Two U.S. soldiers in a foxhole, set up a French Hotchkiss Model 1914 heavy machine gun, North of Villers-Tournelle, during World War I. Several American soldiers crawl across a field and set up another Hotchkiss machine gun on a tripod. One of the supporting soldiers runs forward to give the gunners two ammunition cannisters. Scene shifts to another team setting up a Hotchkiss Model 1909 light machine gun, on a tripod. Soldiers with ammunition are seen in background. Several American machine gunners step through their own barbed wire defenses to set up another Hotchkiss Model 1909 light machine gun. A machine gun crew firing a Hotchkiss Model 1914, pointed skyward. One feeds strips of 8mm lebel ammunition into the gun. (World War 1. WWI. WW1)
U.S. troops excavating for a deep dugout as part of their defenses North of Villers-Tournelle, during World War 1. Another scene shows troops in their bivouac area performing routine maintenance around their dugout shelters. Lines of wash are seen drying. Some prepare meals over camp fires. One soldier emerges from his dugout to scan the skies for enemy aircraft. An officer sits at a table and examines charts. Soldiers relax at entrance to a large dugout field kitchen, where a slab of meat sits on a butcher table. (WWI. WW1)
Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley escorts U.S. Secretary of State, Cordell Hull on a tour of the beachhead at Normandy, during World War 2. He points out items of interest to the Secretary Hull. The beach is filled with war materiel, and many ships are off shore.
Secretary of State Cordell Hull walks towards hospital tents of the 267th U.S. Army Field Hospital, where he visits with wounded soldiers. Secretary Hull talks to the wounded soldiers and shakes hands with some. Medics stand behind him.. Secretary Hull and Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley sit in a jeep. (World War II period).
Men of FFI (French Forces of the Interior) in German occupied Paris during World War II. Interiors of a building shows a meeting of civilian heads of FFI (French Forces of the Interior). A German prisoner with a beaten face walks in. Captured German prisoners are led into a courtyard. Formation of FFI men and other Frenchmen in uniforms. A girl stands in front of the formation of FFI men.
The city of Paris. Boats underway in the Seine River. The Eiffel tower on the river bank. View through the front of a train as a man drives it. View of buildings, train tracks, industries, clock tower, and River Seine from the train. People stand in line at the station. The train enters a tunnel.
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