International Red Cross in Geneva, Switzerland. Postman brings letters to the Agency. He empties the mail on desk. Meeting of International Red Cross Committee members. Head of IRC (International Red Cross) Etienne Clouzot, Rodolphe De Haller (Vice Chairman of Banque De Bale), Lucie Odier (treasurer of IRC), Carl J Burckhardt (Principal of Home Nursing service of Geneva Red Cross), Jacques Cheneviere (Doctor of Philosophy), Max Huber (President of IRC), Paul Des Gouttes (Author of the War Prisoners Code), Frick-Cramer, Rense Bordier, Frederic Barbey-Ador (Swiss Minister to Brussels), Suzanne Ferriere (assistant Director of IRC) and Various members of the committee in a meeting. Red Cross flag in the background.
European troops in Egypt during the Suez Crisis. European tanks patrol the streets of Egypt. Egyptian prisoners are held. Troops stand outside small huts. British and French soldiers in a field with smoke rising in the background. A soldier watches from the roof of a building.
German soldiers battle against Russian troops at Lake Ladoga Front in Russia during World War II. German soldiers throw hand grenades at enemy positions. Fire and explosions on the ground. Captured Russian soldiers come out of trenches. Dead Russian soldiers. Soldiers stand around artillery on an open ground. A large group of Russian prisoners walk in a line.
German soldiers battle against the British in their drive against Tobruk, Libya during World War II. Italian and German soldiers load and fire artillery. Fire and explosion at British positions. German General Erwin Rommel looks through binoculars. German soldiers seated near a trench. General Rommel speaks to the soldiers. The soldiers drink water from their canteens. Wrecked British armor. Black smoke rising from a number of knocked out British tanks. General Rommel confers with his officers from his command half-track "Greif." German soldiers tie a Nazi flag on the gun barrel of a British tank. Afrika Corps soldiers erect a prefabricated heavy duty wooden bridge over a small ravine. German armor advances past burning British vehicles. The Germans capture British supplies. A soldier seen carrying a large tin labeled "water." A contingent of the first captured British soldiers are marched toward the rear. Later, more than 20,000 British prisoners are seen streaming from Tobruk. German soldiers advance with captured British softskin vehicles. The artillery being towed by a truck. German Pz.III and Pz.IV tanks advance.
South Korean and U.S. divisions in Korea during the Korean War. Soldiers of U.S. Army 7th Infantry Division on the battlefield during the Battle of Bloody Ridge. They attack the North Korean forces in hilltop positions. Firing and bombardment on the battlefield. Smoke rises from the firing. The soldiers fire rifles. They take several prisoners. They fire tracers and machine guns.
Nazi Germany launches an airborne invasion of Crete, Greece during World War II. A map shows the advance of the German forces towards Crete. Airborne forces commanded by General Kurt Student advance forward. German pilots fly towards Crete. German Luftwaffe Junkers Ju 52 fly towards Crete. The aircraft drop bombs and attack. German paratroopers descend and land below. Machine gunners fire guns. Wrecked Allied aircraft. The German forces advance. German troops climb hills. German soldiers carry guns and attack Allied soldiers. Airplanes drop bombs on land. Soldiers fire artillery. Soldiers hide behind a rocky hill. Soldiers on foot march Allied prisoners (many of the POW appear to be British). The city after the invasion.
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