German Kaiser Wilhelm II walks among German troops assembled for inspection in Berlin, Germany at outbreak of World War 1. The Kaiser and senior commanders review the troops on parade. The last contingent in the parade comprises civilian officials in top hats. French Prime Minister, Alexandre Ribot, is saluted by a military honor guard as he exits a building. He doffs his hat and turns in deference, as Raymond Poincaré, President of France exits behind him. They both enter a waiting car, followed by the French Minister of War, Jean Brun., who joins them. As they are being made comfortable in the car, French General Ferdinand Foch, exits the building (wearing a great coat) and is escorted by another General. In Russia, Emperor, Tsar nicholas ll, leads military commanders as they review a contingent of Russian guards in formation on the platform of a train station in Moscow. Camera pans across crowds filling the Palace Square, St. Petersburg, upon the declaration of war on 20, July, 1914. Base of the Alexander Column visible in center of crowd. Russian troops file into well established trenches. Huge explosions raise tons of earth amongst the trenches. Troops flee for safety. Many take cover in large shell craters. Several fall to machine gun fire, near barbed wire. A book is opened to a page entitled: "Military Program Proletarian Revolution" (in Russian). German troops are seen from above and behind sheltered in a trench with a desolate battlefield in front of them. Closeup of the troops. Next, Russian troops who died are seen in a water-filled trench. One is holding an M1891/Mosin–Nagant firle. Closeup of another soldier, covered in mud leaning against sandbags. Bodies of two soldiers at a pond of water in their trench. One is immersed, with face up, in the pond and the other is reaching down into it. What appear to be the bodies of soldiers entangled in barbed wire at edge of trench..
U.S. First Lady Pat Nixon at a circus in Moscow, Russia. A man rides a horse cart onto a stage with few performers. A group of performers performs on the stage. The performers show stunts of carrying and throwing people in the air from a moving cart.
A contingent of U.S. women marines marching ahead of the caisson bearing the flag draped casket of President Franklin D. Roosevelt during his funeral in Washington, DC. A team of six horses pulling the caisson, surrounded by escorting motorcycle police. A crowd of spectators lines the side of Constitution Avenue. Camera follows the caisson. Three closed black limousines follow close behind a color guard. An open car carrying Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn, and other officials, with Secret Service agents riding on its running boards.
American Lieutenant General Lucius Clay (Military Governor of American Zone in Germany) makes statement to the press in Washington DC. American Lieutenant General Lucius Clay seated in the office with reporters. The General speaks to reporters as they take notes. One of the reporters questions General Lucius Clay.
Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion of Israel arrives in Ottawa, Canada. Stepping down from a “Department of Transport Canada” plane, Prime Minister Ben-Gurion meets Canadian Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker. After the welcome, the two prime ministers walk away from the tarmac. Arab sympathizers holding anti-Zionist and anti-Israel signs in Ottawa. Signs seen include, "Israel Zionist Creation," "B. Gurion The Eichman of Arab World," "Ask Your Guest About Arab Refugees," "Ben Gurion and Eichmann Partners in Murder," and "John Stop Tax Free Israel." Prime Minister Ben-Gurion lays a wreath at the National War Memorial in Ottawa. Prime Minister Ben-Gurion visits the Canadian Governor General Georges Vanier at the Government House, also known as the Rideau Hall, in Ottawa (1 Sussex Dr, Ottawa, ON K1M). Prime Minister Ben-Gurion poses with Canadian Governor General Vanier and his wife, Pauline Vanier, as well as Canadian Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker.
U.S. 77th Field Artillery Regiment in France during World War I. The troops stand in a group near sack bags. Artillery camouflaged in the tress. The soldiers load shells in the artillery and fire. U.S. troops near a filed gun. They fire through the field gun. The soldiers fire guns. Shells on the ground. Smoke comes out from the artillery after firing. Smoke due to explosion. Destroyed and damaged buildings.
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