The French 2nd Armored Division and British troops advance through Sées, France during World War II. Tanks pass wrecked military vehicles on the streets of Sées. Tanks and artillery advance. Soldiers on foot. A painted sign on the wall reads 'Falaise'. Troops drink cider being served by French civilians.
The French 2nd Armored Division and British troops advance through Sées, France during World War II. Tanks pass wrecked soldiers on the streets of Sées. War damage around. Soldiers on tanks. A painted sign on the wall reads 'Falaise'. Soldiers and tanks pass by the sign. Other military vehicles follow the tanks. Soldiers on tanks and motorcycles. Tanks move past a restricted district sign board amidst rubble on the ground.
U.S. Army soldiers on road to Saint Marcouf, after invading Normandy in the D-Day invasion of France during World War 2. Paratroopers from the U.S. 101st Airborne Division take German prisoners. A U.S. soldier talks to small French boy and girl. The girl smiles. 101st Airborne troopers display a captured Nazi flag. Allied supplies and reinforcements coming ashore on the Normandy beachheads. German prisoners of war being escorted under guard and loaded aboard USS LCI(L) 584. Disabled USS LCI-30 and some dead U.S. soldiers on the beach.
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).
Mistreatment of Allied prisoners in Paris, France during World War II. A long column of British and U.S. prisoners of war marched through the streets of Paris under German guard. French policemen and civilians stand by and watch. The prisoners marched through commercial areas. German soldiers keep guard. French civilians strike and kick the prisoners as they pass. The prisoners lined up.
Normandy invasion Religious Service before D-Day invasion during World War II. A fleet of warships and amphibious vehicles cruise the sea to reach the beach of Normandy in France. LCM, LCI, LST in the sea water. A warship anchored in the sea.