Allied soldiers during the Invasion of Normandy in World War II. Group of American Navy personnel in flat hats and blues with a group of British women service personnel walk on a path. A park on the right side. Houses in the background. A suitcase being held up in front of a man. Insignia on suitcase reads 'U.S. Coast Guard.' A sign reads 'U.S. Coast Guard, Ruley, CPHOM' (Chief Photographer's Mate).
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia mobilizes ten million men on the Eastern border during the early stages of World War 1. The Tsar inspects Russian troops and consults with his uncle the Grand Duke Nicholas. Russian troops and the military band march. German Kaiser Wilhelm II, and the king of Wurttenberg step from a car in Germany. Officers and civilians gathered around. The Kaiser reviews soldiers in Germany. The Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany readies to command an army. Field Marshall August Von Mackensen, readies to fight the Romanian Army.
An order for mobilization of the French troops for World War 1. French troops march in the streets of France. A crowd cheers them on. Troops marching in a field. French President Raymond Poincare, General Joseph-Jacques-Cesaire-Joffre, and other officers inspect and salute the troops. The proclamation of a German general for the population of Luxembourg. Kaiser Wilhelm II with his military officers in Germany. The Kaiser inspects and salutes marching troops. German soldiers advance on cobbled streets.
German soldiers in wagons pulled by horses over wet muddy road at start of World War 1. Kaiser Wilhelm II and other dignitaries emerge from a car and are greeted by officials. The Kaiser with officers and dignitaries outside a church building. Kaiser talks to the officials and shakes hands with them. He ascends the steps towards a horse carriage. The Crown Prince Wilhelm and other German military officers stand around and discuss maps in a field and use a rangefinder or binoculars to observe. The Kaiser gets into a car and is driven through Berlin. Troops and other cars and horse drawn wagons on the streets.
A small British patrol gun boat is docked on the Danube River, during World War 1. An officer paces on her deck. She displays the British white naval ensign at her bow. Camera pans to another British boat tied next to the first. A sailor walks on her deck. A four-inch deck gun is seen wrapped in tarpaulin. Officers and crew,, pose for the camera on one of the boats.. A 4-inch deck gun is displayed. As officers walk about nearby, a sailor cranks a handle to demonstrate maneuvering controls of the gun.
1943: An animated map depicts the strategic Japanese air and shipping base at Nubia in Papua New Guinea, during World War Two. 25 August 1943, Nubia: USAAF 5th Air Force B-24 Liberator bombers drop 1000 lb demolition bombs, from 16,000 feet, over Nubia. They target bivouac and supply areas. That afternoon, U.S. B-25s, flying low to the ground, make strafing attacks against the Japanese airfield at Nubia. United States soldiers unload jeeps, bulldozers, scrapers and other construction equipment in an abandoned Japanese airfield at Nadzab. U.S. 5th AAF constructing their air base. USAAF C-47s bring Australian infantrymen to the new base.
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