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General Charles De Gaulle and officers arrive in a village and the General speaks to the people during WW II in France.

The Normandy beachhead. General Charles De Gaulle and other Free French officers and officials, in jeeps, make their way into village of Courseulles-sur-Mer. Barrage balloons seen in sky. Allied troops move along roads in military vehicles, and some soldiers are on foot. A French Catholic priest, on a bicycle, recognizes General de Gaulle and his party, stops his bicycle in amazement and doffs his hat. A Frenchman, gardening, waves. Man, on horse-drawn cart, stops to look. Women on the side of the road greet and wave to the jeeps. People on either side of the road. General Charles De Gaulle arrives with other officers in the village. Children offer flowers to th General. Several people look on. The General and officers walk through the streets of the village. The General meets the villagers. A French sailor kisses a woman. General De Gaulle speaks from a platform,under a Free French Cross of Lorraine flag, and flanked by British and American flags. A huge crowd gathered to listen to the General. Several women and children look on. General Henri Giraud, stands nearby. The audience sings La Marseillaise. The General amidst the villagers.He kisses a small child. Buildings in view behind. The General proceeds to the vehicle. (World War II period).

Date: 1944, July 14
Duration: 2 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054762
Reinforcements arrive in Normandy after its capture by Allied forces on D-Day during WW2

British, Canadian and United States soldiers clear up beachheads, receive reinforcements in Normandy after D-Day in World War 2. Soldiers sit on the beach, a sign says “Navy Beach C.P.”. Infantrymen dig in on the beach for protection. Sitting behind sandbags, a soldier fixes his belongings. Reinforcements and new supplies arrive in Normandy. Reinforcement troops and equipment land on beach. Soldiers in moving US Army truck. M4 Sherman-dozer, a tank with a bulldozer blade and outfitted with snorkel exhaust to make it a wading tank, also known as a tank dozer, clears the beach. This M4 dozer was named "Double Trouble" and operated by the 70th Tank Battalion. A body is seen in the foreground. Soldiers land on beach from LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized). Reinforcements carry supplies on their backs. Heavy machinery and vehicles land on beach from ships. GMC CCKW cargo trucks on beachhead in Normandy. Armored tanks (M4 Sherman tanks) move into a French town. Soldiers walk in meadow. A light tank enters a road towards Ver-sur-Mer. The location might be La Platine, just outside Courseulles-Sur-Mer. A sign reading “Dump Mae West” indicates to soldiers where to drop their life preservers. An M10 tank destroyer crosses a bridge. Infantrymen move into beach and grassy field. A Mk IV Centaur tank crosses a bridge. United States soldiers march along wall, one carrying a metal detector. A soldier carries carries a heavy machine gun, possibly a Browning M1917, and ammunition belt on his shoulders. United States Infantrymen wade through muddy water, passing by the corpse of a German soldier.

Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078799
The first American military cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer, France, established on June 8, 1944, in World War II

View from a 4-engine airplane in flight over altocumulus clouds. Setting sun creates pink colors. Scene changes abruptly to views, inland from Omaha Beach, at Colleville-sur-Mer, France, of the temporary military battlefield cemetery established by the U.S. First Army, on June 8, 1944, right after the Allied invasion of Normandy, in World War 2. Simple wooden crosses mark the graves of the fallen Americans, each identified by one of their dog tags fastened to the marker.

Date: 1944
Duration: 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020920
American passengers boarding U.S. Ocean Liner SS Washington shortly before fall of France to Nazi Germany in World War II.

A group of passengers waiting to go on board the American ocean liner SS Washington, standing at the port of Le Verdon Sur Mer, Bordeaux France. Passengers leaving France shortly before its fall to Nazi Germany are shown inspected for passport and searched before boarding. A car being hoisted onto the ship. View of the clock tower and loading areas at the port of Le Verdon Sur Mer (subsequently destroyed by Nazi Germany later in the war, in November 1944). Captain Manning standing on the bridge. View of ship SS Washington pulling away from dock. June 1940.

Date: 1940, June
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032333
Twenty one former Nazi German SS men go on trial before military tribunal for the massacre of 1944 in Oradour-sur-Glane.

Twenty one former Nazi German SS men go on trial before military tribunal for the massacre of 1944, of 642 men, women and children at a village in Oradour-sur-Glane, France during World War II. While in the village, seven survivors survey the charred buildings of the hamlet which was put to torch. Abandoned bicycle with flowers. Mourners at graves.

Date: 1953, January 19
Duration: 1 min 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040139
Views of Southern France, under German occupation in World War 2

Film opens with map showing lower France and Mediterranean areas. However, it shows images covering primarily the French Riviera (or Côte d'Azur) under German occupation during World War II, in 1943 or 1944. German infantry march along a road. A flight of German FW-190 Fighter airplanes flies inland from the Mediterranean Sea and crosses low above a harbor. Change of scene shows a single fighter plane buzzing the Marseille Port. (It looks like a P-47 with invasion stripes. But It does not draw any anti-aircraft fire.) Camera tracks it from vantage point at the Marseille Basilica, high above the harbor. Brief view of the Basilica as the aircraft passes. A glimpse of the Marseille Port below from the Basilica. View of the Marseille Transporter Bridge designed by Ferdinand Arnodin and built in 1905. (It was destroyed after these films were made, in 1944.) A German soldier peering through binoculars in front of a 2 cm Flak 30/38/Flakvierling, quad anti-aircraft gun position. Another one is seen in the background. Several more views of German anti-aircraft and other gun emplacements protecting the Marseille Port, including 88mm guns, heavy machine guns, and Atlantic Wall coastal defense guns. Scene shifts to German soldiers marching near the French Riviera beach and palm trees. Italian cavalry are seen riding in formation, ostensibly from Nice. Italian soldiers in trucks are being transported along the Riviera waterfront. A road sign points toward Toulon at 6.3 kilometers away. (So this location is probably near Sanary-sur-Mer.) View of the Toulon harbor, where the French battleship Provence, scuttled in 1942, is seen settled low in the water at a pier.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675065425
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