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German troops enter Normandy and Avranches in France during World War II.

German troops in France. Map of the French Invasion Front. German troops in camouflaged trucks. A sign on a tree.Soldiers on bicycles collect newspapers from another soldier. Newspaper headline reads 'Eisenhower has not surprised us'. Trucks and jeeps filled with German soldiers in Normandy. Overturned vehicles and damaged artillery on the roadside. Soldier with camouflaged helmet looks up to the sky. Aircraft in flight overhead. Artillery fire. Soldiers load and fire anti aircraft guns. A charred aircraft in a field. German soldiers arrive in Avranches, France. A sign for Avranches. Soldiers ride a bike among the commune ruins. Soldier seated on a wrecked car. Buildings in the area. A soldiers keep vigil by a damaged cathedral. Stained glass windows. A soldier plays the piano in the cathedral. Interior of the cathedral.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675031305
German prisoners with hands on heads march past in lines along a road in Avranches, France.

German prisoners march along roads in Avranches, France. Soldiers on tanks and trucks move on a road to Avranches. Buildings at the sides of the road. German prisoners with hands on their heads march past demolished buildings. Debris of buildings seen. A dead German in the driver's seat of a staff car. Windshield of the car riddled with bullets. Prisoners march in lines. Soldiers on tanks pass by. Trees seen in the background. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, August
Duration: 2 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055588
German and American medical units treat and provide first aid to wounded Germans in Avranches, France.

Treatment to wounded Germans in Avranches, France. Wounded Germans receive blood plasma. German and American medical units work along side and treat the wounded. Wounded people are carried to an ambulance. Trees seen in the background. German hospital corpsmen stand around the ambulance. A German Major stands outside a building. German and American corpsmen stand and talk about World War II. Vehicles parked in the background. Interior of a hospital. Wounded men receive first aid from the medical unit.

Date: 1944, August
Duration: 2 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055589
Captured German soldiers are taken away by truck in Granville, France (WW2)

French men and women watch truck loaded with German prisoners in front of the Hotel de la Gare in Granville, France (135 Rue Couraye, 50400 Granville, France ) during World War 2. German prisoners on truck are taken away from Granville, located in the Normandy region. Frenchmen riding their bicycles on the streets after the captured German soldiers are taken as prisoners by the Allied forces. A woman walking with her bicycle as her daughter leads on the street. Storefronts are boarded-up. Signs of storefront are written in French. An Allied Jeep drives past on the street. A dog lazes in front of a store with sign saying “WE SELL BEER BIERE”. A French woman crosses the street. Frenchmen stand near a road sign for the direction and distance to towns of Saint-Pierre-Langers and Avranches.

Date: 1944, August 1
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079344
Civilian men removing large roadblocks in France (WW2)

French civilians remove large trees used as roadblocks in Avranches (Normandy), France during World War 2. Frenchmen uses ropes to push down timber roadblocks. A man uses a hammer, striking the base of the roadblock to make it fall. Two men sawing the base of a large roadblock. Frenchmen pulling down roadblock with a rope. Frenchmen strike bases of timber with hammers. Rope is tied on top of the roadblock. Men sawing timber roadblock. Men pulling rope to remove roadblock. An Allied truck drive past Frenchmen discussing near roadblock.

Date: 1944, August 1
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079345
Aerial view of damaged railroad bridge, bomb craters in Normandy during World War 2

Aerial view of the countryside in Normandy during World War 2. Huge tanks treads in fields are seen, along with ruined tanks, indicator of previous tank battles. Aerial view of bombed buildings in a village. A destroyed railroad bridge in the Sélune River near Avranches, France after a dynamite bombing. Surrounding railroad near the Sélune River shows craters formed from aerial bombing.

Date: 1944, August 6
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079365