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A soldier loads and fires a multiple 50 caliber machine gun on an M-16 motor carriage in support of infantry in Saineny.

U.S. 377th AA (Antiaircraft) Battalion supports infantry attack in Saineny village, Normandy, France during World War II. A soldier loads and fires a multiple 50 caliber machine gun on an M-16 motor carriage in support of the infantry. The M-16 fires. An officer speaks over a field telephone.

Date: 1944, July 12
Duration: 2 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060386
Wounded U.S. soldiers are placed aboard LCVP (Landing Craft,Vehicle,Personnel) on beach of Saint-Tropez during World War II.

Invasion troops of U.S. Army establishes beachhead in Saint-Tropez, France during World War II. A tractor levels beach area. Sappers search out mines. German mines lying on the field. Soldiers lay mesh wiring for road bed. Wounded U.S. soldiers are placed aboard LCVPs (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel)

Date: 1944, August 14
Duration: 1 min 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074254
Soldiers of FFI (French Forces of the Interior) greet U.S. troops on beach of Saint-Tropez during World War II.

Invasion troops of U.S. Army on beach of Saint-Tropez, France during World War II. Soldiers of FFI (French Forces of the Interior) greet U.S. troops. A brassard on the arm of a soldier reads 'FFI'. Poker game being played aboard a ship. Players of card game and soldiers watching.

Date: 1944, August 14
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074255
U.S. Navy USS Nevada(BB-36) and USS Texas(BB-35) with cruisers and destroyers off Saint-Tropez coast during World War II.

Invasion convoy of U.S. Army off the coast of Saint-Tropez, France during World War II. U.S. Navy battleships USS Nevada (BB-36) and USS Texas (BB-35) with cruisers and destroyers of convoy.

Date: 1944, August 14
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074256
U.S. forces push inland from Normandy beachhead during World War II

U.S. infantrymen advance in Saint Lo, Normandy, France during World War II. Opening slate calls this subject "Big Push," referring to the Allied offensive to break out of the Normandy beachhead and push inland, during World War 2. (It's official name was "Operation Cobra.") An M4 sherman tank followed by a jeep, pass the camera. Another jeep passes in the opposite direction. Next, are seen a Sherman tank and two 3-inch Gun Motor Carriages,M10, loaded with sandbags and displaying aerial recognition panels on their tops. U.S. infantrymen move cautiously in brush at side of the dirt road, as more armor passes. A soldier positions his aerial recognition panel in place on his jeep. (These were fluorescent panels to prevent friendly fire from Allied aircraft.)

Date: 1944, July 25
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075120
Allied infantry mopping up operations at Cherbourg (WW2)

Allied forces capture Cherbourg during World War 2. Town sign of Cherbourg, France. Soldiers pass through ruined street in Cherbourg. Allied troops patrol Cherbourg. United States troops of the 324th Regiment 79th infantry division enter Cherbourg as they close in from east, south, and west of the town. Infantry patrolling an empty street in Cherbourg. United States Army sniper firing with a rifle. A military truck is parked on a street as soldiers conduct house-to-house mopping up operations. A United States soldier firing a rifle to take out snipers. U.S. infantry soldiers enter a house. An American soldier runs out of the Café du Rond-Point. Road signs near the Café du Rond-Point say “Valognes PARIS” and “Einzelfahrzeuge” (“Single vehicles” translated from German). A United States sniper aims from a window of a house attic. An American soldier guards an entrance of an apartment. Close view of a United States soldier aiming and shooting. Taking of prisoners of war: Captured German soldiers with their hands up are marched out of a building by American troops. A dead German soldier in the doorway of a building.

Date: 1944, June 26
Duration: 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079291