Exercise Bright Star 80 in Egypt. Shadow of a helicopter in flight as a soldier from the 1st battalion, 502nd Infantry, 101st Airborne division looks down from the helicopter. Two soldiers with their faces covered inside the helicopter. A-7 plane makes a bomb run over desert target area and explosion occurs in the desert. Smoke rises after the explosion.
Holts tractors being unloaded from the freighter "Anglo-Mexican" at port of Bordeaux, France, during World War 1. Crane unloading the tractors as port crews guide them onto railroad flat cars. A tractor pulling a rail car with two other tractors loaded on it. Tractors being driven and lined up at the ordnance yard. A railroad train carrying war materiel passing through the ordnance yard. Holts tractors being put through testing maneuvers at the yard.
Second Battle of the Somme in World War 1.German prisoners of war assembled in fenced areas of a field. British Mark V tank in background. Allied troops move a small artillery piece down from peak of a hill. American soldiers carrying towels as they enter a building to bathe, in a rear area camp.Some of them are seen inspecting their clothing for pests before putting it back on. Others are rewrapping their leggings and putting on boots.Troops marching up a hill. Others coming through a gate engraved with name: "Ecole de Preservation." They march over a bridge from the gate. A young soldier being interviewed.He wears a ribbon on his uniform for a decoration he may have just received. He salutes an officer who stops to talk and shake hands with him.
The 2nd Battle of the Somme, in World War 1. View from a hill nearby,showing Troops of the 106th Infantry Regiment seated on the ground in a field for religious services . An altar is set up in front of them. Soldier directs traffic as two Allied units enter an intersection of roads at the same time. Troops of the 105th and 108th Infantry Regiments returning to Ronssoy. Buildings along the route are demolished from shelling.
A soldier of the AEF (American Expeditionary Forces) in cold weather gear and a campaign hat operates a ten ton camouflage-painted Caterpillar-Holt tractor. It is seen coming down a shallow hill from a storage area filled with military vehicles, in France, during World War 1. The entire area is covered in snow (except for his tractor, which has been brushed clean). Closeup of the soldier seated in the tractor. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Soldiers of American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) prepare to move a 155mm gun in World War 1. View of a dozen American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) soldiers working around a 155mm gun (Canon de 155 Grande Puissance Filloux (GPF) mle.1917). The breech has a cover over it. The soldiers jack up the gun to allow them to close the split trails. After closing them, they roll and secure the limber underneath the trails. Afterwards, they secure a steel housing over the rear of the gun. Next, they secure a tow bar from a Holt-caterpillar model 75 tractor to the gun carriage and tow the gun to its new location. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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