Korea, fighting increases as truce deadlocks. American and UN officers enter a meeting room in Kaesong, followed by North Korean and Chinese delegation. The communists threaten to break off the truce parleys with trumped up charges of United Nations truce violations. Explosions seen as fighting continues. Mountain ranges in background. Soldiers of Veteran Combat Units fire. The standstill resulting from the opposition adds to the fear of general war in the Orient. (Korean War)
World War 1 victory parade in Paris, France after signing of Armistice and end of World War I. Allied cavalry units, infantry units and band march down the Champ Elysees with Arc de Triomphe in the background. French soldiers carry American flags at the victory celebration and parade.
Activities of American First Army advancing eastward in Germany in December of 1944 during World War 2. Units of the 9th Divisions are moved up by truck and meet retiring units of the 1st Division at a road intersection. They enter town of Lucherberg after an artillery barrage, then attack through Inden and close in on Pier Germany. View of ruined buildings and wreckage in Pier, Germany. Sign of 'Duren'. U.S. Army 3rd Armored Division enters into German town on trucks and army tanks. 3rd Armored Division fires artillery at town of Schlich Germany, and are joined in the attack by soldiers of newly arrived 9th Infantry Division. Artillery barrage underway, with targets in Schlich visible in distance. Armored vehicles and soldiers move through mud advancing on Schlich with new piece of equipment known as a rotary mine exploder. German troops are rounded up as prisoners by U.S. Infantry. Gunners fire. On December 11, German prisoners assemble for inspection. Some of the German prisoners appear to be young boys. Smoke screen thrown up by Allies to cover movement of armored column heading into German towns across open field. U.S. Army soldiers enter into wrecked town of Geich, Germany, where buildings are destroyed and still burning. Armor and supply vehicles move through mud. Infantry of 83rd Division arrive as reinforcements and march in snow covered area toward a suburb of Duren. U.S. mortar fire pins Germans retreating toward Ruhr. Infantry attack to clear town outside Duren, and Infantry mop up, clearing German snipers. German troops and female collaborators are rounded up as prisoners. American First Army infantry forces marching on a road, continuing eastward.
During the Vietnam War, airmen are seen lifting a Night Observation Device (NOD) or Starlite Scope, into an AC-130 Gunship. Closeup of airman's hand fastening cable connection and sleeve, to install it. Views of two airmen connecting additional cables as part of the installation. One of the airmen seated at the controls rotates the unit around and checks its vertical motions. He tightens two connections and then steps away from the unit.
The U.S. Army transport ship, Chateau Thierry, backing into a pier at Honolulu, Hawaii. Native swimmers are seen in the water at the side of the ship. The ship's deck is crowded with U.S. Army personnel in uniform, who watch as the Chateau Thierry docks at Army Transport Pier No. 5. Several other ocean-going vessels are seen in nearby berths. A mountain ridge is seen in background. Army personnel and several civilians crowd the pier to greet the arrivals. Several Army aviators are seen on deck. Sailors on the ship handle anchor chains. After the ship ties up, Army passengers disembark carrying their belongings. In a different setting, a parade ground is filled with American soldiers in formations holding U.S. and unit flags. Several round roofed buildings are seen clustered in a hill overlooking the Army parade field. The U.S. Army units march and pass in review before a large crowd of spectators.
Russian soldiers advance towards the battlefield in Moscow, Russia during World War II . A map of Russia showing places. Joseph Stalin addresses a vast crowd in Red Square. Buildings in the area. Ski troops, cavalry and infantry units march from the square. Tanks and trucks loaded with infantry units roll through the city. Snow covered area. An armored locomotive and a freight train is removed from a camouflaged shed. Trenches are dug in the snow, barbed wire is strung and trees are chopped down to barricade a road. German planes hover over the city and bombard the city. Explosions and smoke from bombardment.
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