The Battle of Arras in France during World War I. A soldier walks on the ground towards one of the German field guns. The soldiers stand near the captured field gun. The German field gun is destroyed by the British artillery. Destroyed gas shells on ground.
The Battle of Arras in France during World War I. The Civil Service Rifles and the London Irish carry artillery and return after the battle. Officers on horses. A band walks with the soldiers and plays. Vehicles driven between the soldiers. Trees in the background.
Fighter pilots of the United States 9th Air Force, 354th Fighter Group, with their P-51s in France. A dugout with camouflage netting. Three soldiers come out of the dugout. A man in a glass enclosed tower behind the dugout. A bomb marked with 'To der Fuhurer mit love' attached under a P-51. Pilot lieutenant W B King, of 355th Fighter Squadron, leans over wing of his P-51, 'Atlanta Peach.' A crew chief paints additional swastikas to record German aircraft kills on a P-51. A man shaves while looking in a mirror. The sign on the mirror reads 'Hitler turned Europe upside down.' (Note: Pilot, William B. King, an ace of the 355th Fighter Squadron, "The Pugnacious Pups," was officially credited with 5 1/2 confirmed aerial victories, and was awarded the Silver Star. He was from Atlanta, GA.) (World War II period).
The Allied spearhead drives forward on the Western Front. British tanks move forward in France. Anti mine tanks move in front. Smoke in the distance. Allied bombers fly through flak to strafe and bomb ground installations. Allied planes bomb an enemy convoy off Helgoland, Germany (Heligoland). Enemy ships at fire. Allied spearhead advances forward. Half tracks and tanks move through a rubbled French town. The soldiers march. An Allied soldier picks and reads a leaflet. Allied tanks followed by soldiers. Soldiers aim and fire. A soldier marches a captured Nazi soldier. Allied planes bomb German supply vehicles. Explosion and fire as the bombs hit the targets. (World War II period).
The Aiguille du Midi cable car in Chamonix Mont-Blanc. Town at foot of the mountain. Cable car on high altitude when a Republic F-84F Thunderstreak of the French Armée de l'Air crashed into a cable car in Chamonix, France. People drink from glass. A woman hugs a person. People rescued after 15 hours.
French Prisoners of War (POW) are returning to their homes in France during World War II. The men get off from a train and are embraced by their families.
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