Supreme Allied Commander in Europe General Dwight D. Eisenhower inspects a Ninth Air Force Base in England during World War II. General Eisenhower salutes to men. United States soldiers look outside from a window to watch General Eisenhower’s arrival. Brick layers stop working on a wall to salute to General Eisenhower. General Eisenhower speaks with the M-26 Marauder crewmen. General Eisenhower laughing. General Eisenhower sits on in the cockpit of a fighter plane and fires its machine guns. Crowds of crewmen watch Eisenhower inspecting aircraft. An the airfield control tower, General Eisenhower and other officials watch the take-off of B-26 Marauders for a combat mission. B-26 Marauder bombers take off from the airfield. B-26 Marauder bombers form a formation in flight. B-26 Marauder bombers dodge anti-aircraft fire. Bomber with broken windshield window due to anti-aircraft fire damage. Bombs are dropped above a Nazi aerodrome in France. Aerial view of the Nazi aerodrome, railway switch yard bombings in Normandy. B-26 Marauder bombers heading back to England after bombing important military infrastructure in Normandy. A B-26 bomber lands on the runway. British Royal Air Force (RAF) Avro Lancaster bombers take-off from the Ninth Air Force Base at night. Lancaster bombersdrop bombs over German ammunitions dump and stores depot in France at night. Nighttime view of explosions on the ground.
A landing craft labeled "US 51" is seen from its starboard side, with cargo in tow and an American flag flying from its mast. There are also more identical ships in the background, all sailing in the English Channel towards Normandy, France in advance of the D-Day invasion of France. The camera cuts to another direction, which shows many more of the same ship, some also with cargo in tow. In this shot, there is land off in the distance, and a few barrage balloons in the sky above the LCIs. The final shot is of a long convoy of ships far off in the distance.
A war-damaged cathedral at, or near La Ferte-sous-Jouarre, France, seen during World War 1. A staff car drives along the village road. Two soldiers of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) walk toward the camera. The shell-damaged church dominates the scene. Brief glimpse of soldiers at a communications center. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
673 convicts leave for Devil's Island in Saint Martin De-Re, France. The convicts get aboard ship La Martiniere for their voyage to the Devil's Island. The group includes sixty murderers. Prisoners under the guns of guards are herded aboard the craft as families bid their last farewell. The ship La Martiniere departs from a harbor.
A film on the development of air power. Chief of U.S. Army Air Service Colonel Frank P. Lahm in Toul, Meurthe-Et-Moselle, France on November 8, 1918 during World War I. Col. Lahm speaks to an officer.
Trucks experience difficulties on muddy roads in Sanzey, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France during World War I. Trucks drive on muddy roads and experience difficulties. Men loaded on trucks. People standing beside the road in a wooded area. Horse carts coming from front, ride on the muddy road. A truck in the background.
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