Troops of the First Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) move down a hill with a horse-drawn caisson and small artillery piece, at their training grounds in Gondrecourt, France, during World War 1. In the next scene two gunners crouch behind the shield of a Vickers Q.F. Mark II 40mm Gun. An instructor stands over them and they fire the gun at his command, several times. The hot expended shells drop between the gunners. The assistant gunner loads a new round through the gun breech, for the next firing. Several other soldiers sit in the background observing and presumably awaiting their turn to practice firing the Vickers gun.
Troops of the First Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) practice setting the elevation of a Stokes mortar, at their training area in Gondrecourt, France, during World War 1. Next, a soldier removes a mortar round from a box. He installs its fuse and screws in its propelling cartridge. He then hands it to another soldier who drops it into a stokes mortar and it fires. A soldier holds up pieces of fractured metal, probably fragments of an exploded mortar bomb.
A replica of Statue of Liberty in France. A barge passes through the statue, under the bridge. 15 August 1956.
An animated map showing Dieppe, France. Illustrates unsuccessful landing strategy of British and Canadian Army Forces. Views of Dieppe, German artillery and guns in fortifications firing at incoming Allied soldiers. German soldiers run from underground fortification to reach trench firing positions where they fire at incoming British forces. German officer watches with binoculars. A British ship in ocean, several airplanes flying over and bombs dropped over the town. German anti-aircraft guns firing at British aircraft. German soldiers in place on streets of Dieppe remain at the ready. Views of explosion on roads of town and German forces attacking British forces that have come ashore on a landing craft.
American soldiers taking out horses from a train car at a railroad station in France, after their arrival during World War 1. U.S. Army soldiers attach a ramp from the train for the animals to descend. Soldiers of different ranks can be seen. Another soldier carries out rifles from the train.
Scenes from a tour by Gerd Von Rundstedt and Field Marshall Erwin Rommel and his staff of Atlantic Wall in France during World War II. German heavy railroad gun Krupp K5 (Leopold) is wheeled out from a covered fortification. Various views of the German officers touring heavy gun emplacements, fortifications, and command centers of the Atlantic Wall forts. Group of officers walks by turnstile of heavy railway gun. Heavy artillery guns including barrel of a 12 inch gun elevated and pointed toward the sea. Many views of German heavy gun barrels being raised.
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