Opening scene shows German Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel gesturing as he hosts members of a Japanese military mission and a Turkish military delegation (headed by Colonel General Cemil Cahit Toydemir). At Adolf Hitler's invitation, they are on a tour of the Eastern front and English channel coasts between June 25th and July 7th, 1943, during World War 2. Here, they are seen inspecting German positions and witnessing firepower demonstration on the Russian Front near Kharkov (also Kharkiv) just south of Kursk. They observe a German artillery gun crew as they demonstrate rapid firing of their field piece. Shells explode raising black smoke. Closeup of a senior Japanese military official. Turkish and Japanese delegation visitors board two small open train cars driven by German soldiers on motorcycles adapted for the purpose. Following a pause, the scene shifts to the visiting officers inspecting German armor, including a small armored personnel carrier; a Tiger Tank of Pz.Abt.503; and other armored vehicles. They watch a Tiger tank moving along a muddy berm rotating its turret and 88mm gun as it moves. Another tank races past the camera at high speed, raising clouds of dust. A German gun crew, in a trench, fires an MG 42 heavy machine gun. They look up and camera focuses on formations of German JU 87 Stuka dive bombers flying overhead. Visiting officer peers through a periscopic viewing device, as Large explosion occurs in the field. German, Japanese, and Turkish officers converse as a huge plume of smoke rises in the background, capturing their attention.
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in a meeting near Brenner Pass in Italy. Adolf Hitler gives a Nazi salute. Dignitaries get out of a car and enter a building. They sit down to talk. Italian and German officers converse with each other. Adolf Hitler and Mussolini look at a large map on table. The dignitaries get out of a Limousine and shake hands with each other. Adolf Hitler and his staff waive as Mussolini leaves on a train.
MAAG (Military Assistance and Advisory Group) Mission in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Country Team Conference held in Embassy Building by United States Ambassador Carl W Strom in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Lieutenant Colonel Dickson, Chief Plans and Training, Brigadier General Hartshorn, Chief of MAAG and Deputy Chief of Mission, Edmund H Kellogg seated at a table during the conference. One of the dignitaries gets up and points at a large map on wall.
Nazi rally in Nuremberg, Germany ca.1934. Massed Storm troopers and spectators salute Hitler. An artillery piece is fired. Hitler personally recognizing loyal Storm troopers. Animated map of Asia, showing Japanese occupation of Manchuria, and Italian occupation of Ethiopia. Newspaper headlines describe Britain and France hesitating to support League of Nations oil sanctions against Italy; and U.S. increasing its oil exports to Italy by 600% (ca. 1935). Hitler and Hermann Goering looking pleased in Hitler's private railroad car. Adolf Hitler at a planning table covered with maps. German citizens traveling abroad and Joachim von Ribbentrop visiting London, as ambassador to Great Britain, in 1936. View of Léon Degrelle and his Catholic-fascist, Rexist party in Belgium (ca. 1936). View of Colonel Francois de la Rocque speaking at a Cross of Fire (Croix-de-Feu) party night rally in France. Konrad Henlein, leader of the Sudeten German Party in Czechoslovakia. Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian National Socialist official, seen in an automobile during a parade. Sir Oswald Mosley addressing followers and defending Hitler. Street scenes of public disorder attributed to Nazi sympathizers in France and Belgium. Mass meeting of the German American Bund in Madison Square Garden, New York City,1939. U.S. flags and picture of George Washington decorate stage. Fritz Julius Kuhn addresses the gathering and members rough up a protester. Views of heavy industry in Germany, especially steel manufacturing for remilitarization. Persons working at a German concentration camp. Dramatized execution by machine gun. View of Heinrich Himmler. German President Paul von Hindenburg. German national conscription of 1935 during military mobilization efforts. German youth training pilots with gliders. German paratroopers, Junkers 52 aircraft, German soldiers goosestep, views of German tanks. Ju 87 Stuka plane. German invasion of Rhineland, 1936. Construction of Siegfried Line. Antitank barriers, bunkers, dragons teeth. Hitler visiting Westwall. German military parade.
Scenes of destroyed Lines of Communication (LOCs) during World War II. Lines of supply trucks burning on a highway. Destroyed rail lines, trains, and locomotives. Destroyed seaports and channels. U.S. paratroopers board a C-119 transport aircraft. Helicopters transporting U.S. Army infantry. Many helicopters in flight. Paratroops dropping and landing in large numbers. Troops running from landing helicopters. Helicopters carrying artillery pieces and supplies.
United States 1st Infantry Division soldiers place Claymore mines in Vietnam. Three soldiers examine the Claymore mine and place it in position. One of the soldier points out in front direction. The Mine is positioned. Wire leading from mine is strung out. Soldier lies down on ground and examines the Claymore mine. ( Note: These scenes are from a U.S. Army training film called Perimeter Defense.) (Vietnam War period).
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