German infantry units pass in review, before several officers, along a wet road during World War I. German Artillery units in maneuvers on a field with 77mm field pieces and wheel mounted heavy machine guns. They fire one round from 77mm pieces. Teams of horses then ride onto the field and hook up the artillery to move it and the gun crews. Views of the World War 1 artillery and crews moving along a dirt road. One of the horses stumbles and falls. Soldiers run to assist the team.
American forces moving by railroad in France during World war 1. A steam locomotive pulls a long train over tracks in a rail marshalling yard. The train includes troop passenger cars followed by flat cars carrying war materiel, such as wagons and artillery pieces, along with accompanying troops in the open. These are followed by more closed troop carrying cars. Next, U.S. soldiers and some sailors are seen walking on an outdoor rail platform as a train filled with sailors pull slowly into the station. Passengers and those on the ground wave to one another. View from front of a steam locomotive pulling a train headed toward the camera. A French woman moves a wheeled mobile gate beside a train track in France. French civilian men stand between nearby train tracks as a train carrying American soldiers passes them. Soldiers sit with their feet dangling out of the cars. An American flag is displayed on the last car.
Former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt walks with others. He is next seen, standing in an open car, waving his hat to the crowd. The location is the Campus Martius area, at Woodward and Michigan Avenues. The Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' monument is visible in the background. The occasion is the Fourth Liberty Loan Drive. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Boxers Joe Louis and Arturo Godoy compete in a boxing match on June 20, 1940 in Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York City. Louis knocks out Godoy in 8th round. Ground Infantry (GI) quiz ask a question about boxers and the answer is Coast Guard Commander Jack Dempsey. Views of Jack Dempsey while in the Coast Guard, demonstrating physical prowess. Multiple scenes from boxing match of Jack Dempsey versus Luis Ángel Firpo on September 14, 1923, at the Polo Grounds in New York City. Multiple knock-downs of the boxers are shown, including one where Firpo knocks Dempsey completely out of the ring. GI quiz question on tanks. Picture of Sherman tanks knocking down trees. Picture of Leonardo Da Vinci. View of the Mona Lisa painting. Animations of various concept designs credited to Da Vinci including tanks, aircraft, parachutes, and submarines. GI quiz question on rockets. View of battery of rockets being fired from ground positions in World War 2. Aerial view of U.S. Army aircraft firing rockets at target. View of German V-1 flying bomb (early cruise missile) in flight toward a target. Animation showing future use of a rocket launched across the globe and reaching New York City (with artist's view of Statue of Liberty in foreground) as narrator says, "Scientists are convinced that the next war, if there is one, will be fought with giant remote-controlled atomic rocket bombs, capable of traveling thousands of miles in a few minutes, to completely destroy any target, anywhere, anytime."
Funeral procession in a city square in Belgium during World War 1, circa 1918. Several horse drawn carriages with caskets pass by. Each coffin is separately escorted by Belgian soldiers in World War I uniforms and civilian men and women carrying flowers and wreaths. Belgian people gather to see parade on both sides of street.
As the local population watches from the sidelines, Prince Mirko Dimitri Petrovic-Njegos of Montenegro, is seen riding a white horse as he follows a military brass band into the Village of Roupes, near Scutari (Shkoder) Albania, during the 1st Balkan War. He rides at the head of several mounted officers. The village is secured by Montenegrin soldiers. Slate states that after hearing the national anthem, Prince Mirko congratulated the troops for their good behavior during the war. He is seen dismounting and saluting as he begins to inspect the troops.
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