Two American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) soldiers in a deep trench clean their rifles. Snow on the ground.The trench is lined with woven tree limbs and twigs, and even include "benches" for sitting. A third soldier appears with gas attack warning. The soldiers don their gas masks. Others appear wearing gas masks. All take firing positions in the trench, as gas drifts over them. A soldier without a mask stumbles into the trench. One of the soldiers places a gas mask over his face. Another goes down the trench and fetches medics who attend to the victim. The medics carry the gassed soldier on a stretcher into a gas proof dugout. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Several soldiers of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) are seen moving through a trench, carrying supplies to their sector. Snow is on the ground all around the trench. Suddenly they stop and don their gas masks. The sit down in the trench as a gas cloud comes over them. Scene changes to a group of soldiers digging defenses at the base of a earthen berm. A lookout sentry standing above them sees a gas cloud headed their way and alerts everyone. All stop what they are doing, don their gas masks, and take up positions to better observe. Some remain behind the berm and other stand upon it. The next sequence illustrates the use of Ayrton fans to clear gas from a trench. Soldiers waving the fans move, one behind the other, low in a deep trench. In the next scene, drifting gas partially obscures a dugout entrance in a trench. A soldier, uses an Ayrton fan to dispel the gas. In the final scene, soldiers in gas masks are in firing positions in a trench. A gas cloud appears to have dissipated. One soldier removes his gas mask make sure it is safe, and then tells the others, who remove their masks and stow them away. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Axis airplanes during World War II. A soldier stands next to a German Messerschemitt plane in a field in England during World War II. Bullet marks on the plane.
German Air Force (Luftwaffe) member in uniform during World War II (presumably a prisoner of war on British soil). Aviator's patch on his left breast pocket includes eagle and swastika. Separately, British ground crew ready an RAF (Royal Air Force) Hawker Hurricane for take off during Battle of Britain. Pilot in the cockpit as they work on the plane
Second D-Day anniversary after World War II celebrated in Washington DC. General Dwight D. Eisenhower seated at a desk addresses the nation on the second D-Day anniversary. He recalls how American soldiers fought on the D-Day against all odds. He also remembers those soldiers who fell on the D Day. “Young men who have not yet done their share must now come forward to help bear the burden. May the memory of what the American fighting man accomplished renew in us a firm resolve to see the job through. We, whose strength did so much to win the shooting war cannot afford to grow laggard now.” Eisenhower said.
Communists in Berlin, East Germany. The Brandenburg Gate after World War II. British soldiers on armored vehicles behind barbed wires. American troops in the background. Truck loaded with German girls. Children attend an East German Young Pioneer rally. Rally entrance sign reads “Pionierrepublik Ernst Thälmann”. A youth band plays music. Young boys and girls wash dishes at a trough. A colorful Young Pioneer parade at a stadium. People at the Soviet World War II Memorial. People carry picture of Stalin and banners. Communist Young Pioneer youth at the rally. A banner reads 'Yankee, Go Home' Girls hold pictures of Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong. German youth marches in Russian uniforms. Russian soldiers also march.
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