Famed Evangelist, Billy Sunday before a crowd in New York City. Scottish entertainer, Harry Lauder, raising funds for the Red Cross. French actress, Sarah Bernhardt appealing on behalf of France, during World War 1. Billy Sunday's Tabernacle at Broadway and 106th Street, in Manhattan, New York City, is seen in opening shots of film. Next to it is a YMCA cafeteria, Some cars are parked on the street and some pedestrians stroll along the sidewalk. Scene shifts to inside the Tabernacle, that seems filled to capacity. (It could seat 18 thousand persons.) Camera pans over the crowd. On a stage, Billy Sunday stands next to a desk and removes his tie. Displayed on the wall behind him is a huge patriotic circular bunting. Some men and women also occupy the stage with him. Next, Sunday is seen standing on the desk emotionally haranguing the audience with a fundamentalist Christian sermon. Change of scene to closeup of John Philip Sousa conducting an open air band concert, attended by a vast audience. Closeup of Harry Lauder, famous Scottish singer and comedian. Next, Scottish bandsmen in uniforms, including fur busby hats, crowd onto a raised platform in a park. A sign on the platform refers to B.F. Keith's and the Red Cross. Next, bandsmen are gone and the platform contains seated guests, including a British Army officer and several civilian officials. Harry Lauder is speaking to a crowd of mostly men, from the platform. Scene shifts to closeup of famous French actress, Sarah Bernhardt, seated next to a man in an open car. A huge patriotic bunting is hung in the background. A large crowd fills a park. Some wave American flags. Camera moves back revealing the setting with Bernhardt standing in the car speaking. The bunting is seen to decorate a raised speaker's platform. Her car, which displays the French tricolor flag, is surrounded by spectators. Photographers in foreground stand to take her picture.
Scenes of Nazi atrocities at the Dachau Concentration Camp in Germany at the time of its liberation in World War 2. Bodies of victims heaped in railroad cars at railroad siding in Dachau, Germany. Faces and emaciated bodies of dead prisoners. Stack of naked bodies at crematorium. Huge pile of prison uniforms, hats, and other type of clothing removed from dead. Railroad car filled with bodies of victims. The United Nations flags over liberated camp. Flags of France, Belgium, Yugoslavia, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, England and United States.
The Concentration Camp in Dachau, Germany. Liberated prisoners stand in a group. They hold flags of America, Great Britain, France, Russia and other allied flags. Freed prisoners with posters and banners in their hands. Freed prisoners with flags stand in a squad. Freed prisoners on stairs and roof stand and talk. (World War II period).
Liberated prisoners during a ceremony at Dachau Concentration Camp in Germany. Freed prisoners, dignitaries and civilians during the ceremony. Prisoners hold flags, banners and a sketch of a dignitary. Women hold flags of their own countries. Prisoner sits on the roof of a house. American officer on stage holds the American flag. Prisoners stand with flags of America, Germany, France, Great Britain, Russia and other allied flags. Civilians, dignitaries and prisoners stand at the back. Prisoners standing and sitting on the roof watch the ceremony. An American officer on a stage holds flag of America. (World War II period).
Opening scene shows French Nieuport biplanes in aerial combat with German airplanes in World War 1. Many are engaged in a massive dogfight. One aircraft is seen hit and falling toward the ground. Next, two French aircraft are seen returning to their base. They fly over a hangar where a crashed airplane sits with tail in the air. Near the hanger are several airplanes in various stages of maintenance. Mechanics are moving one. An airplane taxis in front of the hangar. Scene shifts to closeup of a Lafayette Escadrille Indian logo painted on a metal structure. Scene shifts to a formal award ceremony for some pilots and crews. Their squadron members are lined up behind them in front of a line of aircraft. The view is from behind a formation of French soldiers with rifles, rendering salutes. Next, French soldiers parade on the airdrome, led by a military band. At this point the scene phases out as a fireball is superimposed on a map of Europe, signifying World War 2. Adolf Hitler is seen in closeup near the Eiffel Tower, when he visits Paris, France following its occupation by German forces in 1940. Several views of German troops marching along the Avenue des Champs-Élysées and through the Arc de Triomphe. Closeups of some German soldiers in the ranks. Scene shifts to North Africa, in 1942, as American troops make an unopposed amphibious landing on the coast, in Operation Torch. Several landing craft are seen and troops ashore. A Dodge 3/4 ton WC-51 army truck, with half of its hood open, makes its way through the surf as it leaves a landing craft.
A ship blows up at sea (presumably torpedoed by a German submarine). Newspaper of April 2, 1917 announces the United States and Germany at War. U.S. Secretary of War, Newton D. Baker, speaking on a public platform, outdoors.. General John J. Pershing, Commander of American Expeditionary Forces in World War 1, is seen seated behind Secretary Newton. Scene shifts to U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signing papers his his desk at the White House, Washington, DC. Next, Red Cross women are seen serving coffee into the mess of American soldiers about to embark for Europe. Another Red Cross woman carries a basket of baked goods. The soldiers are checked off by officers at the pier, and then embark on a troop ship. View of the troop ship in camouflage paint, moving away from the pier Scene shifts to glimpse of a town in France, where an American officer and some soldiers are seen walking past French inhabitants on a street corner Other American soldiers stand near a large canvas covered army truck. They salute as the American officer passes them.
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