Scenes from the city of New Orleans in Louisiana, United States. Ruins of the old Spanish Fort at the Bayou St. John on Lake Ponchartrain, also sometimes called Fort St. Jean or Fort St. John, or Fort San Juan del Bayou. Tourists walking in the old fort area, and view of an old cannon in the fort grounds. Exterior view of the city arsenal at 615 St. Peter Street directly behind the Oabildo. The arsenal is on the site of a former Spanish prison. It was war designated in 1915 to be the relic department of the Louisiana State Museum, and dedicated as a "Battle Abbey." View inside the arsenal, where two African American men are seated on the ground with their legs in the stockades or stocks to demonstrate their operation.
The German assault on France during the Battle of France in World War II. German infantry crawl through grass. Artillery shells burst nearby. The German infantry run across a farm field. French defenders are seen operating a heavy gun inside a Maginot Line fort. German infantry cutting through barbed wire surrounding the Maginot Line fort, and employing flame throwers against the top turret of the fort as well as the lower base in the rear. View of the fort blackened by the fire. German troops enter the fort. A Nazi flag flies above it. French officers surrender. French POWs (Prisoners of War) walk along. Prisoners seated and standing about at a prison camp. Wounded prisoners. French Colonial African Senegalese prisoners of war greet one another and then several of them begin to dance.
International exchange of CAP ( Civil Air Patrol ) cadets in Richmond, Virginia. Interiors of Fort Harrison as cadets look at a mock battlefield. An officer briefs the CAP cadets. A sign on mock up reads ' Fort Harrison captured September 29, 1864 by the federal 18th Corps ' .Another sign reads ' Fort Harrison confederate name , Fort Burnham Federal name'. Yet another sign reads ' Headquarters and museum, Richmond National Battlefield Park '. The cadets on a guided tour of the Fort Harrison. They come down a wooded stairway. The cadets point at a pamphlet. CAP cadets eat lunch in a picnic area while a female personnel drinks cola.
Underground life at Fort Vaux, after it was recaptured from the Germans, during World War I. The fort has obviously suffered varying degrees of damage in the course of battle. French soldiers inside the fort. Medics treat a wounded soldier. A soldier talks on radio. Another soldier sits nearby. The Germans continue attempts to recapture the fort themselves, and fire artillery shells that burst around the fort. Smoke arises due to firing.
American soldiers in and around a demolished fort in Mehdia, Morocco during World War II. A jeep with a flag in front of the fort. A motor cycle rides in front of the jeep. A demolished fort at Mehdia in view with French flag hoisted on it. American soldiers on an armored vehicle with guns. American soldiers, with rifles, walk around the entrance of the fort. A soldier at top of the fort.
United States 1st Battalion, 151st Infantry Regiment of 38th Division at Fort Drum, El Fraile Island, Philippines. Damaged buildings at Fort Drum. Platoon near Fort Drum, checks the results of demolition and fire. Guns in position at the fort. United states 1st Battalion disembarks from barge onto fort. Troops on the mast of the barge with American flag on a pole. The troops inspect the area and walk back on the barge. (World War II period).