Secretary of State Cordell Hull and Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley travel by jeep through the town of Carentan to the Omaha beachhead in France. Houses and buildings line the streets. A man walks on the street. A statue at a small square in center of town. A wheel cart nearby the statue. The jeep arrives at a bluff overlooking the beachhead, where General Bradley points out places and things of interest. Secretary Hull dons a steel helmet. They drink some refreshments. Below them the U.S. Army has a contingent of soldiers bivouacked on the beachhead. (World War II period).
Secretary of State Cordell Hull walks towards hospital tents of the 267th U.S. Army Field Hospital, where he visits with wounded soldiers. Secretary Hull talks to the wounded soldiers and shakes hands with some. Medics stand behind him.. Secretary Hull and Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley sit in a jeep. (World War II period).
L-4 airplane on the field at St Lo, France. Pilot in the cockpit. The plane takes off. United States officers confer at maps with camouflage nets on the sides of map board set up outdoors.
American soldiers walk through the bomb-wrecked streets of St Lo, France. Artillery in the field. Wrecked building besides the street. Soldier walks with his rifle towards the building. Officer places flag of the 29th on the building. (World War II period).
A U.S. Army tank on a street in St Lo, France in World War II. Soldiers stand near the tank. Wrecked houses and buildings in the area. A U.S. Army tank fitted with a bulldozer. Destroyed houses and street in the area. Soldiers walk with rifles in the town amid the rubble.
American soldiers pass by on a street in St Lo, France in World War II. Wrecked buildings on the street. A U.S. Army soldier processes an incoming German prisoner. A German prisoner (young looking boy soldier) with his hands up on the street. Smoke arises from wrecked house. Soldiers walk through rubble on the street. Destroyed houses and street in the area. Final brief scene shows an American soldier as he lights a demolition fuse.
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