Results of air assaults by the British Royal and U.S. Eighth Air Forces over areas around German-occupied Paris during Wolrd War II. The Orly Airfield near Paris attacked by the U.S. Eighth Air Force bombers. Damaged runways and dispersed areas at the airfield. Bomb craters, 30 feet in diameter. Wrecked gigantic dirigible hangars and installations. Collapsed roofs and fire-twisted steel skeletons. Large erect structures. Allied soldiers amidst the ruins. Officers survey the damage.
U.S. OSS (Office of Strategic Services) officers train Burmese recruits in Burma during World War II. Students learn to send and receive Morse code messages. American and Burmese officers train the students. The instructors and students in a field. They remove the equipment from bags and lay it out on the ground. Students set up the equipment and cables. One student uses headphones at a radio transmitter. They make adjustments to the equipment and set up the antenna. An American instructor guides and helps the students. Students operate telegraphs and write down the decoded massage. Students take turn to operate the telegraph. The instructor supervises and check the students' messages. A Burmese instructor demonstrates and helps students set up the equipment.
U.S. OSS (Office of Strategic Services) officers train Burmese recruits in Burma during World War II. Burmese students learn mortar firing techniques. The students set up a practice target in a field. They line up. U.S. and Burmese instructors train and supervise the training. They take measurements and plant the assembled bipod at various spots. The students watch and learn as the instructors demonstrate mortar firing. An American instructor load shells, fire the mortar, and takes the post-fire position. Students look through the sight unit, take aim, load shells and fire mortars. One student looks through binoculars. Explosions in the field. The students learn to disassemble the mortar. They pack up the parts and move across the field. The students take down the practice target and wind up.
U.S. and French troops in Paris during World War I. A military ceremony. A large crowd of civilians on either side of the path. They watch the parade. U.S. and French troops march and approach the venue. The military band parades. The mounted police keeps vigil. Civilians wave and cheer.
United States troops in France during World War I. U.S. officers pose for a photograph. U.S. Army troops seated in a field. The soldiers relax and rest. They pose for the camera. Asian soldiers smile and pose.
United States troops in France during World War I. U.S. soldiers rest from marching in the French countryside. The soldiers lie on the ground on a hill. The cloudy sky. Soldiers' rifles stacked together, stocks to the ground. Hills in the background. U.S. Army Engineering Divisions and the 1st Division troops march to the front. The soldiers in horse carts laden with equipment and ammunition. Soldiers advance on foot and on horseback.
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