American revolutionary soldiers march in reenactment of post-revolutionary past. They are led by two drummers and a fife player. American soldiers charge from their trenches in France during World War I. A man removes an antique musket from a wall. Two men converse in a rural agricultural area, in America during World War 2. The men look up in the sky as some U.S. Army Air Forces fighter planes fly overhead. An exploding bomb is artificially superimposed upon a typical residential street in an American neighborhood. The exploding bombs are next seen in Europe during World War II. Buildings are destroyed. Fires rage and heavy smoke fills the air. Views of destroyed cities.
Railway guns in France. 14-inch 50 caliber Naval guns mounted on railway cars. U.S. Navy gunners stand on one railroad gun. Group of gunners operate the railway gun. Navy gunners stand on ground next to the railroad guns. Sailors practice cranking the gun's elevation controls, and the barrel is seen raising and lowering accordingly. View of two railway guns in position on railroad tracks. Houses in the background. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Statue of Karl Marx on his grave stone in Highgate Cemetery, London. A picture of Karl Marx. Scenes in Russia around the time of the Russian Revolution circa 1917 and creation of the Soviet Union. Soviet soldiers walking slowly in loose formation. Bolsheviks standing with a large banner. Images spanning many years thereafter: Damaged shops on a street. "One way" street signs in several languages. Large gathering of people carrying signs reading: "Frieden" (Peace, in German). A sign reading: "HALT, Landesgrenze" marking a German provincial boundary. A sign in German, designating the customs border at Furth im Wald, Bavaria ("Zollgrenz-Bezirk, Furth i.Wald"). East German border guards setting obstacles and sentry paths at barbed wire barriers (constituting the Berlin Wall, early on). Picture of Günter Litfin, a twenty-four-year-old tailor, who swam across the Spree Canal to West Germany on 24 August 1961. View of him being fatally shot from across the border, by East German guards, as he is being pulled into West Germany (the first such fatality at the East West German border). Animated map of the world with label references to Berlin,1961; Havana, 1959; Budapest, 1956; Coyoacan, 1940; and Kronstadt, 1921.
Testing of Ford 3-ton tanks in the United States. Tanks lined up and military personnel standing next to them. The tanks test drive over rough, hilly fields and over ditches. One of the tanks gets stuck in a trench. Observers look at the military tank. Workers dig next to the tank and pull it out. The tank reverses and drives on a rugged surface. Henry Ford watching the tanks move. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Monuments in Indianapolis, Indiana. View of the 'State Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument' designed by German architect Bruno Schmitz. The monument is dedicated to Indiana heroes who died in a war before World War I. A Civil War exhibit at a lower level. Sculptures of soldiers and sailors on the monument. Water cascades into a collecting pool at the base.
American President Thomas Woodrow Wilson in Washington DC. President Wilson draws the first number in the 4th Draft Lottery. A military official blindfolds the President. President Wilson puts his hand inside a glass case and pulls out a piece of paper. The official reads from the paper chosen by the President. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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