Film opens with glimpse from a boat approaching Mount Athos, Greece, during World War 2. The Monastery of Saint Panteleimon ( known as the Russian Monastery) in Athos seen from the boat, with a German soldier wearing pith helmet in the foreground. Some buildings in the craggy slopes of the mountain. The Monastery complex seen in successively closer views from the boat approaching the shore. A closeup of the Monastery from nearby on the island. Camera pans part of the structure. Next, an Archbishop and other clergy are seen conducting some German army officers and members of their party on a tour of the Monastery. Closeup of the Archbishop and other clergy. Closeup of a German officer with a Clergy member. Closeup of another clergy member. A German officer descends stairs accompanied by six or more Clergy. The German visitors are escorted in a courtyard shaded by palm trees. The senior German Army officer points and asks questions of the Archbishop, who is seated on the edge of a line of roof tiles. What appears to be a fountain (without water) in a courtyard. Camera pans upward showing the main Monastery building. Scene shifts to sailing vessel tied up at the shore. Next, the German visitors are seen waving from a boat to The Archbishop and members of clergy standing on the shore as their boat pulls away from Mount Athos.
Germans advance through bomb damaged areas in France during the Battle of France in World War II. Ruins and rubble in a town in France from bombing.German soldiers use binoculars to survey the area amidst the ruins of a camp commune. Soldiers fire machine guns. Explosions among the ruins below. Soldiers take cover and fight in the ruins. Burning and abandoned tanks. Soldiers fire at ships from a cliff. They fire antiaircraft guns. Boats in the Saint-Valery-en Caux port Soldiers sit and wait. Parked military vehicles. A German officer talks to English and French Generals. They discuss documents. A large number of soldiers in line. They rest in a field. A German convoy advances. Soldiers on motorcycles cross a field. They dig on a town street. Tanks on the streets. A sign board for the distance to Paris and Grand Fitz James. Soldiers rest and guard a group of French soldier prisoners of war. German soldiers fire artillery. Troops cross over pontoons.
Croatia during World War II. Priests and choir boys parade in an All Saints' Day procession. Civilians participate in the celebration. The procession heads towards a graveyard. People bring flowers to the graves of relatives. Women and soldiers lay flowers on graves. War memorials and sculptures in the graveyard. Budapest: The graves of Croatian members of the Ustascha movement against Bolshevism are decorated. A priest addresses a crowd during the ceremony. Hungarian soldiers march in honor of the deceased. Officers and priests attend the ceremony. War memorials and statues in the graveyard. People pay tribute to the deceased. They lay flowers on relatives' graves. People light candles and pray.
Hundreds of villagers honor their patron, Saint Paolino, on the anniversary of his victory over the Turks in the crusades. Villagers carry 90 feet tower like shrine through the streets of Nola, Italy during the festival.
Soldiers among rescued civilians of Ecourt Saint Quentin during Battle of Hindenberg Line in World War I. Soldiers sit and stand among the civilians. Few civilians smoke while some raise their hats and wave. Three men who escaped from German forces who are now in the French Army smile and one them smoke.
Action and Service condition in The Saint Mihiel Drive in France. General John Joseph Pershing writes in his office. Allied troops on trucks pass by road. Trees besides road. Horse cart and troops on horses pass on road. A cartoon about the threat to Verdun. A map shows French province across Moselle River. Soldiers stand in dugout at Montsec in Meuse department, France. (World War I. World War 1. WWI. WW1)