A U.S. Army Signal Corps training film on Rules for controlling German prisoners of war in World War 2. International conference 1929 in Geneva, Switzerland. Various officers and dignitaries in the conference where the Geneva Convention was agreed-upon by many nations. Image of Field Manual 27-10 states the Rules of Land Warfare based on the Geneva Conventions and describes standard procedures for handling Prisoners of War. Scene of 20,000 Prisoners of War who surrender under Nazi Major General Eric Elster at Loire, France September 16, 1944 to the United States 3rd Army, 83rd Division, under General Macon. General Elster salutes General Macon, then approaches the microphones in the middle of a roadway and delivers a surrender speech. General Macon then replies accepting the surrender on behalf of General Simpson. General Macon states that the men will be treated according to the rules made during the conference in Geneva.
German Prisoners of war in France in World War 2. They come to surrender to American forces at a junction set up tor the purpose. They arrive on all kind of vehicles, including supply trucks, command cars, fuel trucks, horse wagons and bicycles. Enemy war materiel and assets, including livestock and other supplies, are confiscated. Some prisoners are marched to locations. At one outdoor enclosure, a sign reads 'German Enlisted Men.' Documents and weapons are confiscated. A stack of rifles. German POWs stand disarmed. Prisoner discusses map of American and German positions with a U.S. Army Sergeant. Prisoners are questioned and searched. Some wounded German prisoners are carried by other German soldiers. Others are transported by Americans. A wounded prisoner lies on a stretcher. A jeep with Red Cross flag carries wounded. Group of German prisoners of war eating a hot meal. Others eating regular U.S. rations.
United States soldiers on a search mission in Vietnam. U.S. Army soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry and 196th Light Infantry Brigade on search mission. They cross dikes between the flooded rice paddies. American Army soldiers take rest and some smoke cigarettes. Men of 196th Light Infantry Brigade search the huts in a village. (Vietnam War period).
United States Army soldiers of B Company, 196th Light Infantry Brigade during Vietnam War. Soldiers patrol through an area of damaged trees. Two soldiers examine an entrance hold at a tunnel. A soldier hands another soldier a white canister that the latter puts down into the hole. A soldier smokes a cigarette and looks at the leaves. U.S. Army Soldiers disassemble partially standing huts (which had been used by North Vietnamese Army NVA 2nd Regiment), pile up wood and straw of huts that they tore down, and set it on fire. A soldier operates a 16mm movie camera and films the event. Smoke rises from the pile of huts and materials set on fire.
United States Army soldiers of 196th Light Infantry Brigade, B Company, burn huts in a village vacated by NVA 2nd Regiment soldiers. U.S. Army soldiers set fire to huts and smoke and flames consume the huts. Soldiers stand inside a building heavily damaged by shell fire, and they knock down a concrete wall of the building to expose the inside. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Army soldiers in Vietnam War from 2nd Platoon, C Company, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry, 196th Light Infantry Brigade. General activity as they get ready to bivouac. Soldiers sit and rest. Some smoke cigarettes. A soldier holds a 16mm movie camera. Soldiers build a fire and eat chow from C-ration cans. A newly dug foxhole is shown. Two soldiers seen cleaning M-16 rifles and talking to fellow soldiers.
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