D-Day Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. Airborne paratrooper soldiers march on air field in groups. Men relax beneath aircraft. Men inspect the parapaks. Men apply camouflage make up on each others faces. A man reads out a message from Supreme Commander. Equipment loaded, man eats pineapple and other checks sub machine guns. Indian paratroopers in full battledress and equipment. Men inspected by pilot and crew chief and then by a jump master. Paratroopers board an aircraft. One British paratrooper with British type ammunition leg pack assisted by another paratrooper into the aircraft. Men march across air field. C-47 planes take off for invasion.
Allied D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. United States C-47 aircraft in flight at early dawn. Interior of aircraft paratroopers prepare to jump and attach lines to overhead cables. Men bail out of aircraft. Paratroopers land jump from nearly 40 C-47 planes. Paratroopers load into aircrafts at dusk. Aircrafts in flight, CG 4A gliders descend.
A painting of an ancient army commander on a horse back with two infantrymen at his side. A map of Europe shows the location Belgium between Germany and France. German soldiers crawl on ground among battle-scarred trees, in Belgium.
'Dramatization of heroic deed of Private Thomas C. Neibaur: A dramatization about the courage displayed by Private Thomas C Neibaur during a German counter attack near Landreset-St Georges, France in World War I on October 16, 1918, for which Neibaur won the Medal of Honor. Explosions occur at the war front and American soldiers in trenches. Artillery fired and dead lay in the field. German forces launch a counter attack. American soldiers get out of trenches and move across the field. Private Neibour under fire from a German machine gun. dead soldiers. Neibaur hit by a bullet, he crawls across, gets a pistol and captures 11 German soldiers. Prisoners move across the field with their hands up as Neibaur crawls behind them. Private Neibaur and prisoners in a ditch as Neibaur smokes a cigarette.
A dramatization: Heroic deeds of Lieutenant Hunter J Wickersham during World War I. Lieutenant Hunter J Wickersham of 353rd Infantry, 89th division leading his platoon even after getting serious injuries in Limey, France during World War I on September 12th, 1918. It urges people to contribute towards Liberty Loans. Two soldiers eat and talk in a trench. Germans fire artillery and explosions occur. American soldiers in trenches as shells burst. Lieutenant Hunter J Wickersham advances with his platoon. Men crawl to advance. Lieutenant Wickersham and his orderly get serious injuries due to bursting of a shell. He binds up orderly's wounds and get out of the hole and lead his men forward. Shells continue to burst and Lieutenant Wickersham dies in an explosion. Dead soldiers. A soldier removes a cross from a dead German soldier's uniform.
Events and end of World War 1. A newspaper headline about the end of World War I after the armistice. Cheering masses of people gather on streets in Europe and in the United States in New York City and other cities to celebrate the end of World War I. French and American soldiers celebrate at the war front in France. Two soldiers exchange their hats.
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