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Germans shoot down Allied bomber in Normandy,France during World War 2

German soldiers fire anti aircraft guns at Allied bombers flying overhead in Normandy,France during World War II. Explosions occur causing a pillar of smoke to rise up. German shoot down an Allied plane. Plane descends and crashes into the ground resulting in an explosion.

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675038269
U.S. and French Generals salute and review troops during the anniversary of the D-Day at Utah Beach in Normandy, France.

The anniversary of the D-Day at Utah Beach in Normandy, France during World War II. Girls in U.S. and French flag dresses. Wreaths are placed at the foot of a monument by U.S. and French representatives. U.S. and French troops pass in review. A crowd at the ceremony. U.S. and French representatives stand beside the D-Day monument to U.S. Army's 1st Brigade of Engineers and salute. They climb down stairs. French General Paul Le Gentilhomme salutes. Artillery guns in the background. Soldiers stand beside the monument and salute. The soldiers hold the U.S. and French flags.

Date: 1945, June 6
Duration: 1 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070994
A band, soldiers and sailors march during the anniversary ceremony of the D-Day at Utah Beach in Normandy, France.

The anniversary of the D-Day at Utah Beach in Normandy, France during World War II. A band plays musical instruments and marches. Allied Generals and officers stand in the background. Soldiers with rifles march. The D-Day Monument to U.S. Army's 1st Brigade of Engineers in the far background. Girls in patriotic dresses. Sailors march. A large crowd of civilians at the ceremony.

Date: 1945, June 6
Duration: 1 min 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070995
Graves and markers of the first American cemetery of World War II during a ceremony at Utah Beach in Normandy, France.

The anniversary of D-Day at Utah Beach in Normandy, France during World War II. Graves of the first American cemetery. Miniature U.S. flags near the graves. The U.S. flag at the cemetery.

Date: 1945, June 6
Duration: 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675070996
Allied troops aboard ships and gliders head for Normandy, France for the D-day invasion during World War II.

Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. U.S. General Joseph McNarney, Deputy Chief of Staff at a desk as he outlines the importance of June 6, 1944 the day Allied forces attacked the Germans in Normandy. He speaks about the decision to knock down the Nazis first and then the Japanese during the World War. He says that the invasion of Normandy was planned in November 1943. He also states how General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe, planned and executed the invasion. He also speaks about how the U.S. Army Air Forces and the Royal Air Forces aircraft bombarded the coasts of Normandy prior to the D Day invasion. Past events show American soldiers getting onto landing crafts in England as they leave for the invasion. The soldiers aboard the ships in the English Channel. The soldiers read the Bible and comics, sleep and cook aboard the ships. On June 5th , 1944 the ships head towards Normandy for the invasion. In England gliders carrying paratroopers take off from an airfield to bombard the German positions in Normandy. British soldiers receive ration and work on motorbikes. TNT (trinitrotoluene) charges being prepared by soldiers tasked with demolition duties. British soldiers check their guns and other weapons prior to the invasion. Jeep and artillery being loaded onto aircraft.

Date: 1944
Duration: 6 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058870
United States troops liberating French towns from German forces during World War 2

The capture of Avranches, France by U.S. soldiers during Operation Cobra in World War II. The map of Avranches, France superimposed on scenes depicting United States military vehicles moving in Normandy. Half track passes by a road sign “N 137 St. Servan 12 St. Malo 13”. A speeding truck passes by a road sign “Rennes N 137 St Malo”. A large artillery is being pulled by a military vehicle on the N 137 highway in Normandy. Bomber drops bomb over a village in France. View of a map showing “Mortain”. United States infantry engage in street fighting in Mortain, France. A United States soldier fires with rifle upwards during street fighting. A soldier fires bazooka during street fighting. A Churchill Mk VII Crocodile flame thrower tank fires at a house and tree. American soldiers running through burning field during a flame thrower tank attack. Multiple rocket launcher trucks fire rocket artillery. United States soldiers observe rocket artillery on the side of a forest. Map depicts “Argentan” and “Falaise”. Captured German prisoners march away through a destroyed French town. French people welcome United States troops in Paris. Map depicts the Seine River and Paris. Crowds of French men and women giving the “V-Sign” in Paris. French woman clapping her hands. French women crowd a Jeep with U.S. soldiers. Soldiers marching on the Avenue de Champs-Élysées, with the Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France) behind. Free France General Jacques Philippe Leclerc and an American general salute in the Place de la Concorde (75008 Paris, France). Crowds of Frenchmen cheer and welcome Allied forces after liberation from Nazi Germany. A French man waves his flag while he holds on to tree branches. Map depicting the eastern France, Luxembourg and western Germany superimposed over scenes of marching soldiers. Television host Alexander Scourby delivers a conclusion. Closing credits.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079452