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Art galleries on the side walk after the Liberation of Paris in World War II.

Life after the Liberation of Paris in World War 2. Art galleries on the sidewalks. People and traffic on the road. People take a look at the paintings on display. A painter works on an easel in the old quarters of Paris. Directional signs on a road in the countryside. Ardennes: The countryside. Houses on hills.

Date: 1944
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020917
Allied Winter campaign prior to entering German heartland, during World War II

U.S. Army soldiers arriving in Army trucks, one company at a time, for 24 hours rest on the West band of the Moselle River, after combat on the East bank, during World War 2. The soldiers receive a hot meal, a hot shower and shave,issue of clean clothing, and get to attend a movie.(Poster advertises the film Bathing Beauty, starring Esther Williams and Red Skelton.) The next morning, troops board trucks to return to the front line again. Scene changes to U.S. troops in snow, as winter arrives. Squadron of British Spitfire aircraft seen on snow-covered field as airmen refuel them from hand-carried gas cans. An American Army woman nurse clears snow from military vehicle in Paris. General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, Commander of French Army B, consulting with Major General Wade Haislip, Commander of the U.S. XV Corps, during Winter campaign in Vosges Mountains. French forces firing a mortar. British forces entrenched and machine gunner trying to keep warm. Uniformed British women volunteers trying to keep warm in their office bunker. Allied infantry entrenched and moving across a field. American soldiers in the Ardennes forest suddenly find themselves under attack by German artillery and tanks (Battle of the Bulge). Shells exploding near camera position. Camera shakes. Soldiers taking cover and a jeep driving by as an explosion rocks the area immediately behind it in the trees of the forest.

Date: 1944, December
Duration: 3 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060111
General Patton's 3rd Army moves towards Germany and fights the Battle of Bulge during World War II.

U.S. 3rd Army under Lieutenant General Patton in World War 2. Tanks roll down. U.S. Army soldiers and tanks of the 3rd Army move forward. General Patton looks through binoculars. Patton with other officers. Soldiers fire artillery. A soldier talks into a radio. Patton's troops move forward. Enemy soldiers surrender. Tanks and troops move forward. Soldiers aim and fire. Soldiers in the streets of Saint Malo. German soldiers taken as prisoners of war (POW). Civilians cheer and welcome the American troops. Soldier drinks from cups. A sign reads 'Mayenne'. Troops move towards Germany fighting on their way. Soldiers move through the forest terrain. Patton with his officers. The 3rd Army crosses river Siene. Patton in an aircraft. The planes of the 8th Army Air Force drop bombs on the enemy positions. Tanks fire artillery. Patton with soldiers. Trucks move forward. Headlights of trucks moving forward at the night. Patton comes out of a building and sits in a jeep. Army officers including General Eisenhower and Patton have dinner. Patton with soldiers. Soldiers of the 3rd Army load and fire artillery and capture Metz. Fighting house to house and in the streets of Metz. Dead soldiers lay on the ground. German soldiers taken as prisoners of war. American flag is raised. The battle of Bulge- Soldiers on the snow covered terrain of Ardennes. Patton's 3rd Army moves toward Bastogne. U.S. Army soldiers remove snow from ground in the icy winds. A soldier looks up into the clear sky after snow storms have passed. Aerial view of U.S. Army Air Force Mitchell B-25 bomber aircraft in formation and bombs away views as they drop bombs on snow covered German held positions below. U.S. Army tanks firing at German enemy positions. close up views and point of view shots of American soldiers firing rifles and machine guns. German prisoners are rounded up by U.S. Army, including some German soldiers wounded and bandaged. Patton decorates soldiers at a bridge over the Sauer River. in Germany, where a sign says "General Patton Bridge - built by the Mighty Midgets. Company F, 1303 Engineers" (Narrator in clip is Ronald Reagan).

Date: 1944
Duration: 10 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033596
United States troops move against German counterattacks, Belgian civilians flee during the Battle of the Bulge (WWII)

Allied troops move against German counterattacks in Belgium and Western Germany during World War II. United States troops move along a muddy road in Belgium. Incendiary explosion. Tire on fire from incendiary. A soldier looks at wrecked American military jeeps and ruined buildings. Heavy smoke rises from a pile of wreckage. Fleeing civilians walk on the road on foot. Some of the civilians bring bicycles. Belgian Roman Catholic priests wearing Cappello romano hats are seen moving with the group. African American motorized infantry moving into Belgium. An African American soldier smoking cigarette on passing truck. Soldiers in the Ardennes Forest. A soldier plants M1 anti-tank mines in the Ardennes. He places a mine in a hole in the ground. The soldier covers the mine with a pile of dried leaves. Soldiers setting up roadblocks and covering tanks with foliage for camouflage. An M3 Stuart light tank is covered with hay to disguise as a haystack. United States soldiers carefully search the field for Nazi paratroopers. A soldier finds abandoned parachute equipment and white snow cape. Soldiers inspect passing trucks at an intersection between Bastogne and Martelange in Wallonia, Belgium. Belgian civilians fleeing a German advance on Highway 15. American Military Police personnel diligently searching for disguised German soldiers to prevent infiltration. A Military Police officer inspects a Belgian man’s identification paper. Military Police personnel questions a driver of a Jeep. Soldiers digging a dugout. Soldier with an M1917 Browning Machine gun. Artillery crew firing a M101 105 mm Howitzer. A pile of shells stands beside the Howitzer. An officer gives out orders to fire over telephone. Howitzer Motor Carriage M8 tanks firing in the Ardennes. A soldier inspects with binoculars. Infantry troops moving across a field and village. Soldiers firing rifles from behind a stone fence. A soldier deposits a charge into a basement window, followed by explosion. Soldier fires bazooka in haze. Soldiers looking up to the sky searching for air support. Allied bombers flying over Belgium. British Royal Air Force bombers dropping bombs over a road junction as seen from bomb bay view.

Date: 1944, December
Duration: 2 min 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675080038
United States 7th Army vehicles slip on the icy winter roads, capture German soldiers (WW2)

The United States Army infantry advances in the Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. United States Army truck drives in the snow with its wheels angled to the right, slipping even with chains on. Military vehicles slide on icy roads as units of the 7th Army advance in the Ardennes Forest. Heavy snow falls over a moving truck. A truck towing a M115 howitzer. M4 Sherman tanks, tank destroyers and other tracked vehicles struggle to drive in the snow. Various tracked vehicles slide and slip on the icy roads, including an M4 Sherman tank that nearly hits a house after losing traction on the ice. A soldier shovels sand out of a truck onto the road. A half-track tows heavy equipment. 7th Army soldiers keep watch in the snow-covered forest. 7th Army Infantry troops march along the road on foot. A soldier pushes down on propeller to start a Piper Cub L4 observation plane. A United States Army Piper Cub L4 observation plane takes off from airfield. Aerial view of tanks moving in snow-covered fields. M4 Sherman tanks fire at enemy position after receiving signal to fire. Smoke rises from German positions. Gun crews fire with M1A1 Long Tom field artillery. Soldiers fire with their rifles. German soldiers wearing parts of captured U.S. Army uniforms (perhaps associated with Operation Greif) are captured in the Ardennes Forest. German prisoners wearing American overcoats put their hands on top of their heads. A captured German prisoner takes off boots. Captured German prisoners are led away by 7th Army infantry troops.

Date: 1944, December
Duration: 3 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080052
German invasion of Belgium, Holland, and France. Fall of Fort Eben Emae during World War II

Animated map depicts German Westward military thrusts into Holland and Belgium and toward France in World War 2. German armor units passing dragons teeth defenses, from behind. German troops riding atop tanks and trucks towing artillery.German Stuka dive bombers. Map showing Albert Canal, Meuse River, and details of Fort Eben Emae. Paratroops dropping from Ju-52 aircraft. Closeup of Ju-87 Stuka dive bomber. German troops using flame thrower. German armed engineer troops cross a road near a bridge and cross Meuse River in inflated boats, as Stukas drop bombs. German troops advance behind battery of flame throwers. German soldier places demolition charge. Huge explosion as it destroys the Fort blockhouse. Allied troops cross French-Belgian border to confront German forces. French Lorraine 37L armored vehicles. Roads filled by Belgian refugees with their belongings. Animated cartoon of German planes bombing Belgian villages, strafing refugees, so they would clog roads and block Allied advance. Views of clogged roads and German bombings. He-111 dropping bombs. Me-109s strafing refugees who take cover in ditches. views from inside German bombers. Montage of destruction by German planes. Wounded child cries out, traumatized, in a hospital bed. Another wounded and bandaged child is seen in a hospital bed. A nun nurse sits by the bed of a wounded child. Montage of refugee children leaving war zones atop piles of belongings in trucks, and children in prams and carts, and in strollers and horsecarts evacuating battle areas. Map shows German plan to attack through Ardennes Forest. German engineers sliding down steep hills, fording rivers, and laying wire for demolitions. German troops setting up machine gun and artillery placements and firing at opposing troops. German tanks and troops going through the Ardennes to the Meuse River, where Stukas dive bomb French positions. German artillery barrage across the Meuse. German troops cross the river with inflated boats. German engineers building pontoon bridges. Shelling by Allies causing explosions beside German troops building bridges. German Armor crossing the bridges and entering France.

Date: 1940
Duration: 11 min 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038489