Ambassadors from Netherlands and Belgium in the United States. Official from Netherlands speaks about the German attack. He states that Germany has violated all norms. Netherlands is resisting the attack in its full power. Belgium ambassador talks about the German attack and the strategies to defend Belgium made by King Albert I of Belgium.
American troops being marshalled to confront German forces pressing in a salient during the Battle of the Bulge in World War 2. They load their gear into vehicles and head toward the front. A loaded Army M3 Half Track towing a field piece, crosses over steel bridging placed by engineers over a waterway. American troopers of the 82nd Airborne Division are among the Allied forces seen assembling to defend against the German offensive. Infantry of the U.S. First division accompanied by M10 Wolverine tank destroyers, heading toward Büchenbach, Germany. Patrols of the 1st Division search woods near Eupen, Belgium, where German paratroopers had landed. Next, one of the captured German parachutists stands on the hood of a jeep displaying the newest type of boot worn by them. An American soldier discovers one of the parachute packing cases. Near it he picks up a white snow cape worn by German soldiers at the snow-covered front.
Allies move on towards Germany during World War II. Animated map shows American 3rd Army entering into Metz and Dijon in France. The 3rd Army generate smoke from mechanical smoke generator. The 3rd Army crosses the Moselle River under a smoke screen. The 3rd Army meets the American 7th Army in Dijon, France.
Many four engine British AVRO Lancaster bombers with engines running as they prepare to depart from the UK on a nighttime bombing mission over Germany, during the 2nd World War.
Germans defend Cassino and Monte Cassino abbey in Italy during World War II. Map of Italy shown. General of the Nazi Germany, Albert Kesselring & German officers arrive in Italy and meet soldier. Kesselring gets into a jeep. German plane in the background. A man observe the posts from a roof. Gun crew at a table. They adjust artillery position. Artillery on road.
A homestead on a farm in the U.S. Great Plains. Horse carts break the plains. A woman sweeps stairs. A man and a child stand on the plains near the plow. An explosion on the land. World War 1 news headlines: 'England declares war on Germany, Belgium invaded, French win at sea' and 'War news tumbles securities, Stock Exchange Closed, Wheat Prices Soar'. A man drives a tractor with a plow on a plain land and dust cloud rises. The plow breaks the plains. News headlines: 'Wilson proclaims war, Spy ring arrested, German ships seized' and 'War sends wheat soaring, Grain up 13 points, Pit in Pandemonium'. The postwar decline of the wheat market results in overproduction: Farm machinery is used to sow the land. Wheat grains are poured into a thresher. A steamer at a sea. Tractors are driven and plows break the plains. A dust storm in the foreground during dust bowl era. Overproduction of wheat. Notice of 'Farms for Sale' in lower prices. Farm machinery is used. The sun rises in the background. A notice of 'Own a farm away from home'. Overproduction of wheat is shown. Over-exuberance in roaring 20s market is shown by a stock market or commodities market ticker running large amounts of ticker tape and a scene of a 1920s African American jazz musician drummer playing the drums enthusiastically and smiles while another band musician in the background plays bass.
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