Military ceremony outdoors at monument for fallen soldiers in Germany. Wreaths are laid at the base of the monument. A Nazi stormtrooper, in uniform without any visible insignia, addresses a rally in Germany and calls 'Sieg Heil' or Victory Hail for those killed in action and for the Fuhrer . Reporters and photographers are seen in gallery above speaker stand. View of parade and soldiers giving a Nazi salute.
U.S. Iowa-class Battleship displays its 16-inch guns in triple turrets, during World War 2. The turrets rotate independently during the demonstration. U.S. Navy sailors riding on motorized dolleys transporting bombs on a Naval base. A flight of three U.S. Navy F6F aircraft, equipped with centerline gasoline drop tanks, is seen in formation. The flight leader, begins to dive. Partial closeup of a U.S. heavy cruiser, with forward triple turret guns elevated toward the port stern and next set of guns only slightly elevated in the same direction.
Map showing Germany and nearby regions after conclusion of World War I. Writing indicates areas on map including Battle Line at End of Hostilities, Line to Which Germans Must Retreat, and Neutral Zone (between the two areas). Slate indicates that German Kaiser Wilhelm II had just abdicated (28 November, 1918) and shows footage of Kaiser Wilhelm II on horseback at a formal event. Next scene shows a massive human formation of soldiers in the shape of the Liberty Bell known as "The Human Liberty Bell", formed by 25,000 officers and men at Camp Dix, New Jersey to celebrate the armistice in World War 1 and the abdication of German Kaiser Wilhelm II. Camera pans upward to show the human bell from base to top. Next scenes show key Allied military leaders in World War I: British General Haig reviewing troops; France General Philippe Petain emerging from a building; Group of French soldiers marching; Italian General Diaz together with French officers reviewing troops; and King Albert of Belgium exiting a building outside Paris during World War 1 and entering a waiting horse-drawn carriage. View of United States President Woodrow Wilson reading newspaper and seated in a chair. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Seals of National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Atomic Energy Commission indicate joint sponsorship of the idea in this film: namely, to promote consideration of Nuclear-powered rockets, in lieu of chemical-povered ones, in the U.S. Space Programs. Moon as seen from earth. Animation of a landing vehicle landing on surface of the moon. Animation of space vehicles and equipment in outer space and on a planet. Chemical Rockets are mentioned and are compared to future plans for Nuclear rockets to expand programs in space. View of Saturn V rocket on launch pad. Night time launch of Saturn V rocket from launch pad powered by chemical fuel. S-aturn V rocket ascending. View from rocket as part of propulsion system is ejected during ascent second stage. Animation and discussion of use of a nuclear powered third stage for propulsion. Animation of a lunar base and a spacecraft involved in a lunar supply mission. It is explained by animation how more thrust and efficiency is gained by use of nuclear rockets versus chemical rockets. (The program was the Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application or NERVA, a nuclear thermal rocket engine development program.)
Civilian official addresses large formation of American troops from a podium at a reviewing stand. U.S. troops on parade across the field, in front of spectators, at an Army base. Included are troops on horse back and horse-drawn caissons. French troops use cattle teams to pull heavy artillery pieces across a pontoon bridge, in France during World War I. Boats tied at Pontoon Bridge. The French artillery battery fires in field. French troops move casually along a road. New recruits, without uniforms, drill in a field. under guidance of U.S. Army soldiers. French soldiers hoist 320mm shell, with block and tackle, to load rail gun, that sits under camouflage netting. Rail gun fires and recoils. French gun crew works on another 320mm rail gun, elevating the barrel to firing position during World War 1.
General Secretary of the Communist Party Joseph Stalin, President Franklin D Roosevelt of the U.S. and Prime Minister Winston Churchill of the UK seated on porch of Soviet Embassy building in Tehran, Iran, 28 November 1943, during World War 2. Scene shifts to group of Yugoslav Partisans and closeup of their leader, Marshal Tito, at their mountain headquarters. Yugoslavian Marshal Tito smoking a pipe while standing on the porch of his headquarters with American Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Officer, Army Major Linn M. Farish, U.S. Liaison to the Partisans, and British Brigadier General Fitzroy Maclean, Winston Churchill's special envoy to the Yugoslavia leader. Next scene shows French resistance fighters with their flag on a mountaineer's pick. It reads,""Vaincre ou Mourir"" and displays a cross of Lorraine. Closeups of French resistance fighters at attention and also relaxed, smiling, and singing. Scenes of various such groups joining in the June 6, 1944 Allied invasion at Normandy, France. Aerial glimpse of D-day task force crossing the English Channel. Animated map shows Germany being attacked by Russian forces from the East, by the other allies from Britain in the West and from Italy, in the South. Allied forces moving across a pontoon bridge and engaging German forces in France. A U.S. M3 Gun Motor Carriage firing its 75mm gun. American troops firing machine guns, carrying wounded on stretchers and using flame throwers. Troops, including ambulatory wounded moving under enemy fire. Paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division in France. One carries a wounded buddy. American troops firing a variety of artillery from under camouflage netting. French underground forces engaged in Paris. Closeup of one wearing a French Adrian helmet firing a rifle. Another throws a grenade out an apartment window. An American tank moving under the base of the Eiffel Tower as French Resistance fighters run across the area. French citizens celebrating the liberation of Paris. View from an American jeep as French people cheer. Closeups of French people. A bombed out bridge. A battlefield cemetery. Destruction and death in the wake of combat. Fallen French civilians lying on pavement. A U.S. tank slowly driving through a masonry wall. Soviet forces advancing through destroyed buildings. Chinese troops marching along the Great Wall. British troops on parade in tropics. Asian ally troops marching. Huge formation of marching U.S. soldiers. United Nations flags in the breeze.
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