Captured French General Henri Giraud steps from a German JU-52 trimotor transport plane and is met by German officers during World War 2 German invasion and occupation of France. Animated map shows execution of the Manstein strategy, with massed German Panzer units circumnavigating the Maginot line and attacking through the Ardennes Forest, converging in a thrust to Abbeville on the French coast. This is carried out by German General Heinz Guderian and the 29th Panzer Corps. German forces are seen moving rapidly in trucks, motorcycles, on horseback (cavalry) and even with horse-drawn wagons. Pz.IV tanks of a Panzer division are seen on the move. Soldiers on Pz.III tank and horses move on the field. German infantry marches casually along a road and into a French town, accompanied by a marching band. Houses along the street. Soldiers on Sdkfz.263 8-wheeled armored car of 2.Pz.Div in a field. Other soldiers move on tanks. Germans shell installations at a French port city during Battle of France. German officers ride into a captured French port city.
Russian reinforcements arrive in the Romanian Province of Dobrudja to help hold off German troops advancing under command of Marshal August von Mackensen, during World war 1. The Russian troops are seen at an established camp in a forest. They have erected shelters and smoke can be seen rising from a stovepipe in one. Several Russian soldiers cut tree limbs and set up camouflaged defensive positions, under the direction of an officer. A Russian infantryman hiding in brush, loads a clip of ammunition in his rifle. A messenger on horseback arrives and reports to the officer, who sends him on his way. (WWI; WW1)
Cowboys on horses at a ground in Las Vegas, New Mexico. A man tries to rope a steed. Men speak on loudspeaker. People watch the cowboys. Cowboys on horses at the ground. Chuck wagons on the ground. Cowboys make camp using the chuck wagon. Scenes of the National forest.
An aircraft on field in United States. The airplane in flight and it dusts insecticide poison over the forest to combat gypsy moths. Area dusted with poison.
Men handle wood logs at a forest in United States. Men spray poison on the infested trees. Men discuss amongst themselves in office. Information on brown tail and gypsy moths framed on a wall.
U.S. 1st Infantry Division during the Battle of Bulge in the Western Front of World War 2. A map points Belgium, Germany and France. United States Army soldiers move forward in snow on the front. They pass through the Ardennes. Scenes of U.S. and German soldiers. Snow and ice covered forest. American soldiers on tanks and half-track vehicles. U.S. troops cross the Rhine River over a captured bridge at Remagen. The 1st. Division continues to move through Germany all the way to Czechoslovakia. German soldiers load up into trucks at war's end. Soldiers smoke, talk and rest. A soldier talks on phone. Quick scene from Nuremberg trials.