Conservation Work in the United States during the Great Depression. View of the Bogue Bank near Fort Macon in Morehead City, North Carolina. CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) inspect Fort Macon and restore the fort. Worker measures the breadth of fort wall. Arches and ammunition rooms of the fort. Damaged door inside one of the rooms. Worker inspects doors. Man repairs a damaged window.
General Hugh L. Scott of Smithsonian Institute, seated on a chair demonstrates Indian sign language. General Scott demonstrates signs for various places like Fort Benton, Fort Lincoln, Fort McLeod, Old Fort Union, Plenty Coups and Standing Rock.
The ruins of the Fort Douaumont in Verdun, France during World War I. French soldiers stand outside the fort. Snow covered field. Destroyed barbed wire entanglements. Long lines of French troops are seen approaching the fort in the distance. French Soldiers move towards the fort with supplies. German soldiers fire artillery on the field. Smoke arises due to the firing.
The ruins of the Fort Vaux in Verdun, France during World War I. Exterior of the wrecked fort. French soldier works outside the fort. Barricades kept outside the fort. Soldiers walk. German soldiers fire artillery. Smoke arises due to firing. French soldiers prepare a machine gun to fire.
Events during World War I. A wooden fort with a lookout post in countryside. Horse-drawn carriage in front of the fort, and two women wait outside. A sentry box at fort entrance. Guard on lookout post, above. Soldiers in uniform and local recruits entering the fort compound. Recruits pose for pictures. French officers pose with several local men bearing packs on their shoulders. Two officers, stand in a field, surrounded by troops, sitting on the ground, with their individual rifles pointed skyward.
The Red Army in Yalta, Ukraine during World War II. Scenic views of Yalta. Barrels kept in rows on the ground outside a building. Soviet soldiers are served wine by civilians. The soldiers drinking the wine. Red Army soldiers inside a building. Women officers looking in a mirror. A fort in the city. The soldiers in the fort. Huge statues of lions outside the fort. The soldiers beside the statues. They climb down the steps of the fort. German prisoners of war marched in columns along a path escorted by Russian troops. A map showing the path of movement of Red Army troops through various cities.