A U.S. cemetery near Eterville after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. Frenchmen bury dead paratroopers of U.S. 82nd Airborne Division. Wrecked gliders in the foreground.
The first U.S. prison camp in Colleville-sur-Mer after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. U.S. 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 U.S. soldiers on the ground await burial. Wrecked gliders in the background. A soldier writes out a tag for the dead.
Allies bomb Nazi targets in France and Netherlands during World War II. An animated map shows France and Germany. Allied squadrons move towards the bombers. Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft taxi and take off from a British airfield in England, United Kingdom. Interior cockpit view of a B-26 A pilot in the cockpit as he puts on a steel combat helmet and wears a steel jacket. A formation of bombers drops bombs on a Nazi German controlled airfield in Holland. Ground crew watches as a bomber comes in for landing. An aircraft sends off flares shortly before landing, indicating to ground crews that there are wounded soldiers on board. The bomber lands on its belly. Ground crew moves towards the bomber. A row of bombers. Crew members work on the bomber. Multiple shots of more bomber aircraft as they take off (some shots from the side, and some with the aircraft approaching the camera position). View of bombs attached to the bomber with bomb bay open. Bombs away view as bomb clusters are released through open aircraft bomb bay doors. Bombs dropped on Nazi installations in France. Aerial view of explosions on the ground.
Thanksgiving 1944 in Northeastern France, with the U.S. 26th Infantry Division, during World War 2. Several U.S. Army women nurses walk through muddy snow covered field in Northeastern France, during World War II. One of them pulls a small sled. At the same time,US troops march along sides of a nearby road. A U.S. soldier is issued a winter coat by a quartermaster.Other soldiers putting on new overcoats. U.S. troops in overcoats march along a wet road. A soldier holds up a sign reading," 26 'Yankee' Infantry Division, HAPPY- THANKSGIVING !, Europe 1944." The troops huddle over field cook stoves in a field. They smoke cigarettes. Large group of U.S. soldiers in a chow line near a cemetery in a French town (probably Dieuze, which they captured on November 20th). They receive a Thanksgiving dinner. Soldiers playing football on a snow covered field.
Film opens with map of western coast and towns in France. Camouflaged trucks filled with German infantry drive along rural French road in World War 2. Closeup of smiling soldiers in one truck. A makeshift sign reads (in German) "One-way street to the front." A soldier passes out newspapers to other soldiers riding bicycles. Closeup of a soldier reading the newspaper. Closeup of the paper has headline reading (in German) "Eisenhower has not surprised us." Troops on bicycles ride through a village. Large wooden sign warns (in German) that the enemy understands things you might say about military activities. Camouflaged vehicles drive along a road, passing overturned civilian vehicles at the sides of the road. View from rear of German soldier on motorcycle, with foliage on his helmet, looking skyward for aircraft. Formations of Allied aircraft are seen overhead, and German troops seek protection in ditches at side of the road. Scene shifts to German troops firing anti-aircraft guns at the planes. Black flak clouds are seen near the Allied airplanes. A lone B-17 bomber is seen overhead. Next, burning wreckage of an aircraft is seen strewn across a field. No markings are visible on the wreckage. A sign identifies the town of Avranches in Southern France. German infantry enter the war-torn town on civilian cars and other vehicles of opportunity and motorcycles. A German half track personnel carrier tows an artillery field piece.
U.S. Army soldier reads newspaper while listening to radio. Soldiers doing their respective chores, listen to AFN (American Forces Network) Radio. General Marshall and General Eisenhower announce the creation of AFN, in 1942. July 4, 1943, the first broadcast of AFN. General Eisenhower mingling with paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division, on the eve of D-day. U.S. B-26 aircraft in flight. United States soldiers aboard landing craft and wading ashore at Normandy, France, on D-day, June 6, 1944. Soldiers tuning radios in the field. United States Sherman tanks and infantry move along country road in France. Audio includes portions from AFN broadcasts, including an announcer saying "You are listening to AFN Paris. This is the American Forces Network, on the road to Berlin." Road sign points to St. Lo. Group of U.S. soldiers gathered around a jeep with a radio, listening to AFN, in Germany. (World War II period).
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