French soldiers firing a Saint-Etienne model machine gun in a field in France. One soldier waits with a new strip holding 24 rounds of 8mm Lebel ammunition. As the previous clip is done firing, he inserts the new one, and the gunner continues firing. Behind them another gun crew is firing a Maxim machine gun. Next, French gunners are seen firing Hotchkiss Mle 1914 machine guns. Data appears on the screen comparing the machine gun output from the mobilization to 1917. (World War I. World War 1. WWI. WW1)
U.S. Fourth Infantry Division in Normandy, France, during World War 2. A sign on highway N.13 points to Montebourg 8.9Km and Cherbourg 34.9km, indicating their location as just north of Sainte Mere Eglise, as they advance following the Allied Normandy invasion in World War 2. A knocked out German Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III) assault gun is seen on a road next to some power lines. Closeup of the Stug III with two shell holes in it. Fourth Infantry soldiers in a jeep drive past another destroyed Stug III, as they make their way through the town of Montebourg. A U.S. M10 tank destroyer is parked on the road behind. Scene shifts to a jeep displaying a red cross flag carrying medics along a road past several U.S. soldiers standing near a cemetery containing old gravestones. Another knocked out Stug III is seen. Two American soldiers, with rifles, ride through a deserted town on horses, followed by another soldier on a motorcycle. Street sign shows distance to Ravenoville as 6.8km and to La Mer as 9.7km. Closeup of one of the mounted soldiers.
Exterior of Saint Joseph Parish, also known as Bamboo Organ Church (1742 Quirino Ave, Las Piñas, 1742 Metro Manila), in Las Piñas City, Philippines. Trees in the foreground. Men enter the church. A man comes out of the church.
The 18th National cotton picking contest being held in Arkansas,United States. Contestants ranging in age groups from 12 to 74 years compete in their respective categories. After picking cotton is spread out in sections. Judges measure the cotton and Roy Peterson of Saint Louis is declared as the winner. Peterson with his thousand dollar prize money poses for the camera.
Pope Paul VI goes on an official visit to Turkey. Pope Paul VI coming out of an aircraft Pan Am 707 Jet Clipper (Clipper Saint Paul). Officials greet Pope Paul VI. Pope Paul VI meets with Eastern Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras upon arrival at Istanbul Airport. A photographer takes pictures of the momentous meeting. Pope Paul VI blesses the band playing music for his arrival. Turkish Christians attend a mass in the ruins of Ephesus, three kilometers southwest of present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey. Pope Paul VI addresses the people during a mass in House of the Virgin Mary Catholic shrine (Sultaniye, 35920 Selçuk/İzmir, Turkey) in Ephesus. Pope Paul VI urges church unity between Orthodox and Catholic faithful.
United States Army 18th Field Artillery units reorganize positions. 117th Engineers pass through Saint Hilaire. 39th Infantry wounded treated at an aid station.