American aviator Colonel Charles Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris. Colonel Lindbergh returns to the United States after completing his flight on June 11. A large crowd gathers in Washington D.C. to greet him. U.S. President Calvin Coolidge arrives at the ceremony to welcome him. President arrives at the podium. Crowd applauding. He addresses the people and speaks about the flight of the aviator. He talks about the history of airplanes and their flight. He states that the airplanes were first used for the purpose of transportation of passengers and for national defense. They had a limited flying radius in the beginning. But now the area has been extended. He states about the historic flights of many U.S. Navy personnels. Then he talks about another historic flight of Lindbergh and bestows the Distinguished Flying Cross upon him. People cheer and applaud as he makes the announcement. Lindbergh arrives at the podium and being greeted by the cheering crowd.
Animated map shows the front line of battle, between Republican and Nationalist forces, curving North from Aranjuez, towards Madrid, during the Spanish Civil War. View from hilltop of shells exploding in distance. Closeup of Republican trenches and soldiers taking doors from a town, to reinforce them. The troops installing the doors in the sides of the trenches. Troops carrying supplies and gathering together for a meal behind a protecting hill. Soldiers eating and reading posted information and sharing newspapers inside their fortified positions. A soldier climbs steps into a truck equipped as a traveling barber shop, where he gets a shave and haircut. The mobile barbershop moves on to another location. A camouflaged military vehicle tows a huge loudspeaker out the gates of of a Republican army post. It drives to the front lines, where it broadcasts music for the Republican army troops. View inside the control trailer where the operator places a vinyl record album on a phonograph player. Sound of the broadcast transmitted in the area. Troops in trenches listening as they man their positions and maintain their weapons. An instructor reviews information about their weapons with a group of soldiers, who had little prior experience with firearms. These new recruits are being taught how to disassemble and reassemble a rifle.
A U.S. Army officer instructing new soldiers in the United States before their deployment in World War I. Soldiers seated at an outdoor lecture area. The soldiers listen to a lecture as an officer writes on a blackboard.
Activities of American soldiers in France during World War I. The exterior of a building. The mail call for the soldiers. A rooster stands outside the mail call slot and then goes back inside. The soldiers arrive near the building and receive postal mail through the same slot. They read their mail. The chow wagon for the soldiers. The soldiers eat food. Soldiers walking in a battle trench. An American soldier and a French soldier stand beside a sign post showing "5th Avenue" going one way and "Broadway" going the other (humorous signs recalling the New York City famous streets). The American soldier appears to be explaining the signs to the French soldier.
German blitz air attack damage in Britain during World War II. British anti-aircraft artillery guns firing at German aircraft in flight in southeast England. The British soldiers firing anti aircraft artillery towards the aircraft. Flak bursting in the sky. A German rescue sea plane heading to assist a downed German bomber. A British Hawker Hurricane aircraft is disabled and its pilot ejects with parachute. The Hurricane crashes to the ground. RAF launches depart to rescue the pilot in the sea. View of the rescued pilot, from New Zealand, being escorted ashore up a wooden dock, wrapped in a blanket. A bombed house. The destroyed buildings and churches in the area. The rubble of houses. Views of Anderson Shelters (bomb shelters) and a man emerging from one, his house in front of it partially destroyed. A captured German pilot, rescued at sea, is brought ashore. Elderly British men discussing the damage. A wrecked statue of British scholar John Milton lying on the ground. The destroyed buildings along the sides of the street in Westminster. Business men walking on the street show identification to authorities to gain access to a bombed area. Houses with exterior walls blown off revealing intact bedrooms inside. A policeman or Bobby picks up and examines a piece of shrapnel.
Interior of a war materiel factory in Germany early in World War 2. Men work to produce war equipment, including rifles. Men on an assembly line producing German rifles. Scenes showing new rifle stocks and rifle barrels being assembled. A man inspects a gun barrel and gun sight. Scenes of German men working to produce war materiel during Germany's remilitarization.
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