Introduction of captured German documentary films made by U-Boat crews during World War 1. J. M. Mackzum, Knights of the Columbus Secretary with the American Army of Occupation, who brought the films to the United States. A submarine seen at periscope depth, and then submerging completely. View from a surfaced German submarine, of a British tramp steamer in unidentified waters, likely North Sea, Atlantic Ocean, or Mediterranean Sea. View from conning tower of the submarine plowing through heavy seas. Crew of the U-Boat man their deck gun and fire at the steamer. Smoke obscures the scene somewhat. View of the ship settling in the water. (Slate says Captain and mate refused rescue and went down with the ship.) The steamer sinks bow first. Some smoke rises as her boilers are inundated. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
The United States enters World War 1. Men of the United States 3rd Division march towards Chateau Thierry. Soldiers of the United States 2nd Division advance to the war front. Soldiers loaded onto trucks as they move through a French town towards the front. French soldiers on side of the road applaud as they pass. Soldiers in trenches with guns. U.S. soldiers fire M1917A1 water cooled Browning machine gun. French 320 mm railway guns being fired. Soldiers put on gas masks and commence firing small trench mortars.. Soldiers fire at the enemy from the trenches. Their rifles have fixed bayonets. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Soviet Union RPG-7 anti tank rocket fired during a demonstration in Vietnam. Fuel drums filled with dirt being used as targets as a Soviet RPG-7 rocket hits them in Vietnam. A cloud of smoke rises. A second round being fired and strikes the target. Rocket being removed from the rocket launcher by an American soldiers. After section of the rocket launcher as smoke and flame come out of the rear tubes. Captain M.S. Fletcher of the United States Army carries the rocket. Another soldier spins something off rear of the rocket. Captain Fletcher holds the rocket. Rocket bing inserted into the launch tube. Soldiers grouped around the rocket launcher. Rocket being launched and an explosion takes place in mid air. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Project Combat Trap/Commando Vault using outsized bombs to create helicopter landing zones in the jungle, during the war in Vietnam. (At first, the project used 10,000 pound World War II M121 bombs. In 1970, it switched to the 15,000 pound BLU-82/B bomb, also called a "Daisy Cutter".) View from another aircraft, of a C-130 aircraft in flight overhead. View inside the cargo compartment of the C-130 flying , with its rear cargo door open, above a layer of clouds. A parachute trails behind the aircraft, attached to a large pallet on which a BLU-82/B (Bomb Live Unit-82) is fastened. The load is released and the parachute pulls the pallet and bomb out of the plane. Scene reverts to the view of the C-130 from another aircraft. The parachute and bomb are seen falling from the C-130. Camera follows them as they fall through the cloud layer. Next, a huge ball of fire is seen in the jungle below. Dense gray smoke billows upward. Scene shifts to view from a helicopter flying closer to the ground, which is obscured by dense tree canopy below. View of the explosion site shows depression in the jungle canopy, but the helicopter doesn't get close enough to reveal more.
United States Railway Coast Defense guns being test fired at Fort Story in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Men load shells into M1888 8-inch railway coastal artillery defense guns. Men work on the artillery guns and fire them. Guns being test fired.
United States Secretary of Navy Charles Thomas inspects 7th Fleet in the Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Alfred M. Pride and Vice Admiral Royal Eason Ingersoll don their Mae wests on the deck of United States St. Paul ship in the Pacific Ocean. A U.S. Navy HUP-2 helicopter in the background. The U.S. Secretary of Navy Charles S. Thomas poses. United States Tolovana ship underway in rough seas along side St. Paul. Secretary Thomas with officers on the bridge of the ship. A heavy wind blows. Secretary Thomas with Captain Bringle, the Secretary's aide, on the bridge of the ship. Secretary Thomas and Vice Admiral Pride talk on the signal bridge of the St. Paul. The Secretary speaks to a sailor. Vice Admiral Ingersoll and Pride talk to Secretary Thomas on the signal bridge of the ship. Secretary Thomas and Vice Admiral Ingersoll shake hands on the signal bridge of the ship.
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