British Troops of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment at their campsite prior to the big advance in the Battle of the Somme during World War 1. They stand amongst their tents and assemble for supper near a camp fire tended by unit cooks who fill their mess kits with hot soup. View of no man's land with shells bursting in area of Beaumont Hamel. A fresh battalion of reiforcements for the Royal Warwickshire Regiment resting on their way to trenches at the front. Later they are seen march along a dirt road to the front.
NATO Project Cirrus, Gilze Rijen Air Base, in the Netherlands, 1951. Camera shows a group of parked Gloster Meteor jet aircraft of the Netherlands Royal Air Force. An officer and airman climb about the cockpit of one plane. One aircraft is seen parked in front of a large cylindrical structure. The number "3" is displayed on its nose wheel cover. A portable power unit sits under its left wing. Next scene shows a fuel truck with long boom positioning the fuel hose directly above the fuel port on the aircraft. An airman atop the aircraft handles the refueling hose during the refueling. Closeup of him controlling the hose. Scene shifts to a Meteor aircraft taxiing past parked aircraft. View back to the fuel truck that has now retracted its boom and refueling hose. Next, a pilot wearing flight suit and a seat pack parachute climbs into the cockpit of a Meteor plane. Closeup of him settling into the cockpit and checking the flight instruments and controls. A Meteor aircraft is seen landing in the background.
Scene is Wiesbaden Air Force Base, West Germany, during a three-day, French-directed war game, called Exercise Jupiter, involving Allied forces in Europe. An Italian Air Force crewman stands waiting, near an Italian de Havilland DH-100 Vampire Jet aircraft. Italian Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Romano Palmera arrives at the aircraft, in his flight suit, donning his helmet with oxygen mask and microphone connectors visible. He climbs into the cockpit of the jet as several airmen from his unit surround the aircraft. One helps Palmero with his seat, shoulder harness and seat belt. Closeup of the Colonel in his cockpit. Below the cockpit are stenciled the words: "Rompere qui in caso di Emergenza." (Break here in event of emergency). View from the side of Palmera's jet. Other Vampire aircraft are parked in a row with other aircrew near them in the background. Fire seen behind his jet as the engine is started. The engine soon settles into operation without any visible flame.
Events that led to the beginning of World War I. Archduke of Austria, Franz Ferdinand and his wife descending steps in Sarajevo Austria. Dramatization of assassination of Franz Ferdinand. Newspaper headlines from The Sun: "Austrian Archduke Assassinated at Serajevo"; The Washington Post: "Austrian Ultimatum to Servia"; Pittsburgh Gazette Times "Kaiser Calls Up Army"; the Oakland Tribune: "War! Germans launch French Attack". Views of mobilization of German troops. German troops march as people cheer them on. A small boy dressed as a German soldier gives a salute. Troops march with a dachsund dog wearing a German Army helmet. A German woman buys a brooch with the face of Kaiser Wilhelm II, German Emperor, to put on her dress before a parade including Wilhelm II. German citizens waving at German military parade. Infantry and cavalry units march past a large crowd in streets on the way to war.
Events leading to World War I. Dramatization shows soldiers in a battle field during Franco- Prussian War of 1870. Explosions occur as grenades burst, cavalry and infantry units charge towards each other.
Rome, Italy during World War II. A map of Italy shows various places. German infantry and cavalry units march ahead in Italy after the capitulation to Allies of Marshal Pietro Badoglio. Soldiers in an armored personnel carrier approach the Italian Alps. Nazi officers, including field marshal Erwin Rommel, are seen outside a building. German soldiers mounted on a tank move into an Italian city as people wave to them. Soldiers fire, explosion occurs, and a pillar of smoke rises up. German forces occupy Reggio, Padua, and Milan. Germans in an armored personnel carrier approach the Arch of Peace/Porta Sempione (Piazza Sempione, 20154 Milano MI, Italy) in Milan. Soldiers fight in the streets of Rome. A building with a Nazi sign on its gates. German soldiers celebrate after taking over the city. They smoke. Soldiers with women outside a building and pull a kitten from their uniforms to present to her. Soldiers in a Jeep enter Rome with the Colosseum in the background.
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