A confused World War 1 scene, in which German prisoners of war are mostly seated in a compound, where Russian officers stroll about and several Russian soldiers, armed with rifles and fixed bayonets act as roving guards. Two Russian medical personnel in white coats mingle amongst the prisoners as if checking on their health. Many of those walking past the camera seem to do so for the novelty of being filmed in a movie. (WWI; WW1)
Finnish troops with supplies and white cloth for snow camouflage march along snow-covered road during the Russian-Finnish War (Also known as the Winter War). Finnish soldiers disperse, seek cover under trees. Finnish soldiers fire artillery in forest. Finnish soldiers hold a banner written in Russian. Captured Soviet soldiers in formationg after their capture by Finnish army.
Two soldiers, a German and Russian, shake hands with each other and then motion for their comrades to come celebrate with them after receiving news of the Armistice between Russia and the Central Powers. Russian and German soldiers run into battlefield and celebrate and hug each other. Some German and Russian soldiers exchange hats while they talk to each other for the first time. Russian soldiers with handwritten banner.
A contingent of German soldiers stand at attention in the Tannenberg Memorial, as an honor guard, during the funeral of General Günther Korten, Chief of the General Staff of the Luftwaffe, who died from injuries suffered in the assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler, July 1944. Six soldiers stand near his flag-draped coffin. Two hold black displays on which the General's medals are pinned. Closeup of one soldier. Closeup of General Korten's medals. View from above and behind the coffin, as Marshal Hermann Goering stands, in front of it, and salutes with his baton. Goering expressing his condolences to the widow and relatives of General Korten. Goering at a podium delivering a eulogy. Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz, and other senior military officers are seen at the funeral. Views of the courtyard of the Tannenberg memorial with members of the family and assembled participants listening to Goering. Eulogy finished, Goering now stands, saluting with his baton, and lays a large wreath by the casket. Helmet and dagger are seen atop the casket. The attending officers all salute, as pallbearers carry the coffin at shoulder height, and proceed to carry it into a tomb. View from inside the tomb as the casket is carried in. (World War II period).
View from ship entering harbor, with mountains behind. Several sick and disabled being assisted down gangplank by nurses and ship's crew. Other passengers disembarking and being greeted by family and friends. Emotional reunions. Some greeters carry banners and flags in kanji. Men women and children among the passengers.
U.S. propaganda film during World War 2 aimed at spurring investment in U.S. War Bonds. Narrator opens and closes film asking audience "Have you killed a Jap today?" Scenes of American workers at munitions and ware equipment factories. Images (some real footage and some staged) of Japanese soldiers murdering Chinese civilians, bombing and burning Chinese cities, burying Chinese civilians alive, and executing Chinese civilians and American soldiers. Bodies of Chinese dead being loaded into trucks. Narrator explains that investment in U.S. War Bonds, fueling manufacture of armament and war supplies can bring justice against Japanese atrocities and kill Japanese soldiers. American people working in factories. Iron being forged. Workers work at factory machines. They shovel coal into a combustion chamber. Skyline views of San Francisco, Chicago, Pittsburgh and New York. U.S. War Bond for $100 is shown. American tanks, trucks, shells, airplanes and guns used to fight Japanese soldiers. Views of dead Japanese soldiers lying on the ground and on screen messaging, "Every War Bond kills a Jap!" encouraging Americans to buy war bonds in bond drive number 6.
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