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Lieutenant General Alexander M Patch decorates 2nd Lieutenant Van T Barfoot serving 157th Infantry with Medal of Honor.
2nd Lieutenant Van T Barfoot salutes and pose for the photographers. Lieutenant General Alexander McCarrell Patch, CG 7th Unites States Army decorates Second Lieutenant Van T Barfoot serving 157th Infantry, 45th Division of U.S. with Congressional Medal of Honor and they salute each other. Van T Barfoot shake hands with his infantry soldiers . Soldiers of 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Division can be seen in background. Distant view of the ceremony. (World War II period).
General Dwight Eisenhower and Allied Commanders during liberation of Paris in World War II.
At beginning camera gives shaky view of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris during World War 2. Then it shifts to an American army staff car driving along the Champs Elysee toward the Arch of Triumph. Next, General Dwight D. Eisenhower steps from the staff car, shakes hands with a U.S. army photographer, and walks among French people toward the base of the Arch of Triumph. Camera pans up to top of the arch. Back on the ground, Eisenhower is met by American and French military commanders and surrounded by a crowd of French civilians. He poses for a picture (viewing from left to right) unidentified U.S. Major General; Lieutenant General Omar Bradley, Dwight D. Eisenhower, French General Marie-Pierre Kœnig and British Air Marshal Arthur Tedder. The French Tricolor flies behind them. Camera pans upward to the top of the Arch of Triumph. The Allied commanders and General Eisenhower are surrounded by American soldiers and French civilians as Eisenhower gets into his staff car. View from trailing vehicle of his staff car passing the Place de la Bastille and proceeding through streets of Paris. Eisenhower is seen next, standing on the sidewalk, by his parked car, conversing with General Bradley, General Marie-Pierre Kœnig, and another French General. He shakes hands with a military photographer as he steps into his staff car, and shares a final hand shake with General Marie-Pierre Kœnig. As his car drives away, civilians in the background wave goodbye. Glimpse of American M4 Sherman tanks moving on the street. Eisenhower' car drives away.
United States Army 119th Infantry soldiers crawl over hedgerows.
Two U.S. Army 119th Infantry soldiers crawl over hedgerows and pass through fields. (World War II period).
United States Army soldiers fire Long Tom rifles near Mortain.
Camouflaged 155 millimeter Long Tom rifles firing. United States Army soldiers take fuses from a case and screw them onto nose shells. Distant view of a burning ammunition dump. Gun crew loads and fires Long Tom rifle. (World War II period).
German 21st Panzer Division counterattacks Allies during Normandy invasion in World War II
Elements of the German 21st Panzer Division in action against Allies in Normandy, during World War 2. German Panzer III tanks moving along dirt road. Marder I anti-tank gun moving up. A German officer with binoculars, standing on Panzer V Panther tank, in established position, with shielding and fabric covering and foliage camouflage. The tank firing its 75L70 mm gun. Tank crewman throwing spent shell out rear hatch of the tank. A burning Kangaroo armored personnel carrier with Black Bull insignia and number 54, of the British 11th Armoured Division, 8th Rifle Brigade. German machine gunner firing. A battery of German nebelwerfer rocket launchers firing. Burning vehicles. Machine gun firing from atop a German tank, tracers visible. Sdkfz 251/1 Stuka Zu Fuss, Rocket launcher firing. Explosions and fire.
General J Lawton Collins and General Barton at Red Beach.
General Barton of the 1st Engineers 2nd Brigadier, and General J. Lawton Collins 7th Corps with other General talking on beach. General Collins leaves in a vehicle. The other officers leave in another vehicle. Sign board of 'Red Beach Hq.' can be seen.