German professional health care workers who have volunteered to serve in the army, during World War 1, are seen wearing their uniforms as they march off to their assignments. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
German Landsturm military recruits, wearing civilian clothing, train and drill with rifles in a field of Berlin, Germany in World War I. Buildings beside the field. Former military officers give training to the militia reserve force replacements as they group and fire in formation, one line kneeling and one standing behind. They fire rifles in the field. Officer gives instructions about how to fire. Other men watch the training. They practice firing rifles from different positions. They fire at targets. Officers demonstrate how to fire the rifle. Women cook food for the home guard militia men. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
British troops arriving at Kings Cross railroad station, in London, on Christmas leave during World War I. Soldiers amongst civilian shoppers at a poultry market. One of the soldiers holds up a dressed bird. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
German prisoners of war move through a trench on their way to an internment point. The are moved along, single-file under French military guard, past several French officers, and then marched along a dirt road, under guard by mounted French soldiers. A huge number of German prisoners enter a fenced open air enclosure. Several are seen being interogated by A French officer. They are formally registered and processed by French military administrative personnel. German prisoners receive food from cooks at an outdoor mess. A large gathering of prisoners rise en masse at a command. Closeup of prisoners looking well cleaned and fit. Closeup of prisoners trying to stay warm in their overcoats. A German prisoner wearing eyeglasses and contentedly chewing a large piece of bread, while holding his mess kit with the other hand. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
A patrol liberates United States and Filipino prisoners of war in the Philippines during World War II. U.S.. Army soldiers fire artillery and mortars on battlefield. Smoke arises from firing. Soldiers approach a chaplain, one by one, to receive prayers and pardon. Soldiers load shells in various artillery and fire. They move toward a hillside and advance up the hill. Soldiers passing bodies of dead soldiers. Soldiers carrying wounded back downhill on stretchers. Graphic shows movement of U.S. forces down through plains toward Cabantuan prisoner of war camp. Allied guerilla forces and U.S. Army Rangers move on a rescue mission 25 miles behind enemy lines, moving through fields and jungle areas. Staged scene of a soldier firing through a gate lock and entering the gate of the prisoners' camp. Soldiers who were victims of the Bataan Death March, now freed from their prisoner camp, walk in columns with Army escorts. Many are smiling. Some are emaciated. Local women and children watch them. Another group of liberated prisoners pass by in the back of a truck.
Former Japanese prison guards and liberated allied prisoners of war at a Japanese prison camp in Manchuria during the Second Sino-Japanese War (World War II). The guards dig up Red Cross cartons intended for the prisoners. They were confiscated and buried by the Japanese. Soldiers stand with guns. A soldier plays guitar. A United States Army general speaks. Panoramic views of emaciated ex-prisoners. The liberated prisoners are loaded into transport planes. The airplane in flight.
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