British artillery pulled by horses. British gunners fire a 9.2 inch howitzer. British infantrymen smile and eat while settled deep in a trench. Four German prisoners of war carry a wounded comrade on a litter, on their shoulders. Large group of German prisoners of war. Some German prisoners stand near some smiling British infantrymen.
Opening slate, in English, identifies location. Views from window of a railroad train moving quickly past countryside in Galicia during World War 1. Orchards and country cottages are seen. A small stream runs beside the railroad. A seemingly abandoned and overgrown castle on small hill close to the railroad, is seen as the train passes. There is little evidence of war. Change of scene shows Russian soldier walking through ruins of what was once a stately building, in Galicz (aka Halicz; Halych;or Galich). Remains of a destroyed steel bridge over the Dniester River. A narrow pontoon bridge has been erected next to it. A Russian river gunboat is stationary in the river, near the pontoon bridge. View from underneath of the destroyed steel bridge. A Russian officer on horseback seen after crossing the pontoon bridge.
Old fishermen at Sidmouth, Devon, South West England, during World War 1. The elderly fishermen work without help from young men (all of whom have left to fight in the war). Young boys stand by and watch as the men shake fish from their nets, on the shore. Two pick fish up from the shore where they have emptied them from their dory, seen behind them. The elderly fishermen seen earlier, emptying their nets, are now placing their catch into baskets, crouched over a large pile of fish on shore, with the fishing boat behind them. Change of scene, to buyers inspecting the barrels of newly caught fish. Fishermen standing by barrels of fish at market near sea shore.
Women work at a farm field in Germany. Trees in the field. Horse-carts on the field. Women harvest wheat and bundle wheat. Women plow fields with horse drawn plow, as men are away at war. Women, girls, and boys help with harvesting food like potatoes. Boys piling up potatoes on field. Young women sort postal mail. They line up to receive piles of mail for sorting and routing. Food goods in a warehouse including boxes of food, sacks of flour, barrels stacked high, slaughtered pigs hanging from hooks, sausages hanging from hooks. Factory workers (mostly boys and older men) eat food in a dining hall at workplace. View from a moving train of a a railway track ahead at a switch with branches to left and right. A train moving by on a railroad track, carrying goods. Officers talk between parked train cars. Workers shovel grain between train cars. Workers in snow connect fuel lines to railroad tanker cars to fill them with fuel for war effort.
Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley escorts U.S. Secretary of State, Cordell Hull on a tour of the beachhead at Normandy, during World War 2. He points out items of interest to the Secretary Hull. The beach is filled with war materiel, and many ships are off shore.
Generals walk on a field outside U.S. Army encampment in France during World War II. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson visits General Omar Bradley and General George Patton on the field. Secretary Stimson and the Generals converse. They have a formal lunch in a tent. Bradley and Patton pose and converse with local Commander, a Brigadier General.
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