Air Search for United States Air Force aircraft C-47 that crashed in French Italian Alps, on October 24, 1954. Having discovered the crash site, a Search and Rescue jump master kneels near the door of SA-16 aircraft, wearing a helmet, and talking on microphone. View of C-47 crash site on Mount Carbonè in the Italian-French Alps. Rugged mountain peaks are misty and snow covered. Part of the SA-16 aircraft is seen.
World War 1 British soldiers dressed in cold weather gear, in a trench with snow all around. A Sergeant heats a canned Christmas pudding over a "fire devil" (metal cooking stand) in the trench. He opens the can and distributes contents to other soldiers in the trench. The soldiers pose and smile after sharing the pudding.
French soldiers charge, from protection of a deep crater, and suffer casualties, during World War I. Several fallen soldiers are seen on the ground. Troops carry wounded comrades on litters to a field hospital in the trenches. Walking wounded walk in trenches beside a red cross sign.
Royal Marine Artillerymen load and fire a 15-inch ("Grandmother") howitzer, during the Battle of the somme, in World War 1. Shells weighting 1400 pounds each are lined up. A Marine next to a shell on which is written 'to Willie with compliments. ' Shells lifted up with the help of a crane. British Marines adjust and fire the 15 inch Howitzer. Explosions occur across barbed wires. Howitzer fired and smoke rises.
From "The Battle of the Somme." A Battalion of British Lancashires return after a successful attack on Germans during Battle of the Somme in World War 1. Ambulatory wounded British and German (prisoners) walking back from the front, assisting one another. British troops escorting German prisoners of war. Two Germans carrying a wounded comrade on a stretcher. Lancashires posing with German prisoners. A long line of returning Lancashires interspersed with German prisoners of war. More German soldiers (prisoners) carrying wounded comrades on stretchers.
British troops of the Worcestershire Regiment wave their hats for the camera as they march toward the front during Battle of the Somme, in World War 1. Large number of German prisoners of war march the opposite war, toward the rear, under guard, to be taken to England for internment. They are loaded into railroad box cars for their trip to a French port of embarkation.
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