General Jan Christiaan Smuts reviews South African troops under British forces of the United Kingdom in World War 1. Soldiers stand aligned at a field. General Smuts comes with other officers and reviews the troops preparing for battle against German forces in East Africa during the Anglo-Belgian invasion. He lifts his hat up and soldiers too raise their hats. General Smuts poses. Commandos of the famous late General Delarey (Koos de la Rey) prepare to leave on the campaign as they assemble saddles.
Italian army operations in World War I. Italian troops charge up a rocky hill and pass through snow-covered fields to take up defensive positions. They fire field artillery pieces from entrenched placements. Battlefield is engulfed in smoke from exploding shells as the Italian infantry moves forward. Closeup of Italian machine gun crew firing. A heavy field gun firing. Troops advancing in trenches, across fields and across a bridge, in smoke and under fire. Artillerymen performing rapid fire of their field piece. Shells exploding all over battlefield. Medical corpsmen carry wounded on a stretcher. A soldier falls as an infantry unit advances under fire. Heavy siege mortars are brought into position and fired. Troops load and fire large caliber trench mortar. Smoke from exploding ordnance obscures the view.
German military mobilization, build up and preparation for World War II, and scenes of bombing and German attacks in World War 2. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler in Berlin addresses crowd. In a German home, a German family supporting war economy and German war effort eats a one dish meal and children sit at table in a uniform with swastika (Hitler Youth). Table scraps and even human hair are collected for German pigs and placed in a specially designed box provided to German citizens. German soldier comes to house and collects money and a food pack from a German woman for the war effort. German boys with Hitler Youth take training in name of 'Strength through joy'. Boys of the Hitler Youth doing calisthenics and exercises. Boys practice at Gliding club throughout Germany. A glider taking off from a hillside with German boys receiving instruction. Hitler Youth boys seated on ground outdoors in front of a map as uniformed propaganda instructor explains how 'Germany must expand'. Officer shows world map to boys. Boys walk and perform manual labor with spade shovels on roads for 'Compulsory Labor System'. Armament or munitions factory for naval torpedoes. A German factory worker moving completed torpedoes for German Kriegsmarine Navy in an arms warehouse. Shirtless Hitler youth carrying a bomb to be loaded onto an aircraft. German Ju 87 Stuka dive bomber aircraft takes off. Interior view of a German bomber aircraft as German bombardier crew member sights his target. Aerial view of He-111 bombers in flight. Bombs away view of German bomber aircraft dropping bombs on a target city. British citizens running for cover during a blitzkrieg attack by German Luftwaffe. A woman runs with a young girl by her side during the blitz attack in the United Kingdom. Fire burning in a building with sign for "Colmans Mustard." A warehouse building demolished from bombing. Scenes of German military might: German Parachute troops dive from a formation of Ju 52 trimotor aircraft. Close-up aerial views of German paratroopers during the jump, including ground views of paratrooper landing. German tank driving through a forest, destroying and leveling trees in its path. German tanks crashing through a barn at a farm. A German tank smashing through the wall of a house. Point of view shots from artillery or tanks firing guns at enemy targets. German tank navigating down hillsides and over rough terrain. A German Army soldier leaping from an elevated position down toward camera position. German soldiers running and advancing on a battlefield, passing barbed wire, and firing flamethrowers as they move forward. Damaged house. Soldier fires and tanks go on hills. Soldiers fire and run through firing.
Brief view from vehicle moving along line of march for Armistice parade in Washington DC. Masses of spectators line the sidewalks. The next views are from steps above and behind spectators. The tops of various units in the parade are seen marching past. A tall float is seen entirely, with a woman,wrapped in bunting,representing liberty, and pictures of the statue of Liberty displayed on the float. The words, "In God We Trust" appear just above the base of the float. View changes to President and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson standing at the White House West Wing gate with Attorney General Thomas Watt Gregory. Knights of Columbus women march past, followed by their float, decorated with flowers and flags. The K-of-C appears on its side and the words:"He gained a world and gave that world its greatest lesson. Sail on and on and on." The next float has several soldiers on it and the words: "The Song of Freedom" written on a banner. A religious float with persons dressed as Jesus and as Mary holding a child. It displays the British Union Jack. Military brass band followed by many marching troops. The liberty float seen again. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
The Aisne Marne Operation of World War I in France. Grass in field. Stakes in field. French cavalry soldiers on horses in the background, Missy-aux-Bois. French cavalry in field. U.S. 7th Field Artillery units with guns and ammunition being pulled in wagons by horses.
The Aisne Marne Operation in France during World War 1. U.S. Army units in Missy-aux-Bois. Infantry walk with rifles in grassy field. A French Saint-Chamond tank is seen moving in the background.
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