Lieutenant General Ben Lear, Major General Manton S Eddy and other officers exit the Merkers Mines in Germany. Major General Eddy dusts off his shoes. The men drive to another location among the industrial warehouses of the mines. They enter a warehouse. Views of piles of gold in bags labeled "Reichsbank" as well as boxes of currency and suitcases.
United States Army 18th Field Artillery units reorganize positions. 117th Engineers pass through Saint Hilaire. 39th Infantry wounded treated at an aid station.
American Military Policemen rush from a headquarter building onto their motorcycle in United States. Policemen mount on their motorcycles and prepare to leave.
Aerial view of a large truck convoy moving along a road. American troops aboard the convoy. The troops head for practice maneuvers as part of training in the United States before deploying to World War II front lines. The convoy stops and soldiers rush out and pitch tents. Rifles together in a tripod. Troops form a chow line outside a tent and eat their food.
American 26th Infantry troops do calisthenics (physical exercises.) at the Gondrecourt Training area of the First Division of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) in France during World War 1.
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.
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