German soldiers rise up and advance across a farm field in Normandy France, during World War 2. They fire a Flak 88 gun. Canadian Prisoners of war are escorted, by armed guard, across the field. A wrecked Canadian Sherman tank, broken tracks and shell holes on tanks. A Sweat shirt is layed out for a photograph. The words: "Canadian Armoured Corps" are printed on the shirt.
The invasion of Mindanao in the Philippines by United States Army soldiers during World War II. Disembarking activities being undertaken. Equipment being unloaded from a landing craft at Parang (Cotobato) on Green Beach. Some soldiers standing and some soldiers walking on the beach. Bulldozers and amphibious trucks DUKWS followed by vehicles of the 31st Division moves down the ramp of a Landing Ship Tank (LST). A group of Japanese prisoners.
Allied troops arrive in Tunisia during Operation Torch of World War II. German aircraft and Allied aircraft engaged in dogfights. Explosions and scenes of aircraft crashing to the ground. Soldiers watch the aircraft through binoculars. Battle of Kasserine Pass in February 1943: Allied tank destroyers blast German tanks "at point blank range" according to narrator, who also notes it was the German's first real battle with American troops. German prisoners of war being marched by Allied soldiers. British troops in Tripoli, Libya in January 1943. Elevated view shows Capitoline Wolf statue in Tripoli with British armor parked below. British Army Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery receives surrender of Italian officials. British General Montgomery seated in a jeep passing through the city. People applaud.
U.S. Army Air Corps Third Aviation Instruction Center in Issoudun, France during World War I. Salvage of aircraft on the ground. Men repair an aircraft. Prisoners operate an incinerator.
A military training film details operations of U.S. forces on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands during World War II. American Marines at the island. They stand nearby and inside a Japanese ordnance and ammunition magazine. They empty the ordnance storage area which was loaded with Japanese bombs. Ammunition is loaded onto a truck. Several Japanese have taken shelter in the basement of the magazine. Some of the Japanese in the magazine commit suicide. The remaining are taken prisoners. Debris in the area.
Allied soldiers in southern France during World War II. French civilians watch with dismay. German prisoners at a water front. Wounded on litters being loaded aboard a Landing Craft Infantry. French women and men watch the loading of the wounded aboard the LCI. Wounded American soldiers on litters being carried aboard.
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