German Kaiser Wilhelm II walks among German troops assembled for inspection in Berlin, Germany at outbreak of World War 1. The Kaiser and senior commanders review the troops on parade. The last contingent in the parade comprises civilian officials in top hats. French Prime Minister, Alexandre Ribot, is saluted by a military honor guard as he exits a building. He doffs his hat and turns in deference, as Raymond Poincaré, President of France exits behind him. They both enter a waiting car, followed by the French Minister of War, Jean Brun., who joins them. As they are being made comfortable in the car, French General Ferdinand Foch, exits the building (wearing a great coat) and is escorted by another General. In Russia, Emperor, Tsar nicholas ll, leads military commanders as they review a contingent of Russian guards in formation on the platform of a train station in Moscow. Camera pans across crowds filling the Palace Square, St. Petersburg, upon the declaration of war on 20, July, 1914. Base of the Alexander Column visible in center of crowd. Russian troops file into well established trenches. Huge explosions raise tons of earth amongst the trenches. Troops flee for safety. Many take cover in large shell craters. Several fall to machine gun fire, near barbed wire. A book is opened to a page entitled: "Military Program Proletarian Revolution" (in Russian). German troops are seen from above and behind sheltered in a trench with a desolate battlefield in front of them. Closeup of the troops. Next, Russian troops who died are seen in a water-filled trench. One is holding an M1891/Mosin–Nagant firle. Closeup of another soldier, covered in mud leaning against sandbags. Bodies of two soldiers at a pond of water in their trench. One is immersed, with face up, in the pond and the other is reaching down into it. What appear to be the bodies of soldiers entangled in barbed wire at edge of trench..
U.S. Military Mission visits Communist headquarters in Yan'an, Shaanxi province in China during World War II. A U.S. Army Air Force plane in flight makes landing at an Allied air base. Soldiers and commanders disembark from the plane as the natives watch. The soldiers talk to each other. Soldiers board trucks and other soldiers walk on roads to reach a Communist headquarter. American officers meet Communist leaders Zhou Enlai, Mao Zedong, Zhu De, Ye Jianying, Chen Yi, Nie Rongzhen, Lin Biao, Peng Dehuai and others with warmth.
United States Military Mission visits Communist headquarters and meets its leaders in Yan'an, Shaanxi province, China during World War II. Chinese officers and General Patrick Hurley plan strategies for combat at an Allied military base. The officers talk to each other. General Hurley with Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai poses for a photograph. The dignitaries board a plane. Officers of the mission receive farewell from Chinese officers while returning from mission.
United States Military Mission visits Communist headquarters and meets its leaders in in Yan'an, Shaanxi province, China during World War II. General Patrick Hurley and other U.S. Army officers of the mission at their base. General Hurley talks to Chinese Communist leader Zhou Enlai. The officers of mission pose for a group photograph. The Chinese leaders and officers bid farewell to the American officers of the mission. Officers board a plane to return. Chinese soldier march on roads and a truck pass by their side.
U.S. President Richard M. Nixon returns from Camp David at Andrew's Air Force Base to the White House, Washington DC. Ground controller standing below South Portico of White House speaks into a microphone as the presidential helicopter prepares for landing. The helicopter lands in the South Lawn of the White House. President Nixon debarks from the plane and walks inside the White House. Pilots in the cockpit of the helicopter as it takes off and flies in the air. An assistant arranges the landing pads of the helicopter.
Leonid Brezhnev, General Secretary, Communist Party of the Soviet Union, visits United States and meets with U.S. President Richard Nixon. An airman stands near a helicopter at a base in Camp David, Maryland. Motorcade of dignitaries arrives. Secretary Rogers and Kosygin followed by other staff members walk towards the helicopter. They board the helicopter as servicemen salute them. The helicopter takes off.
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