Mongolians worship huge silk appliqué Thangka in Tibet. A vast hillside in "Kumbum" (according to opening slate on film), Tibet. The lower half of the hill filled with pilgrims and worshipers. The upper slope covered with an enormous thangka tapestry which has a large image of Buddha. View of the tapestry. People around the tapestry. The Mongolians spread over the hilly area. The tapestry of Buddha being covered and then rolled back up on the hill by a long line of people. Scenes of people gathered to view the thangka.
Italian Fascist Army build a pontoon bridge over River Po, Italy. A group of Fascist Army soldiers carry pontoons to the shore of the River Po in Italy. The men lay the pontoons next to the river bank. They slide it to the river with the aid of strips of wooden logs laid in a line on the bank. The men go back and bring long pieces of wood and lay between the pontoons arranged in a line across the river. A large group of army soldiers at work on the bridge. The pieces of wood laid are fastened, forming a pontoon bridge over the river. The regiment passes over the pontoon bridge with the military vehicles following them. The army men stand on the pontoons and watch.
Repatriated French soldiers being processed at a reception center in Paris, France, at the end of World War 2, in Europe. A repatriated French Colonial soldier speaks with two French soldiers assisting with the processing. The repatriated soldiers are processed by women at a long counter. 'Identite' written beside the counter. Several officials seated behind the counter talking to the repatriates. A woman behind the counter talks to a soldier and annotates a document. She stamps the document. Two women seated at a desk. A repatriated soldier is fingerprinted by a soldier who presses the index fingers of both his hands on the stamp pad and rolls his inked fingers on a document.
Germans are given K-rations in Germany. Long line of German prisoners gets K-rations. German soldiers pass. Some prisoners march out of the line. (World War II period).
Liberation of the Dachau Concentration Camp during World War 2. A Jewish boy aged 11, a prisoner in various camps for four years, plays an accordion. Long line of civilians and some uniformed soldiers is seen stretching down a road inside the camp (potentially German civilians, German soldiers, and possibly some conscripted inmates and Hungarian troops.) They are passing before a group of liberated concentration camp prisoners as part of a lineup, potentially for the liberated prisoners to point out those they recognize as perpetrators and accomplices for involvement in the camp. German prisoners stand with their hands up, being viewed by liberated concentration camp inmates while U.S. Army forces stand by and in the background.
Various stages of manned flight are seen during history of flight. First a balloon with a passenger basket suspended below. Then a man is seen making a long flight in a glider from a high hillside. Men maneuver a Wright flyer on the ground. It is a 1910 model B, displaying number NR 14333 on its wing. Men turn the propellers to start the engine. Closeup of the engine. The first occupant is already seated in the airplane as the second walks around the right wing checking things. Closeup of Orville Wright. A Wright flyer taking off. The distance of the first successful flight by the Wright Brothers is illustrated by an animated representation of it over the wing of a 1950 era B-36 bomber.
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