Chartres captured by Allied forces during World War II. A sign reads 'Chartres'. Press correspondents and civilians behind trucks. They dodge snipers. United States soldiers fire tommy guns and rifles at snipers. A soldier firing a rifle near a closed Epicerie (French grocery shop). A soldier stands behind an iron gate and fires. U.S. Soldiers and French soldiers run. Crowd stands behind gates of prefecture. FFI (French Forces of the Interior) and Gendarmes (French national police) with a collaborator. A group of men and women collaborators. Women collaborators with heads shaved are paraded in front of the town hall (Mairie). Cathedral Notre Dame de Chartres or Chartres Cathedral (16 CloƮtre Notre Dame, 28000 Chartres, France). Cathedral spires in view. Snipers march on streets. They are marched to jail. Nazi German snipers with hands on their heads. Crowd waves behind jail. Group of snipers are taken through streets. A priest looks up. (World War II period).
Aircraft C-47s lined up for takeoff in France during World War II. They make successive staggered takeoffs from two queues on dirt strips. C-47s, in formation, flying over Chartres, France. C-47s on way to Drop Zone for paratroopers. Paratroopers drop from C-47s. Sky filled with parachutes. Orange smoke seen on ground.
Red Ball Convoy of Allied Forces in Chartres, France. A sign reads '24th Reg Station, Supply Convoy, Stop'. People stand near the sign. Officers stand under a tent. Brigadier General Plank and staff look at road maps. Trucks loaded with supplies pass along a road. (World War II period).
Red Ball Convoy of Allied forces in Chartres, France. Trucks loaded with supplies parked along a road. German prisoners unload rations. German prisoners stockpile them near Ablis. A United States guard patrols. Trees in the background. A sign reads 'Classic, QM Supplies'. Stockpiled rations in view. (World War II period).
Allied Forces Red Ball Convoy in Chartres, France. A sign reads 'Stop, Army Ammunition Depot'. Men stand near the sign. Convoy supply trucks parked along a road. United States African American troops unload and stock ammunition at a dump near Lachapele. The ammunition is kept on fields. 105 mm shells in a stockpile. 75 mm cartridge cases are stacked in a depot. German prisoners unload and stock ammunition at the dump near Lachapele. (World War II period).
Chartres captured in France. Men locate and mark mines on road. A land mine is blown. Smoke rises up. Two engineers bend down and mark mines. Engineers prepare to detonate mine. Jeeps and other Allied soldiers in the background. A land mine is blown. (World War II period).
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