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Koblenz (Coblenz) reinforced by Prussian soldiers in World War I
Two Truckloads of Prussian soldiers drive into the Rhineland city of Koblenz to reinforce it during World War 1. They park near a shuttered Merchant hall and climb down to the street. They assemble and pose for the camera standing around a machine gun set up on the pavement. Scene shifts to view of an old fort partially destroyed.
Washington State Governor calls up contingent of the National Guard to maintain order in Centralia, Washington, following Armistice Day riot on November 11th, 1919
Opening scene shows some some people gathered near pieces of debris on the sidewalk outside the Roderick Hotel and a 1-cent to 1 dollar store in Centralia, Washington. This is in the wake of the Armistice Day riot in that city that took place in that city, on November 11, 1919. It involved clashes between members of the The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) union and members of the American Legion. A man steps out of a shattered and empty store front on the street. The Washington National Guard was called up by Governor Hart to restore order. Company F of the 3rd Infantry, was sent to Centralia by train on the evening of the 11th from Fort Lewis in Tacoma, Washington. Soldiers of that Company are seen assembling and receiving orders from their officer in Centralia. Next, the soldiers begin marching as guards, on the street in front of the local police station. Some pedestrians watch from a sidewalk. A group of local people crowd together to watch something of interest in a building
A U.S. Army 10-inch Coastal Defense gun demonstrated in Washington State, United States
Opening scene shows muzzle of a 10-in coastal defense gun as it rises on its disappearing carriage. The following inscriptions are etched into the end of the barrel: "12IV No.28 ORD Dept. U.S.A. M 1895 Watervliet Arsenal 1899." This gun is installed on an M1901 disappearing carriage at Battery Worth, Fort Casey, Coupeville, Whidbey Island, Washington. View from the side, as the gun rises from below the battery and fires. Shell raises a great splash near a target flag in the water. Views from different locations around the gun as it fires several times. (World War II period).
U.S. troops in training build a pontoon bridge and also use boats and pontoon boards to cross a river at Front Knox in Kentucky.
U.S. Army troops training at Fort Knox, Kentucky.Trucks and tanks cross a river at The troops run towards a shore, get on boats and cross the river. An army truck taken across the river on a pontoon boat. The soldiers push a boat to get it from land to water while their shoes fill with mud. Tanks are brought across the river on flat boats. Mud covered soldiers lay pontoons over boats. The tanks cross the pontoon bridge.
British and Indian combat troops capture Mandalay, Burma from Japanese as troops advance into the city (WW2)
British and Indian combat troops recapture Mandalay, Burma after three years of Japanese occupation during World War II. Blast in the city. A series of blasts occur in the city. A Burmese temple in the fore ground. Troop in prone position fire rifle. Troops fire artillery. Military tanks advance in the city, temple in the background. The capture of Fort Dufferin (present day Mandalay Palace) from the Japanese. Army trucks advance in the city. Troops advance in a jeep. Japanese prisoners captured and brought to British camp. Burmese temple with a statue of an elephant and a dragon.
Many views of people going about their routine activies in the Philippines. View of some being trained by American soldiers, to prepare for their defense in World War II
At opening, Filipino women are seen walking alongside a row of factory buildings. A factory room filled with Filipino women dressed in white caps and white uniforms engaged in production at individual individual work stations in a factory. A machine shop filled with Filipino men engaged in metal work. Several people at the window of an office, conducting business with a woman inside. A stock or commodities market office with quotes on tote boards. Women working alongside a moving production line. A woman operating a fabric processing machine. Filipino miners pushing hopper cars of mined ore across a bridge. Miners riding on an engine pulling a train of hopper cars filled with ore from a mine. Filipino longshoremen handling cargoes on a wharf. Scene shifts to an open field where a number of Filipino men are being trained to use firearms during World War 2. One is being coached by an American soldier as he works with a Browning M 1917 water cooled machine gun. Lines of Filipino men firing rifles under supervision of U.S Army trainers. A contingent of uniformed Filipino soldiers, led by an American soldier, marches past a sign, in an camp of tents, reading "A-T Company, 1st Filipino Infantry." Filipino soldiers at a tent camp, being instructed by an American soldier, using a large set of maps. Camera pans over a camp of many tents laid out in order. A formation of Filipino soldiers marches between tents. An American soldier opening his foot locker at his quarters. An illustrated portrait of General Douglas MacArthur. A formation in a field with a Filipino band playing and a Color Guard carrying the American and Filipino flags. A large group of Filipino children walking along a path. A Filipino boy lying on the floor in his home, reading a large book. Filipino school girls seated at benches next to tables. Women doing laundry at an outdoor pond. Next, an actor in khaki clothing sits in a tent and speaks as if addressing American soldiers regarding the Philippines. Among other things, he says,"These people aren't natives. They aren't beggars. They have cities and farms and industries.They have schools and courts and a Constitution. They also have pride and patriotism and self-respect. They love freedom They'll die for it." He cautions American soldiers about their behavior vis-a-vis Filipinos. He states that "Filipinos are American." He alludes to messages received from American and Filipino defenders in Fort Mills, at the fall of Corregidor on May 5, 1942. View of radio towers and Morse code messages heard as an American army radio operator with a headset transcribes the messages. Scene shifts to an amphibious invasion fleet attacking a Japanese held island in the Pacific.
