US soldiers in Colleville-sur-Mer after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. An old French woman stands on a road and gives flowers to passing US soldiers. She throws some on passing vehicles. A young girl gives roses to two soldiers. They put them in the buttonholes of their shirts.
US Task Force in Colleville-sur-Mer after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. A beachhead at Omaha Beach. M5 high speed tractors tow howitzers from LSTs (Landing Ship Tank). US soldiers on the beach.
US troops in Colleville-sur-Mer after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. Two US soldiers walk with two French men. French civilians wave to US Army vehicles driving past on the streets. A Frenchman hands out bottles of wine to US soldiers. LSTs (Landing Ship Tanks) on Omaha Beach. A barrage balloon overhead. A jeep and another vehicle roll off an LST. Equipment on the beach.
The first US prison camp in Colleville-sur-Mer after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. US soldiers question German prisoners. Prisoners rest on the ground. One of the prisoner being interrogated at a map. American cemetery near Eterville, France shows a grave with flowers. Open graves. Dead bodies of US soldiers on the ground await burial. Wrecked gliders in the background. A soldier writes out a tag for the dead.
A US cemetery near Colleville-sur-Mer France after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. American soldiers receive communion at a beach. American Honor Guard doing a 3-volley rifle salute for a burial ceremony. A US soldier, a US sailor and a British soldier open tinned rations and eat. A bugler sounds a call. US soldiers assembled for the burial ceremony. The soldiers with their heads bowed. A chaplain speaks. A Catholic priest, Reverend Father William Dempsey, of New York City, prays at an altar set up on a jeep hood. French civilians with flowers at the ceremony, including the Mayor of Colleville, Mr. Poidevin.
Allied convoy underway for the D-Day landings on Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy during World War II. British sailors on the deck of a ship. The convoy includes LSTs (Landing Ships Tank), LCIs (Landing Crafts Infantry), destroyers, battleships and rocket ships. The bow of a battleship shows British sailors. Convoy vessels with barrage balloons overhead. Omaha Beachhead shows Allied landing crafts and ships.