Free French 2nd Armored Division troops fighting in Lucé, Eure-et-Loir department in northern France, during World War 2. French soldiers loading shell into a 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7. Smoke from the Howitzer as it is fired. A French soldier wearing a Free French Marine Infantry helmet uses a field phone. An artillery observer uses a periscope binocular. 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7 Priest fires. Soldiers loading shells into M7. French soldiers confer over a map. A French officer uses a field phone to communicate, other soldier taking down notes on his notebook. French officer (wearing sunglasses and a Free French 2nd Armored Division badge) talks on the field phone. A French soldier wearing a Free French Marine Infantry helmet speaks while holding a field radio handset.
German paratroops prepare to aid mechanized troops and infantry moving up near Saint-Lo during the Allied invasion of Normandy in World War II. Luftwaffe General der Fallschirmtruppe (Paratroop General) Eugen Meindl meets the paratroopers of the 3rd Division of the 2nd Parachute Corps. General Eugen Meindl talks to German officials. Troops perform the Nazi Salute as General Meindl on a camouflaged vehicle drives away. German infantry and mechanize troops deliberate on plan and prepare for mobilization. Road sign reads “N174 Saint-Lo”. Camouflaged German tanks, one a Panzer IV, taking the N174 highway to Saint-Lo. Close up of German officer with soldiers in tank. German troops smiling while marching on foot. German soldier in camouflage holding a Panzerschreck (German bazooka gun) grabs a trench shovel from a comrade and runs to his position. German troops use trench shovels to dig in. German soldier uses binoculars. Two soldiers fire a mortar. German soldier sits under a tree. A German soldier uses a field telephone. A German soldier wears a “Backpack” infantry radio behind his back. A group of German soldiers sitting. A German soldier communicates through morse code in the field. German troops reading a map. Medics carry an injured German soldier. German SS (Schutzstaffel) soldier with a limp leg speaking to other soldiers. Close-up views of SS insignia on uniform.
Hitler Youth (“Hitlerjugend” in German) train at military camp in Germany during World War 2. A Hitler Youth boy uses radio under a trench. Nazi officer trains two Hitler Youth boys how to use radio to communicate in trenches. Nazi officers train Hitler Youth boys as additional manpower for the military. Two Hitlerjugend boys learn to cook in the frontlines. Nazi officers watch Hitler Youth boys learn activities. Two Hitler Youth teenagers in SS uniforms run past burning stakes. A group of Hitler Youth teenagers puts out fire from a building as part of a fire brigade training. Two boys roll out a fire hose and turn on its valve under Nazi teachers’ watch. Hitler Youth young men use fire hose to put out fire. Boys learn to put on head bandage as a Nazi instructor watch. A Nazi teacher with a Hitler Youth teenager. A Nazi officer teaches a boy how to repair a motorcycle. A Nazi instructor teaches Hitler Youth boys how to shoot with a rifle. Nazi rifle instructor smiles while teaching students. Hitler Youth boys running toward boats. A group of Nazi officers watch a demonstration. Hitler Youth boys in motorboats with instructors. Hitler Youth students on a motorboat pass over a bridge.
German troops advance on Kharkov-Rostov front during World War 2. German Wehrmacht soldier uses binoculars behind a trench. Explosion behind burned trees on a battlefield. German soldiers watch explosion from behind trenches while standing on muddy puddle. A German soldier crouches in the trench. A German soldier uses a field telephone while looking at a map with two colleagues. German troops move an 88mm Flak. German soldier loads shell into a Flak. Artillery fires in the forest, hitting the battlefield. German artillery troops firing artillery, covering their ears. Mushroom clouds form over battlefield. Shirtless German soldier smokes a pipe while firing an artillery. A German soldier observing mushroom cloud in the horizon. German artilleryman pulls the firing lever on a Flak gun. A soldier uses binoculars as his head peers from a tank hatch. A Wehrmacht soldier driving a tank, controls can be seen. Gun barrel of a tank. Soldiers walking on foot. A soldier hides behind the branches with an artillery gun sticking out. Allied aircraft flying. A Flak anti-aircraft gun fires at Allied planes. Explosion on a field after a plane went down. A German tank rolling. Shirtless German troops adjust the position of Flak gun barrel. Flak guns firing at enemy planes. A German soldier looking up the sky. A soldier fires machine gun upwards. A German soldier moves. A German soldier fires with a MG 42 machine gun. Firing in the battlefield. A German soldier firing with a machine gun at Soviet troops. A German soldier aims and fires with a rifle. A German soldier toss a stick hand grenade (Stielhandgranate). German troops briefly run before lying down in prone position. German troops walk past soldiers in trenches.
Two NASA astronauts perform a rehearsal before the Apollo 11 mission. Astronauts simulate collecting lunar soil samples. Astronaut uses tongs to attempt picking up a mock lunar rock. Close view of a mock lunar rock. One astronaut opens a sample bag for the collected lunar rock. A gnomon planted on the mock lunar soil. Tongs pick up a lunar rock. Astronaut picks more lunar rocks. Astronaut demonstrates the use of a bulk sample scoop to turn a large mock lunar rock. Bulk sample scoop picks up a large dark rock. Another astronaut aids by using his foot to block the rock from moving. Astronaut demonstrates the bulk sample scoop to the other astronaut with camera. NASA scientists watch the rehearsal nearby. Astronaut seals the mock sample inside a sample bag.
Apollo 11 astronaut uses equipment to gather mock lunar soil samples on board a reduced-gravity aircraft KC-135 (Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker). An Apollo 11 astronaut uses tongs to gather rock samples. Assistant holds a sample bag where the astronaut places rock sample. Astronaut sits in low gravity. NASA staff assist the astronaut sitting on the floor. Astronaut scoops soil using a bulk sample scoop. Astronaut pours imitation lunar soil on the container after scooping.
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