Actors in dramatized scenes, together with actual footage of natural landmarks and wildlife in Africa. David Livingstone meets Queen Victoria in Windsor Castle. David Livingstone reports his discoveries in Africa, such as the Victoria Falls, which he named after the Queen. David Livingstone bows to Queen Victoria. Queen Victoria and her mother, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (Duchess of Kent and Strathearn), listens to David Livingstone. Thundering waters of Victoria Falls. Herds of zebra, letchwe and wildebeeste grazing in Southern African Savannah. Egrets circling above buffaloes in the African Savannah. Elands, sable antelopes, roan antelopes, druikers in forest. A cheetah waits for prey in rocky hill. Pelicans fly over a lake.
Finnish troops with supplies and white cloth for snow camouflage march along snow-covered road during the Russian-Finnish War (Also known as the Winter War). Finnish soldiers disperse, seek cover under trees. Finnish soldiers fire artillery in forest. Finnish soldiers hold a banner written in Russian. Captured Soviet soldiers in formationg after their capture by Finnish army.
View of a bunker overlooking a river in Germany, likely the Saar river, before World War 2. A ship can be seen sailing in the river. Many other pillboxes along the river. Low angle view of “Dragon’s teeth” tank barriers found in the Siegfried Line, the defense fortification line in western Nazi Germany use during WWII. Aerial view of long water filled trench on the Siegfried Line running through forest and farmland.
Rows of “Dragon’s teeth” tank barriers found in forest, meadow and farmland along the “Siegfried Line” fortification along western Germany before World War 2. Woman farmers till the soil in farmland near “Dragon’s teeth” tank barriers. Two farmers till the soil on a farm. A farmer leads his oxen to till the land in farm with “Dragon’s teeth” tank barriers. Rows of “Toblerone”-shaped “Dragon’s teeth” tank barriers in between a farm. A shepherd tends to his sheep in meadow with “Dragon’s teeth” anti-tank barriers.
Psychological warfare operations (PSYOP) and information dissemination demonstration by the United States Army during the Cold War. Two United States soldiers remove a smoke canister from a 105mm HE smoke shell at a small wooden table in a forest. They insert a pack containing leaflets inside the shell to replace the smoke canister. Soldier reassemble the shell containing leaflets. A soldier takes away the shell.
A Soviet soldier recounts his wartime experience in a letter to his wife during World War 2, known in the Soviet Union as the Great Patriotic War. Armored train cars leave a factory in the Soviet Union. Hands holding a letter written in Russian. Hands holding a letter written in English. Soviet soldiers on the ground fire at German bombers with anti-aircraft artillery at night. Soviet infantry and tanks move across a battlefield. Explosion from bombs dropped from bombers. Tank reserve moving behind Soviet infantry. Soviet artillery fires from under a camouflage net. Explosion from artillery fire in battlefield. A rapidly deploying smoke screen. Soviet infantry cling to pontoon bridge while under heavy fire. Soviet cavalry ford river with artillery cannon in foreground. A burning village after being set on fire by retreating German soldiers. A Soviet soldier inspects ruins of a village razed due to German “Scorched Earth policy”. An elderly Russian woman crying in despair. Soviet soldiers take rifles from dead bodies. Soviet defenders killed by German forces. A Russian man rings church bells in victory as village is liberated. Soviet tanks fire while advancing. An advancing tank runs over trees in the forest while infantry trails behind. A tank advancing through a razed village, with infantry trailing behind. A clock is seen still running on ruined wall on fire.