxophone. He was so popular, the club was renamed 'Villa Vallee'. Wealthy businessmen gathered at the night club. The views then shift rapidly, in a montage of scenes showing party goers, flappers, and increasingly wilder antics in night club and speakeasy locations throughout New York City. Champagne bottle being opened. (This was illegal. National prohibition was still in force.) A singer performs. A man smoking a cigar. An artist plays his trumpet. A band of musicians perform. A couple waves their hands at the performance. A girl artist performs a dance. A scantily clad girl comes from behind stage curtains and performs in a burlesque show. Girls perform dance in a follies type act and balloons thrown up in the air. Fast montage of wild partying and raucous behavior with streamers and balloons flying.
U.S. troops of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) wearing gas maskes as they occupy trenches on the Western Front, in France, during World War 1. One soldier using a large hand-held "Ayrton" fan to clear lingering gas from a trench. A shell bursting in air above a fort, as a French FT 17 tank moves across the area. American infantry in gas masks, firing rifles from a trench, as gas drifts over them. A camouflaged French rail gun firing from a railroad siding. Two other views of French rail guns firing. Smoke rising from a nearby shell burst. More views of AEF troops firing rifles from trenches during gas attack. Soldiers moving across no-man's land as shells burst. A mammoth explosion from a demolition charge or siege mortar shell. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
French Forces of the Interior (FFI) at the Liberated Paris in France. General Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle ,General Marie Pierre Koenig and General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque and other officials on a Parade. The French civilians raise hands,cheer and applauds. Officials salute the crowd gathered. Crowd smiles and wave hands in air. Children clap hands as the Generals move along with the officials. French Forces of the Interior (FFI) men ride on armored vehicles down the Champs Elysees. French armored vehicles pass along the crowd. The Arc De Triumph. General De Gaulle pays homage at Tomb of Unknown Soldier. (World War II period).
Japanese troops on the Aleutian Islands in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A map locates places. Ships underway at sea. Japanese troops aboard a ship. They advance across a field. A seaplane takes off and in flight overhead. United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator aircraft bombard Japanese battleships. Smoke and splashes in water due to the bombardment. The aircraft bomb a shore. Enemy anti aircraft guns are fired. Soldiers stand at attention. A soldier holds a flag. A map of Pacific areas controlled by Japan.
German officers tour France during World War II. Officers including German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, German Air Force Minister Hermann Göring and others seated at a desk in the train car. They discuss a map. Soldiers at a railroad station. The soldiers entrain. They meet their loved ones. They wave towards them as the train leaves the station. Houses and buildings in the background. The train on a railway track. Adolf Hitler, Hermann Goering and other officers seated in Hitler's private railroad car touring occupied southern France. The soldiers wave at a station. A board reads: Hendaye (on the southern border of France near Spain. Hitler and officers at railroad station in Hendaye as train arrives with Spanish leader Francisco Franco on board. Franco exits the train and greets Hitler. They walk past German soldiers at attention, as Franco offers a Nazi salute. Franco and Hitler board another waiting train.
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