Montage of scenes related to European mobilization and preparations for World War I, from 1914 through 1919, plus brief views of Mark VIII tank maneuvers, circa 1924. Patriotic French citizens fill a street as France mobilizes for World War 1. Italian soldiers marching to war through a town. British King George V seen with Prime Minister David Lloyd George and other British officials. British First Lord of Admiralty, Winston Churchill poses and "mugs" for camera. British troops being transported along a country road on double-decker buses and slogging through the mud in France. Two French soldiers join the line of "tommies" to be photographed, and then step out of line to watch. King George V with Field Marshal Douglas Haig, and other officers, next to their automobiles in field, during the King's visit to his troops in 1916. The King and British officers observe tests of Mark IV tank, circa 1917. Scene shifts to August 10, 1916 showing the Prince of Wales and King George V, accompanied by Field Marshal Douglas Haig, and other officers, observing the Battle of Pozières (in Battle of the Somme) from a safe distance, using a telescope. U.S. Army Mark VIII International Tanks in daytime and nighttime maneuvers (likely at Fort Meade, Maryland) circa 1924.
Aerials of Anglo-Iranian oil refineries and planes parked at an airfield. Truck pulls trailer loaded with disassembled aircraft. Overhead crane stack supplies in storage depot. African American (US) soldiers remove side from crated airplane parts. P-40 and A-20 assembled at an airfield. Russian officers ferrying planes to Russia, arrive in C-47. Various Russian pilots, officers and U.S. officers. (World War II period).
A U.S. Air Force C-47 plane lands in Belgrade, Yugoslavia during World War II. British and U S, civilian and military officials disembark and are greeted by a U.S. military officer..
A U.S. plane lands in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, during World War 2. British and U.S. civilian and military officials disembark. Delegates around a conference table. Marshal Tito, leader of Yugoslav Partisan forces, lights his pipe. Men behind exchange documents. Delegates sign the documents. Marshal Tito makes a short address.
Interiors of a departmental store show shoppers using escalator. Young woman buying jumper and young girl with baby doll. Young women look at earrings and jewelery and try them on. Interior of a textile factory and women at the machines. Women in production line at Food processing. Women work at the desks in an office. Young women leave building carrying flags. Ambassador to the U.S. - CT Wang and Madame Wang. Hu Shih, foremost philosopher and instigator of China's renaissance is a Cornell and Columbia graduate, greeting women. Jimmie Yen, educated at Princeton and Yale heads the mass education movement. Yen and family.
'A' bomb test on Able Day during Operation Crossroads nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll. U.S. navy sailors aboard a U.S. Navy ship. Sailors practice shielding their eyes with hands and heads bent down. Admiral's flag, United States flag and signal flag can be seen. Mushroom cloud seen rising in the sky due to atomic bomb explosion. Sailors stand to watch impact.
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