After World War 1, in accordance with Article 88 of the Treaty of Versailles, residents of Upper Silesia are deciding by ballot, whether to be attached to Germany or Poland. Citizens in Kattowitz (Katowice) milling about in front of a building with a sign that reads ' Deutsche Sammelstelle. ' A horse and wagon passes them. Armed French occupation troops climb aboard an open truck. A small boy watching is chased away by a soldier.The truck drives away, past crowds of people on sidewalks. Three uniformed French soldiers pose in front of crowd of spectators. Three uniformed men with Red Cross arm bands stand under red cross flag flying from building. People massed at entrance to a building move into it under sign reading "eingang." A French officer (General Henri Le Rond) standing with a British officer (Colonel Henry Percival) and an Italian officer (General Antonio de Marinis), reads a newspaper and converses with the others in garden at Oppeln (Opole). Views from moving train of industrial complexes with numerous smoke stacks and factories, in the Oppeln region of Upper Silesia. A map showing area of plebiscite, and the coal reserves and coal mines of the region.
MAAG (Military Assistance and Advisory Group) Mission in Vietnam. Opening ceremony of a newly constructed telephone building. Mr Dung,Assistant Secretary of State speaks over microphone. Mr Dung makes a first call and dials number. General Le Yan Ty receives call at the extension phone.
General Charles De Gaulle with other officers visits the Free French heavy Destroyer, Le Triomphant, in Algiers. The names "A Scheer" and "Deutchland" are painted on torpedoes fastened to the ship. Sailor blows bugle as General de Gaulle emerges from a gangway. Entire crew is in dress uniform. The gereral visits a submarine, where French crew is lined up at attention. An honor guard with fixed bayonets, on the pier. View of Free French naval flag. The flag of Forces Navales Francaises Libres (FNFL).
Interiors of the United States Embassy (4 Le Duan Blvd., District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) in Saigon, Vietnam following the Tet Offensive bombing of the embassy. Personnel examine damage inside embassy. Bullet holes in wall. Clock stopped at 3:03. Soldiers check Embassy grounds. Troops carry wounded on stretcher. Aftermath of battle in Tet Offensive. Wrecked trucks and destroyed buildings. (Vietnam War period).
Allied troops participate in a ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier or Le Pavois in Algiers, Algeria. Soldiers with a wreath near the Tomb. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in white depicting men on horses lifting the Unknown Soldier. Four soldiers with rifles give a gun salute. (World War II period).
Allied officers attend a ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier or Le Pavois in Algiers, Algeria. U.S. General Dwight D Eisenhower talks to French General Henri Giraud using an interpreter. General Eisenhower, General Giraud and Admiral Jean Louis Darlan observe the ceremony along with other high ranking Allied Army and Naval officers. A soldier salutes. A large crowd watches and applauds the Allied troops as they pass in review. Soldiers with the British Union Jack on the streets. A crowd cheers and applauds the soldiers. (World War II period).
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