American soldiers gather around a French Renault FT tank as young men and women working with the YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) throw gifts to them, from atop the tank. (The YMCA employed thousands of women, along with men, to set up canteens, etc. for the troops during World War I.) Several women from the group have some fun being taken for rides in the tank. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Aircraft in the European Theater during World War I. Aerial views as seen from a French aircraft in flight over German trenches. The aircraft in flight above the clouds at a height of 10,000 feet above the ground. A German aircraft in flight. The French aircraft attacks the German aircraft and signals for aid. An anti aircraft gun is fired. The German aircraft is downed. Wreckage of the German aircraft.
German troops move cautiously among French farms and buildings. A German soldier looks through binoculars. A StuG III tank destroyer in motion. . A damaged and abandoned American Sherman tank. Allied aircraft bomb and strafe German positions, while German antiaircraft batteries fire at them. German gunners successfully down an Allied airplane, which crashes near their position. Two young German soldiers hop over their defensive position and run to investigate the downed airplane. Later, the gun crew paint a white stripe on their gun barrel to indicate a successful downing. (World War II period).
Development of early airplane. Louis Bleriot, distinguished French aviator, sitting in cockpit of his plane. Single engine , single winged aircraft in an open field. The plane takes off.
View from Canadian landing craft as Canadian troops of the North Shore Regiment (3rd Canadian Division) land at the Nan sector of Juno beach on D-Day. View on the beach shortly after the landing. Scene shifts to American troops disembarking from a landing craft LST elsewhere at Normandy on D-Day. U.S. Soldiers move ashore in a long line through the water to reach the shore as an explosion occurs in the background. (World War II period).
United States Army Generals walking and talking with other British Officers at beachhead. View of many United States Army soldiers at beachhead. General George C. Marshall and General Dwight Eisenhower can be seen in a car. General Eisenhower talks with British Officers. Eisenhower and Marshall talk to an Army officer as General Omar N. Bradley, with a small bandage on his nose, stands in background. Admiral Ernest J. King with the officers. Close-up of General Henry Arnold (Hap Arnold) standing, smiling, and talking with the officers assembled. (World War II period).
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