United States Army Air Corps exercises in Sunnyvale, California. Airship or blimp TC-13 taken into hangar and disassembly begins on it (before it's transfer to the U.S. Navy). Man on a ladder. Army soldiers near a net. Men attach helium gas hose into airship to retrieve and store its helium. Narrator notes that the helium gas is valuable and potentially wanted by Germany for its Zeppelin program. Exteriors of the helium storage room. The helium bottles from which dirigible is filled. Airship during dirigible in hanger.
U.S. troops leave United States during World War I. Exteriors of the United States Capitol. President of the United States Thomas Woodrow Wilson looks out from a window. He works at desk. Close-up view of document that is U.S. declaration of war against Germany. U.S. Soldiers march on city streets, bound for war. American soldiers board ship. Soldiers crowded on deck of the transport ship heading for war in France. U.S. Army General John Joseph Pershing on ship. Sunset at sea.
Defeated German soldiers leave Holland at the end of World War II in Europe. German troops leaving Holland in landing crafts. Soldiers on horse drawn wagons in a line. A soldier on a tank. Soldiers walk in columns as they leave. Horse drawn carriages move in a line. People watch as the soldiers walk and push loaded carts across a village. Horse drawn carriages move past a village. The soldiers at the German frontier. A sign reads 'You are back in Germany don't fraternize'.
A ship underway near a U.S. port. President Woodrow Wilson seen signing the declaration of war against Germany in World War 1. A close up of the start of the draft process, as two blind-folded civilian men draw the first draft numbers for American men to enter service in World War 1. U.S. Army General John J. Pershing stands in a line with other Army officers circa 1917. A large group of people together inside a large cross-shaped stage (possibly American red cross drive of some kind during World War I). Scene on July 4, 1927 in Indianapolis, Indiana, as General Pershing participates in cornerstone laying ceremonies for the Indiana World War Memorial at American Legion Headquarters. General Pershing is with Governor Ed Jackson, Marcus Sonntag, and Adjt General William H. Kershner. General Pershing places wreath on a service flag during the ceremony. Other Indianapolis buildings and view of people on streets in the background.
British factory workers visit Royal Air Force Station, Feltwell, in Norfolk, East Anglia, England, during World War II, where RAF Squadrons fly the Victor Wellington I Bombers they helped build. The factory workers walk up to a British Vickers Wellington medium bomber aircraft and meet flight personnel in front of the aircraft. The pilot shakes hand with the factory workers. Two crew members in the foreground. The nose of the Wellington Bomber in the background. A British enlisted man removes tarpaulin cover from stacked bombs. Steel scaffolds in the background. The pilot and crew members enter the Wellington bomber through the nose hatch. The factory workers watch as the bomber takes off on a mission to bomb Germany.
A film titled 'Marshall Plan at Work' shows London street scenes and panorama of English country side in Great Britain. The London Bridge. A guard on a horse back on duty. Two men talk. Traffic on the streets. Home of the Washington Family. A gravestone of William Penn. A farmer drives a tractor on a farm. Night scenes of London and signs in Trafalgar Square. Neon lights at night in Picadilly area of London. Scenes from 11 years earlier with burning building during the Battle of Britain Blitz by Nazi Germany in World War II. Workers construct houses. Men building new homes and apartment buildings.
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