German Naval war ensign displayed on an Auxiliary Cruiser (armed surface raider disguised as commercial ship) during World War 2. Crew members with binoculars observe a British commercial vessel in the Indian Ocean and signal her to stop. They fire a warning shot from one of the cruiser's 150mm guns. Crew and passengers abandon their ship and make their way in lifeboats to the German cruiser. One of the lifeboats is partially filled with water. Others arrive at the side of the cruiser where their occupants, including many civilian passengers, are brought aboard the cruiser, which continues firing at the abandoned ship with a 15cm L/45 C13 gun. Closeups of the British ship from the cruiser, show a single defensive gun mounted on her top deck. Smoke rises from earlier shelling. Next, the abandoned ship is seen settling and burning. Finally she settles below the water and pitches forward, to sink with her stern pointed straight up as she plunges below the waves.
German troops at war against the Russians in Stalingrad, Russia during World War II. Tanks burn and destroyed houses in the background. A German looks through binoculars. Two knocked out German tanks. German half track fires. German troops fire mortar at a building. Explosion occurs at top of the building. German soldiers view damage and walk through debris. German soldier throws hand granades. Russians return fire seen flashing from pile of debris. German soldier watches a doorway as he holds a pistol. Germans advance towards a house. Germans fire machine guns. Heavy guns fired by Germans. Abandoned railroad tank cars on tracks.
Sport carnival held aboard the deck of the cruiser SMS Möwe, or Moewe, underway in the Atlantic, on the way back to Germany in World War 1. German sailors engage in gymnastics on horizontal bar. Two sailors compete in a tug-of war pulling a rope from the back of their heads.
Officers on bridge of the auxiliary Cruiser SMS Möwe, homeward bound from raiding activities in the Atlantic, during winter of 1916. Small ice floes seen around the wake of the Moewe. As they approach Germany, an armed fishing steamer signals them to halt at once. View of the fishing steamer. A motor launch also approaches the Möwe through ice strewn waters. Numerous prisoners taken by the SMS Möwe are assembled on deck of ship. Her Captain, Count Nikolaus zu Dohna-Schlodien, addresses his crew and then salutes them as he prepares to board the motor launch to report onshore. view of the Count standing aboard the motor launch as it makes way in the harbor. Later, Admiral Reinhard Scheer, Commander of the High Seas Fleet, comes aboard the Möwe to congratulate its Captain and crew for their successes. He is seen addressing them and then exchanging salutes with Count Nikolaus zu Dohna-Schlodien. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
The U.S. Secretary of War, John W Weeks, General Pershing and other officers at the Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Virginia. Hangars in the background. General Mitchell explains the working of the bomber to Secretary of War, Weeks, and General Pershing. Inspecting party and General Mitchell stand near a bomber aircraft. General Mitchell talks to General Pershing, standing near wing of bomber. Inspecting party gets into an opened touring sedan and leave.
Motorcade of Allied heroes during World War 2, escorted by royal guards and troops, parade down the streets of New York. Ticker tapes are showered over the parade. Thousands of people gather at the City Hall Plaza to get a glimpse of the war heroes from different countries. The U.S. and British flag on buildings. The procession moves uptown. Heroes include men of the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and men of American armed forces. The men are honored at a ceremony in front of the City Hall in New York.
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