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U.S. General Alfred M. Gruenther commences duty as Supreme Allied Commander Europe.

General Alfred M. Gruenther stands with other top NATO officers as he begins his assignment as Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR). Others seen include U.S. Air Force General Lauris Norstad; British Field Marshal Montgomery; and French Marshal Juin. Flags are lowered and then all NATO country flags are raised. General Gruenther speaks briefly from the podium. Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) emblem is seen on shoulder of a soldier. General Gruenther is congratulated by several of the other senior NATO officers.

Date: 1953
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675045318
Aerial view of trenches of a German-held area during World War 1.

High altitude aerial reconnaissance view of a German area during World War I, taken from some kind of (unseen) aircraft. Trenches and or fences on fields below.

Date: 1918
Duration: 2 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675045749
German soldiers with a captured French railway gun during World War I

A French railroad gun captured by the Germans during World War 1. German soldiers stand near a damaged French railway gun. "Against the Big Bertha" is written on the gun, in French. Two soldiers sit on the gun barrel. Other soldiers stand on the railway gun and pose for the movie camera. (This is a German film with English caption describing the gun as one of the heavy rail guns intended to silence our long range guns firing on Paris.)

Date: 1918, May
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045934
German armor, artillery, and infantry defend positions in Southern Normandy after Allied D-day invasion in World War II

As film begins, heavily camouflaged German Panther tanks (Panzerkampfwagen V Panther) are seen moving along a dirt road in Normandy during World War 2. Next, German infantry walk along a road next to forests and behind a Stug IV assault gun. A stone marker on the ground, at rear of a parked Panther tank, points to Beauquay 5 Km and Aunay 7Km. A German soldier lying prone on side of road firing an M42 machine gun. Another soldier lying prone behind him. Parked Stug IV with gun pointed to right. Some infantry gather behind artillery firing from heavily camouflaged positions. An officer with headphones communicates to gun crews. Shells bursting in the distance. A battery of rocket launchers (Nebelwerfers) begins firing. Closeup of soldier activating remote fire control box. White smoke rising in distance. Infantry moving forward toward area of white smoke. German soldiers examine a dead American soldier lying next to a knocked out Sherman tank. Closeup of large shell hole in side of the tank. German infantryman walks past a destroyed American tank. A German soldier exploring inside the turret of a half overturned American tank. A formation of German soldiers at a field decoration ceremony. Soldiers receiving the iron cross award. They exchange hand salutes and handshakes afterwards. Next, Oberleutnant Franz Ludwig Chef 2. Batterie / Sturmgeschutz - Abteilung 1346 and Commander Stug III (Sd. Kfz. 1542/1) is seen showing approval of a soldier who mans a Stug III Ausf G, with numerous white rings painted on its gun barrel (indicating victories in combat). (Franz Ludwig is wearing the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, awarded on June 24, 1944 for success against British tanks in combat at the forest of Bovent east of the River Orne, Normandy.) Closeups of Franz Ludwig. View of him briefing several soldiers as they stand in front of barrel-striped StuG III. (Note: Franz Ludwig died in combat on August 14, 1944.)

Date: 1944, August
Duration: 2 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675078953
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker and General Tasker H. Bliss together with others during WWI, Major Fiorello La Guardia in uniform.

Secretary of War Newton D. Baker and General Tasker H. Bliss walk together, behind them are other members of a delegationduring World War 1. Secretary of War Newton D. Baker is wearing a bowler hat, glasses, necktie and thick black coat. General Tasker H. Bliss is wearing a thick army coat and hat. Secretary of War Newton D. Baker and General Tasker H. Bliss pose together for picture. Secretary of War Newton D. Baker and General Tasker H. Bliss shake hands with each other before they depart. Major Fiorello La Guardia, future mayor of New York City, seen in uniform in July 1918.

Date: 1918
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078400
Allied aircraft drop bombs, ships land in Normandy during D-Day in WW2

Allied ships and aircraft prepare land in Normandy during D-Day in World War 2. Formation of Allied gliders are towed towards the coast of Normandy. Douglas C-47 pulling a glider. Allied warships sailing in rough, choppy waters off the coast of Normandy. A Consolidated B-24 Liberator drops six bombs. Various United States Army aircraft fly with distinctive “D-Day markings” (three white stripes and two black on the wings and fuselages). Bombs explosion. A formation of Martin B-26 Marauders. A ship fires rockets while being covered by smoke. B-17 Flying Fortress in flight. British infantrymen, wearing Pith helmets, on an LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized) sailing towards Normandy. An LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) ship sailing. Allied aircraft flying over the English Channel.

Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 2 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078791