Two trucks and a bus full of liberated French prisoners drive down an avenue in Paris. A large Parisian crowd including young girls watch their arrival. People wave out to welcome the prisoners as they wave back. Sign on bus stating 'Repatriated Prisoners'. Shots of French prisoners as a civilian offers them cigarettes. A Parisian volunteer nurse. Trucks of prisoners pull up before a building. Algerian prisoner as he drinks from a bottle of wine. A French soldier. (World War II period).
Views of wrecked (and some intact) German aircraft in a field, in Germany, immediately prior to the end of World War 2, in Europe. Among those seen are German Bf-110 and Ju-88 night fighters. Two American soldiers work on a motorcycle, parked in front of an intact late model Bf-109 fighter.
United States soldiers go through a bayonet drill. Two soldiers practice with each other as others look on. Soldiers charge at dummies with bayonets. An instructor shows men how to bayonet the dummy. An instructor supervises and demonstrates to soldiers during a firing drill at a firing range. Soldiers fire Springfield rifles from hip and prone positions. (World War II period).
United States soldiers during a landing maneuvers exercise. Soldiers crouched in a Landing Craft Personnel (LCP) underway. A soldier waves out. Soldiers smile for the camera. A soldier takes cover behind a shrub on a beach and simulates firing a rifle in prone position. (World War II period).
U.S. Army Air Forces occupy former German airfield at El Aouina, in Tunis, Tunisia. U.S. Officer holds slate as they photograph a wrecked German 6-engined Me 323 Gigant ("Giant") on the airfield.
United States soldiers pose for a photograph in North Africa. American installation and bivouac area. A half-track at the encampment. Army tents and a covered truck. Christmas presents for American soldiers. A U.S. Army Lt. unwraps a present containing a carton of Chesterfield cigarettes and puts one to his mouth. A soldier crosses a military jeep on his way to dry socks. (World War II period).
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